ABQ2015
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I also consider myself to come from a dysfunctional family. Parents divorced when I was five. My mother was a poor, uneducated southerner who did not know how to manage money and had some mental problems. We six kids suffered as a result. She worked nights and we were left to fend for ourselves and look after each other - I missed about half of grades 1-4 as I stayed home babysitting for my younger brother. My older brothers were becoming hoodlums and my older sister married at age 15 just to get away from home. My dad was a POW in WWII and came back with a drinking problem. Luckily he finally got his act together and got custody of us. He was a hardworking midwesterner who emphasized how important it was that we go to college unlike my mother's family who felt that only "rich" people should attend. Three of us were able to graduate and have done somewhat well in life. My oldest sister worked for the state government starting in her teens and did ok financially but was never able to overcome her childhood issues - had several divorces and died an alcoholic in her early 60's.