Tag Archives: nurturing

Friends

One of my pastimes has been reacquainting myself with friends I have lost contact with for one reason or another through the decades.  Some of these friends I once knew in high school or college.  Some I considered very close … Continue reading

Posted in Personal Perspective | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Hopelessly Poor in the Land of Milk & Honey

For a kid living in an environment of abject poverty I can imagine the difficulties they would face in trying to excel in school or going to college to escape their world of oppressive poverty. Such environments do not provide the nurturing and social expectations to become successful. The only feasible way to make significant money is through criminal means. The only way to get nurturing as a youth is to join a gang since parents were usually not at home due to work or otherwise occupied. Continue reading

Posted in Inequality, Social Issues | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment