My sister died suddenly and left three young children and our extended family expects me to take them in but I already have four kids of my own and I do not know if I can handle seven.
More people experience this than they realize.
The communal obligation to care for orphaned children collides with the practical limits of one household's resources.
“Where Are You with African communal parenting traditions?”
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