Breaking the Cycle

Family

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  stop

  Mother: Shearine M
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  Taking Steps

  Mother: Ashley O
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  Zharae

  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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  On the Steps

  Mother: Victoria D
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  Holding On

  Mother: Victoria D
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  Costume

  Mother: Victoria D
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  Balloon Hat

  Mother: Victoria D
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  Bathing Suit

  Mother: Victoria D
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  Football Uniform

  Mother: Angela M
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  'Take care of me, Mommy'

  Mother: Angela M
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  Mini Market

  Mother: Angela M

  That is the store that buys food stamps.  They swipe it and put it into their machine and give six dollars for ten dollars.  If you stop these people from selling food stamps, it'll stop hunger, because most of these young boys won't have to out and sell drugs to get a sandwitch.  That is what they think they have to do.  I don't think they have enough sense or their parents don't make them go to school to get an education or get a job, so that is what they think they have to do because mom done sold all the food stanps and the house is cold.

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  What God can do

  Mother: Angela M
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  A young man

  Mother: Angela M

  I make him wear a tie and shoes to school, just to teach him how to be a young man.  A lot of times I don't make him wear it because the other kids don't, but at least once a week I make him wear his tie and his pants and his shoes.  I make him go to school like a gentleman.

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  On the Bench

  Mother: Angela M
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  Reaching Out

  Mother: Omunique P
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  Generations

  Mother: Omunique P
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  Band of Brothers

  Mother: Emi L
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  On the Back Stoop

  Mother: Emi L
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  Smile

  Mother: Emi L
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  Laying Down

  Mother: Emi L