Childhood

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  Cigarette

  Mother: Crystal R
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  Playground

  Mother: Crystal R
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  Child's Memorial

  Mother: Crystal R
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  Disrespect

  Mother: Crystal R
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  Childhood Innocence

  Mother: Ashley O
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  Drug Trash in Playground--"Wet"

  Mother: Ashley O

  "Even though that’s empty you can smell the embalming fluids.  It’s the worst smell in the world.  It smells like mint from far away, but when you get closer if you know what “wet” smells like you know it’s wet.  My kids are like two feet tall, and they’re right next to it, so they’re smelling that.  That’s disgusting."
   

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  Graffiti

  Mother: Ashley O
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  Looking Up

  Mother: Ashley O
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  CJ

  Mother: Ashley O
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  Reach for the Stars

  Mother: Ashley O
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  Adore

  Mother: Erica S
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  Sisters

  Mother: Erica S
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  Breaking the Cycle

  Mother: Whitney H

  This is me breaking the cycle with my daughter.  I don’t want my daughter to go through nothing I went through.

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  Close-up of Zharae

  Mother: Whitney H

  "I’m gonna be real with my daughter. Being as though my daughter lives in the hood,  I’m gonna be straightforward to her. When she gets old enough to understand what’s going on around her, I want her to understand where mommy coming from. I’m gonna tell her about everything. I’m gonna tell her about the drug gang. I’m gonna tell her about everything, because if you don’t teach your child then the streets will, and if you let the streets teach them then they’re gonna turn them out, they’re gonna destroy them." 

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  Sleeping

  Mother: Tianna G
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  Marques

  Mother: Tianna G
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  Marianna

  Mother: Tianna G
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  The Twins

  Mother: Tianna G
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  A Hot Summer Day

  Mother: Tianna G
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  Marcus

  Mother: Tianna G