Growing Up in Poverty Made Me Who I Am

According to Google, although some researchers argue differently, the main effects of growing up in poverty include poor health, a high risk of teen pregnancy, and the lack of an education. Poor health is a direct effect of growing up in poverty, as children living in low economic families may not have access to adequate medical coverage.

This statement is partly true. I grew up in priority when I had to live with my grandmother in Washington DC. It was ten of us living in four-bedroom house. My grandma has the government her whole life. My grandma was on a fixed income from her retirement. My grandma did not believe in government assistance. We have to suffer for it only having one hot meal. On Saturday when she had Church. I don’t know how we did it, but we survived off of Roman noodles and hot dogs, eggs, and water. Some nights we did not have food at all so we will go to bed hungry. I did not understand why my grandma would not go and get help.

I asked her why she wouldn’t go down to welfare and get help. My grandma said she was too proud to get government assistance she would rather we starve then for someone to see her down there getting an assistant. I could not believe she will put my Grandma will put her Pride before us and eating or getting help with the bills. On top of that, I had to share a room with my cousins.

Five girls in one bedroom. I made a promise to myself if when I made it out of my grandmother’s house I would never come back. Growing up in poverty made me the person that I am. A hard worker and I have been determined to never let my kids live in that way. If I had to sacrifice everything for my kids for them not to grow up in poverty, then that was what I was going to do. I never want my kids to ever have to have that feeling of what it’s like to be hungry. Growing up in poverty taught me a lot it made me determined to never go back to that dark place in my life. Unfortunately, some of the friends I grew up with and property did not make it out. They still live in the same place we’re for five kids On welfare and never had a job a day in their life. So grateful because living in private made me into the person I am today I know if anything comes to my way I can conquer it.

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