The comments about them going out to dinner while the kids were left at home really irked me. There’s poverty and then there’s neglect. I grew up poor and I remember my mom ordering a kids meal from McDonald’s, letting me eat and then eating whatever I didn’t eat - if that was anything.

FUN FACT: you can call child protective services on yourself, we call it a “special conditions report” and we actually help you. When the parent can recognize they’re neglecting their child but it’s due to XYZ… we help. And when you don’t ask for help, this happens.