The not-so-poor Kids

          Watching Poor Kids has really made me think about myself and my peers in general. I don't know about you all but the only times I've went hungry are... well almost nonexistent. It shocks and scares me how the families of these kids have so little and the way they are forced to live is just sad. It's not fair for a single mother to have to raise two kids as well as support them herself. Of course life is just that: not fair. It also makes me think of how I really don't want to end up in a similar situation. There is a Chinese saying about how good fortune and money and stuff won't stay for more than three generation. My family has worked hard and is pretty successful. Now it's my turn. How will I get a job? Keep a job? Find a place to live? If experienced adults can't do it, than how can I? How can we, we as in this generation, prevent ourselves from falling into the spike-lined pit of poverty? And how can we help those who have fallen in out? The Chinese reasoning why prosperity won't more than three generations is because by that point, all those who remember the hardship of reaching this point all have passes on and those who remain won't realize the value of what they have and will value it accordingly. And as all the hard earned money and other access are spent unwisely, the family is back at the bottom again. This sort-of worries me because now the eyes of my family will be on me to be successful and not setting the family into decline and I don't know if I'm up for the task. I don't want to sound like I don't care for those with less, but I'm worried for myself as well.