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How to handle your child's shame about your financial situation

I worked two jobs to send my daughter to private school and now she is embarrassed of our apartment when her friends come over.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The parent's sacrifices have created opportunities that now highlight the very limitations they tried to overcome.

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