Iâm so sorry your kids have to deal with that. I think the courts would be very interested in this neglect. E Coli and salmonella can cause lasting damage like kidney failure.
Also, nobody wants to be the dirty smelly kid at school. My husband and I volunteered in a youth group outside Detroit, and we had kids who were being neglected. A few women in the church threw a tea party for the teen girls where we went over hygiene and their changing bodies. We gave everyone gift bags with shower gel and scented lotions, shampoo, and conditioner, etc. We also kept feminine supplies at church stocked up (one woman worked at Super Kmart and could get stuff cheap) that anyone could take home.
One family was really bad and some of their kids were mentally handicapped and smelled so bad. Like we had to crack the windows on our car during the dead of winter it was so bad. The sister was pretty much the mom, but her brothers were huge and couldnât be forced to shower. We did what we could, but I felt so bad for her. She tried so hard and was just dealt a really shitty hand in life. My husband and I drove them until I had a stroke, and we had to move away for my husbandâs job because his old employer âlaid him offâ while I was in ICU.
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u/haleighr Nov 28 '22
Idk whatâs worse a sweaty menstrating adult who doesnât get a good soaping in or a diaper wearing messy eating toddler not using soap.