Nearly ten years ago, Helene Dige Hjuler wrote a letter to the editor about growing up in a poor family. Today she’s at university—and she can show how poverty casts a long shadow into adulthood.
Even though her mother tried to hide it, Helene Dige Hjuler knew well that they had very little money because her mother was a single parent with three children, on sick leave, and receiving welfare.
Helene Dige Hjuler felt the anxiety when they went shopping. She feared her mother’s debit card would be declined again. Then her mother would look over the items to decide which one they could do without.
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