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Experiencing lack of support from family members 22 Articles

  • by Brenda Rivers

    lack of support wow! what an eye opener when you think your family of all people in this world wouldnt deny you support! when my husband and i relocated to az from upstate ny 4 years ago (giving up everything selling our...read more

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    by Kristina Fendos

    Lack of Family Support When a child is born it brings two people together making this new trio a family. The family can continue to grow with more children or it may just stay that first binding threesome. A family does...read more

  • 3 of 22

    by Aerynne Aiudi

    At age one, the sister closest in age to me put me in a dresser drawer and closed the drawer tightly. Until my birth she had been the baby girl and the thought of losing her status as such was unbearable to her and enough...read more

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    by Victoria Booe

    I always thought that getting married and having a baby was suppose to me a memorable moment for everyone to enjoy and love. Without the support of family it can mean hard times. This is my story. Me and my parents hav...read more

  • 5 of 22

    by Ashly Schultz

    Growing up in this harsh world is not easy in the least. People are cruel and selfish and that is just the way it is. Self preservation is number one on people's minds, whether it be a mother, father, aunt, uncle, brothe...read more

  • 6 of 22

    by Barbara A. Black

    I was married to my ex-husband for almost 28 years when I moved out and filed for divorce. I had planned the move for several months, but had not planned to move quite as soon as I did. However, early that January, I reali...read more

  • 7 of 22

    by Rose Thornbush

    As a child, I was well behaved and relatively quiet. My mom was also my best friend or should I say my only friend. Our family was dysfunctional to say the least. But we all stuck together and tried to make the most ...read more

  • 8 of 22

    by Cindy Mosher

    If you have been the one to experience lack of support from family members, then you will carry that with you throughout your years here on earth. I know that is a powerful statement, but it is very much true to the words....read more

  • 9 of 22

    by Miss D Charnia

    Experiencing lack of support from family members: Family members are very important to me and so are their thoughts and opinions. Being the youngest of my siblings, my brother and sister were always there for me or so ...read more

  • 10 of 22

    by AJ Lat

    I heard someone say once... you do not need a lot of people to love you...you just need the RIGHT people to love you! I am beginning to see the lack of family support I have received (or not received) in my lifetime as a ...read more

  • 11 of 22

    by Nicole Burrow

    Road Trip: How to Get Out of the House With Two Kids (and One Husband!) Last weekend, my husband (who was lounging on our leather couch, flipping through an Inland Northwest magazine while I was simultaneously washing d...read more

  • 12 of 22

    by Rich Mathis

    I hated pine-wood derby cars! If you don't know, pine-wood derby cars are those little blocks of wood, wheels, and axles that the Boy Scouts race down a sloping track. It is supposed to be an activity that the boys can do...read more

  • 13 of 22

    by Paul Champion

    I was born a sickly child. My dad was born a worrier. My mom was born neither, but it didn't matter since my father seemed convinced that I'd never reach adulthood, and in our household, our dads opinion was the only one...read more

  • 14 of 22

    by thedebbie

    Kids, spoiled or product of our society. My kid's rooms come equipped with a t.v., DVD/VCR player, Stereo, bed, shelf, dresser, night stand, and all the crap they have collected over the years all over the place. On th...read more

  • 15 of 22

    by Jonacake

    I don't think there is anyone who hasn't had some type of problems with family. It seems to be a generational thing. There's many factors that cause a family to be so distant and uninterested in anything. When you come fro...read more

  • 16 of 22

    by Alison Smith

    I tried my very best. I worked very hard for my exams and did reasonably well, I was pleased with my own results but I knew that as soon as I presented them to my father I would experience the depth of his disappointment. ...read more

  • 17 of 22

    by epsilonrain

    It's a hard truth for someone to go through lack of support from family members yet something to live with in a daily basis. I knew someone who is a victim of lack of family support. All through his life, he is just taken ...read more

  • 18 of 22

    by Khrysta

    I think that it is very hard to know that you can not depend on anyone but yourself. I think that it makes things more complicated to actually know that you have a family but that they are not willing to help out or give ...read more

  • 19 of 22

    by Jessica Wilson

    Growing up with divorced parents that are extremely opposite of eachother was not easy. My dad a farmer working his butt of to make a living, and my mother who didn't work, but instead sold drugs and did them. My mom alway...read more

  • 20 of 22

    by Bonnie Schultz

    Having three great children, my husband and I know what Lack or we should call it crap, we had to deal with in having children. We were married at 18 and had our third child by the time we were 22. People think they are no...read more

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