Did you understand poverty as a child?

Answer 1

Yes I did. We were very poor and although during my younger years we had meals, we went without alot and during some tougher times, there wasn't even food to eat.

Answer 2

Grew up the poor kid in a moderate to rich area. Been working since I was 15, doing odd job babysitting etc before that. Though I had a roof over my head and food in my belly I understood to be thankful as there were others with less...though I couldn't exact imagine what that would be like I did understand the concept.

Answer 3

I think I understood it a little better than most since I was raised by my grandparents who discussed the Depression and took me to places where poverty was evident. My grandmother also always was making sure I knew it was my duty to always give to people who were poorer than me.

Answer 4

I don't think that children understand either poverty or riches. I know I didn't. Children accept the situation that they are in.

Answer 5

I not only understood it, I understood that no matter how poor we may have been - in some parts of the world people lived a hundred times worse off.

Answer 6

Not really.... my parents lived paycheck to paycheck.... but my sister and I had a good life... there were others around us who had less... we understood what being poor was but it never went as far as poverty....

Answer 7

We were very poor. I never had new clothes until I started working at the age of 14 and bought them myself. No heat upstairs. But, I never knew it until I started going to friends houses that actually had money.

Answer 8

maximum politicians or perhaps all of them initiate out with good intentions while they grow to be an MP yet by utilizing the time they get there with each and all the trimmings of freebies / expenses / and so on they forget why they're there to signify the folk who elected them into place of work. they're quickly in basic terms out for themselves and to squeeze as lots money as achieveable out of the equipment into their wallet. They line their very own pensions and wallet and forget they began out to help the underpriveledged. They do issues for consequence so as that the favourite public think of they're doing something to help the undesirable yet extremely they're in basic terms making confident they get yet another term in place of work to fill their wallet for yet another twelve months.

Answer 9

I did not. Not because we were rich, but because I had what I needed. I never looked at what other kids had and envied them.

I had a roof over my head, food in my belly and a very loving mother who worked her azz off to support us.

Answer 10

i was in poverty as a child.... we lived in a tent... we had no electicity, or food, Heck yeah i understood it.

Does my child??? despite my best efforts for her to have sympathy or compassion for those less fortunate...probably not.