If the good people of Dorchester are unhappy about her plight, they should help her. Personal misfortune should be dealt with locally, not federally.

´´World Ends. Women & children hardest hit.´´
is the P & C owned by the NYSlimes?

I am extremely tired of seeing stories about "single" mothers. See did not get to be a mother by herself. If she could narrow the list of possible fathers down to twenty or thirty then DNA could identify the "single" father(s). He (they) could then help support the children. The rest of us who have no connection to the "single" parents should not have to pay for the irresponsibilities of these people.. Even that airhead Flukes knows how to prevent being a "single" parent. Planned Parenthood would most likely give her pills.

In general I´m just about fed up with the women who get pregnant first thing out of the gate with whatever comes along…then whines ´I´m a single mother´ as an excuse for sucking off the government teat and as if they didn´t have anything to do with their predicament. There should be some responsibility for your own life. And by the way…´learning from my mistakes´ is a hard way to go through life.

The above posters said the same thing as I think. Read through the responses coming from this young woman. Arrogance and entitlement through-and-through, along with a toss under the bus for her mother, who is helping her.

I would have been nice if this "single mother" had a stable marriage before she popped out two children. Then there would have been two paychecks to support the kids. I guess I´m old fashioned, though.

You get more of what you subsidize, and less of what you tax.

I am always struck by women/girls who think it´s cool to be pregnant, wear body-hugging t-shirts to accentuate their growing bellies, but then do a lot of whining when reality sets in.

There is a father/sperm donor out there who has fathered one or more of those kids. I am guessing that babydaddy has forgotten progeny all over that area of SC.

This woman would have been in her thirties when the first child was born. She does not have the ignorance of youth as an excuse.

It´s Obama´s fault.

Agree with #8....that kid does look like Obama!

Did you see the amount she was getting per week for being unemployed? I feel nothing for her but contempt. Do not have kids out of wedlock - simple solution. I remember reading about a group of young highschool girls all getting preggers so they could move out of their home and all live together. I do so wonder what happened to them. Want to bet they are on welfare and expecting second or third kid?

My first question for this woman is, "For whom did you vote?" I am sure of the answer. She was probably more concerned with "reproductive" rights than the economy and jobs. Not very smart....

Walmart pays $15, of course she would have to leave her home to do the honest work as opposed to collecting forever her unemployent benefits.

Commenter # 2, to update the Slimes headline:

"World Ends: Single Mothers & Offspring Hardest Hit. President blames failed Bush policies for cataclysm."

Point of order #15, the pay quoted would be adjusted based on the area. In my area it is minimum wage. No full time positions.

I´m such a dweeb, that would be #12, of course...and I even looked at it before I posted. My bad.
Addendum, the rate of pay doesn´t excuse not looking. When I was laid off from $25hr ( that had been cut the month before from $36hr) I accepted the first reasonably compatible job, but it was $10hr. That´s life.

The cold slap of reality regarding what liberalism has done to this country.