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He's been kicked out of the shelter
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<blockquote data-quote="Childofmine" data-source="post: 643399" data-attributes="member: 17542"><p>Hey lil yes my difficult child was homeless and worked at McDonald's for nearly three months. He had no car. He worked 40 plus hours a week. He trained at one mcdonalds that was two to four miles from the shelter where he slept on a bench outside and from the motels where he homeless in our town rent cheap rooms by the night or week. He did this for between eight weeks and ten weeks. He did borrow a bike from a friend who was arrested and was in jail so after a while he had that. He would have to get up most nights between two and three am and walk to work before the bike. He also had no phone and no alarm clock (nothing to plug a clock into when you are sleeping outside anyway). He would not stay at a shelter. So it was sleep outside or pool money with other homeless and get a cheap room here and there. </p><p></p><p>After he got stabbed we got him some motel rooms for about two weeks then he was homeless again. </p><p></p><p>His dad (my ex) called me in late October to say he thought difficult child was ready for our help to get an apartment. difficult child moved in oct 26 with our help. He had been out of jail and homeless since June 26. </p><p></p><p>I had mixed emotions about helping but agreed to provide some limited assistance. So far okay...not perfect but he had made progress in multiple areas. Now working two jobs---one 48 hours a week and one 25 hours a week. Still at mcds plus a boat manufacturer. </p><p></p><p>Lil they can survive. You would truly be surprised at how resilient they can be if they have to be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Childofmine, post: 643399, member: 17542"] Hey lil yes my difficult child was homeless and worked at McDonald's for nearly three months. He had no car. He worked 40 plus hours a week. He trained at one mcdonalds that was two to four miles from the shelter where he slept on a bench outside and from the motels where he homeless in our town rent cheap rooms by the night or week. He did this for between eight weeks and ten weeks. He did borrow a bike from a friend who was arrested and was in jail so after a while he had that. He would have to get up most nights between two and three am and walk to work before the bike. He also had no phone and no alarm clock (nothing to plug a clock into when you are sleeping outside anyway). He would not stay at a shelter. So it was sleep outside or pool money with other homeless and get a cheap room here and there. After he got stabbed we got him some motel rooms for about two weeks then he was homeless again. His dad (my ex) called me in late October to say he thought difficult child was ready for our help to get an apartment. difficult child moved in oct 26 with our help. He had been out of jail and homeless since June 26. I had mixed emotions about helping but agreed to provide some limited assistance. So far okay...not perfect but he had made progress in multiple areas. Now working two jobs---one 48 hours a week and one 25 hours a week. Still at mcds plus a boat manufacturer. Lil they can survive. You would truly be surprised at how resilient they can be if they have to be. [/QUOTE]
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