Katrina Gilbert

After watching the documentary about Katrina Gilbert it is hard to believe that people live with such little money. to be honest I don’t know what there would be to do to solve this epidemic. you have financial assistance programs such as Snap, Wic, Medicare and Medicaid. There are also numerous Programs out there that help with day car, schools, and even food pantries. I guess the real question is, if there is so much help out there why is there still such a huge problem with single mothers in poverty. What is especially sad is that the child did not ask to be in that situation. For example in the documentary Katrina states how she was not able to give any of her three children a birthday party or a present that year.

one thing that really stood out to me is that Katrina was not always super poor. Before her husband and herself got divorced they seemed to live a pretty comfortable life. This makes me wonder how many couples live below the poverty line compared to the number of single mothers. There is a part in the documentary where Katrina says that she doesn’t even care if she gets the full amount of child support, that 60 dollars or even a tank of gas would be more than enough. This is sad to see because she has gotten into such a bad place that literally anything will help.

I feel that when it really comes down to it, there is really no quick fix to the problem. I feel that first the country could start offering free birth control. This might be a huge help to women who are not able to afford a contraceptive to help them wait to have kids until the time is right or are more financially stable.