With the rise of attention to meeting the recommend nutritional needs and the growth of the poor, in the British society. “Dispatches: Breadline Kids” a documentary, showing the struggles the common poor, was made. Following 3 families from a different part of England, with different struggles and different reasons on why they have become a part of those who live on the breadline.
The family who lives in Hull consist of two daughters and a single mother. Becky who is 13 and Rose who is 8 1/2, their mother, Susan, used to be a cook, but as the unemployment rose. She, unfortunately, lost her job. They try their hardest to come by and make ends meet, but Susan wants to be able to give her daughter a good life and a future. She, therefore, decides …show more content…
She thinks that as soon as she can stand on her own feet, metaphorically speaking, she should do so.
Church also plays an important role in the life of Lucy and Cara. They feel that it is the place of hope, and the community are always supportive and ask if they would need any type of help.
Food banks and Breakfast clubs have become a reality of the British, where a lot of people must face the struggles of choosing between feeding their family or have electricity or heat. The unemployment rate is high, but that is far from the only factor that put families in these struggles every day.
Wages are low, healthcare costs are high and housing is more expensive than ever before, if you are caught in the economic pit, your chances of leaving it is very low.
Seeing your kids go to bed on an empty stomach is far from any parents wish. They haven’t spent the money wrong, but it is spent on food and electricity to make ends meet, and sometimes it’s very hard for certain families to be able to give the children the recommended nutritional needs, that a fast-growing child
The family who lives in Hull consist of two daughters and a single mother. Becky who is 13 and Rose who is 8 1/2, their mother, Susan, used to be a cook, but as the unemployment rose. She, unfortunately, lost her job. They try their hardest to come by and make ends meet, but Susan wants to be able to give her daughter a good life and a future. She, therefore, decides …show more content…
She thinks that as soon as she can stand on her own feet, metaphorically speaking, she should do so.
Church also plays an important role in the life of Lucy and Cara. They feel that it is the place of hope, and the community are always supportive and ask if they would need any type of help.
Food banks and Breakfast clubs have become a reality of the British, where a lot of people must face the struggles of choosing between feeding their family or have electricity or heat. The unemployment rate is high, but that is far from the only factor that put families in these struggles every day.
Wages are low, healthcare costs are high and housing is more expensive than ever before, if you are caught in the economic pit, your chances of leaving it is very low.
Seeing your kids go to bed on an empty stomach is far from any parents wish. They haven’t spent the money wrong, but it is spent on food and electricity to make ends meet, and sometimes it’s very hard for certain families to be able to give the children the recommended nutritional needs, that a fast-growing child