I agree with you on feeling compassion. There is a woman in my town that has 3 children and worked 2 different full time jobs. She is widowed and just couldn't pay all the bills and her home had to be foreclosed on. She still let her daughter cheerlead even though she could've used that money to pay bills. It's just a really hard situation to tell your child they have to be punished and can't do the things they love rather than cut everything out completely.
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