Single Mothers On Welfare: Christian Counseling For Women

Liberty University

Mothers on Welfare:

Christian Counseling for Women

In today’s society, there seem to be many people dependent on the welfare system. In many instances, these families are made up of young unwed Teen Mothers lots of them working minimum wage jobs just to make ends meet. This being their only means of survival at times and the only way they can afford to feed their Children. These are people we pass by every day, not even realizing or even knowing that they might not be able to feed themselves or their Children. Believe it or not In the United States there is millions who are forced to get help providing for themselves and their families. The economy being what it is now, people losing their jobs, forecloses
Often the conversation leads to the subject of how many children a woman on welfare should have and most of the time a negative idea of women on welfare. In today’s society, many people have to depend on the welfare system and low wage employment as a source of income to support their family. For many Single Mothers, this is the only means of survival and the only way they can afford to feed their families. There are people we run into every day, not even realizing or even knowing that they might not be as fortunate as us. Believe it or not In the United States there is millions who are forced to seek help providing for themselves. Knowing this fact, some unfortunately in our Society still holds negative views on our country’s welfare system. Some positive but it seems as if a lot more are negative. Jill Duerr Berrick address in her book "Faces of Poverty: Portraits of Women on Welfare" the two myths that women on welfare have many children and that they continue to have children so they can get additional money every month (Berrick, 1995 pg.15). This is an argument that is heard consistantly. However as Ms. Berrick
It is hardly unlikely that a woman in the welfare system today wouldn’t be allowed to go to school and develop the kinds of skills needed to make a better life for Family and herself. That’s why I feel that the government needs to change their direction on welfare reforms from budget cuts and start looking toward installing hope into the poor and the single mother’s of our society. Can you believe that the welfare system will actually pay young teen parents more to move out of their parent’s home than to stay there? Think about it: that just is not cool at all. What really should happen is to encourage these young teen parents to live at home, stay in school, and take responsibility for their own futures and their children's futures. The welfare system ought to do that instead of just the reverse. We have to change the signals we are sending here. This will not be an easy task, but if the government could educate the poor it would be a huge step in making welfare a temporary stepping stone instead of a permanent poverty not believing they can do any better. Let’s keep it real about this huge problem; there is no future in our fronting. Let the world know that In the United States, poverty is defined by dollars and cents, set by the Social Security Administration. Believe this because it is true. They do this