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What is like to be homeless?\u00a0 Homelessness is frequently associated with poverty. While not all children who are poor are homeless, there is a strong link between these two factors.<\/p>\n

Unless we have experienced homelessness, it would be very hard to put ourselves on that perspective. After watching the video\u00a0Poor Kids<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0you can see these families who are experiencing poverty are fighting to not become homeless.<\/p>\n

I found an interactive website that lets you make choices if you are experiencing homelessness. It’s a “game” for us, but for others, it could be a life decision making. Feel free to make choices by interacting with the website:<\/p>\n

Open the website\u00a0Hobson’s Choice<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(click on “begin game” once you open the page)<\/p>\n

Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hobson’s Choice.\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/vinformation.org\/en\/vincentian-formation-resources\/presentations-media-games\/hobsons-<\/a><\/strong>This page is licensed under a\u00a0Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a>. Retrieved on 10\/26\/2018.<\/p>\n

Poor Kids (PBS).\u00a0<\/strong>11\/22\/2017)\u00a0https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/frontline\/film\/poor-kids\/.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Retrieved on 10\/26\/2018<\/p>\n

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