Parenting a Teenager When You Are Barely an Adult
We are living paycheck by paycheck and it is so hard to buy anything else, so when my brother needs something important we have to do without ourselves to get what he needs. I always knew raising a child was hard but it is harder when the child is not yours. It takes all we can just to get by a month on what my husband makes a month. I have went to college and graduated and cannot find a job anywhere for what I went to school for. I cannot even find a job around here for anything at the moment so it is really hard right now. I wanted to give my brother a better life than what I had when I was growing up, but the way things are going right now I am not doing it. My husband is going back to school for computers just to try to give a life for us and not have to live pay check by pay check.
He will be going for a year and 4 months and hopefully when he is done he will have a good job and we will not have to live like this anymore. Hopefully in the mean time I can find a job while he is going to school. My husband right now is going to school full time and working full time so he is my hero right now. I am grateful for him so much and so is my brother because without him we would not have anything. It is very hard to raise a child when you have no money to do it, but I was not going to let my brother go to a foster home because then I would not be able to see him ever again. So that is my view on parenting a teenager. I am very grateful for my life. I would change nothing but me being able to find a job to help my husband out.
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Post a CommentI commend you for the sacrifices you and your husband have made in caring for your younger brother. I agree it isn't easy to parent a child who is not yours. I hope everything works out well for you and your family.
Sophie