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She’s a very picky eater and she eats when and what she wants to eat. I buy what she likes but when I make what she likes she doesn't want to eat it.
- Tamika H
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This was in Eastern Market, I was leaving the motel where I was placed to take my daughter to daycare, it had snowed really badly and the sidewalk wasn’t clear for weeks. This made taking my daughter to her daycare really difficult and dangerous. One day I fell and dislocated my ACL and hurt my tailbone- I couldn’t go to work for a month and it was extremely painful to walk. I still have problems with that same leg to this day.
- Judith R.
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"On our way to football practice, there is a truck in the park that sells water, ice, and pretzels for the kids. And they also sell beer. I want you to see that when my son gets to the park that there is prostitution going on and they are also selling alcohol."
- Angela M
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Have not received child support in one whole year and when I do receive the check it's twenty -two dollars. What I'm I supposed to do with that?
- Jessica E.
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This captures what my struggle is at the end of the month. He wishes he had meat. There's no smile, but he's grateful. He knows there are others who have it worse.
- Kimberly H.
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My kids are fruit people. That’s the banana king. He loves bananas. So, every day, he likes to ask for a banana, and if I say no, he gets sad. Until I run out of food stamps, I have fruit. The fruits last for about two weeks.
- Bonita C.
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"The house caught on fire one day and our porch caught fire, too. A lot of abandoned houses [have] been catching fire in the city and it’s destroying other people homes."
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Joanna's dad has to pay the bills, and that leaves little money left to buy enough food for the month.
- Sherita P.
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A kid got shot here right around the corner from a gun control billboard. They’re trying to send a message. Nobody’s getting it. You see? I’m scared to take my kids out and be in the wrong place at the wrong time. I stay in the house.
- Virginia G
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I change what I buy, I’ll try going to a different store– but if it’s too much, I just won’t buy it. Like, I just haven’t bought any bagels. These prices have gone up a lot, a lot, lot, lot.
- Juell F.
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He was asking the case worker for something to eat. I don’t have child care, so I have to take him to my appointments. If he was in day care I wouldn’t have to have lugged him early in the morning to an appointment to the welfare office to try to get food stamps and medical coverage. I can’t help it if my baby’s hungry. I was thinking ‘I’m not going to lie to you miss, he’s hungry.'
- Imani S
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The father of Tiffany's daughter was shot and killed before his daughter was born. Tiffany has a memorial tattoo for him on her arm.
- Tiffany R
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"The house caught on fire one day and our porch caught fire, too. A lot of abandoned houses [have] been catching fire in the city and it’s destroying other people homes."
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My daughter, she loves this restaurant. And I told her, I don’t have a lot of money, but when I get some money, I’ll take you. And that day, I think it was a Friday, she came and I showed her the money. She said, “Oh mommy, now you have money, so we can go out.” This food isn’t healthy, but it’s the only place I can afford to take my kids because I don’t have the money for a better restaurant.
- Taina P.
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“I’ve got to pay my rent. I’ve got to pay gas and electric. I’ve got to take care of the kids. I’ve got to make sure there’s food in the house, you know, make sure they got clothes, make sure they got shoes, and make sure I got bus fare to even get to work. Trying to struggle and juggle all of that on one income that’s coming in the house is extremely hard. It’s extremely hard because I would like to do more for my girls give them everything, of course every parent would. Every parent would want to do more.
- Shaunte B.
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Looking back at this picture, I realized how much I hated to take the T, but my son always seemed to enjoy the ride. He looked like he didn’t have a care in the world. It’s hard for me to do a lot with my son, because I’m always busy, and I barely see him. He goes to school, and I’m working. We don’t really have time in the middle, except for bedtime… I’m telling myself it’s only temporary, because I’m trying to get him stable.
- Iesha M.
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Dornsife School of Public Health 
Drexel University 
