I lived in a homeless shelter for 6 mths with my children, all while employed. All it takes is one bad decision, one lost paycheck, and you can experience it too. It was humbling and damned difficult, but we made it through. It changes your perspective, it changes your willingness to change things. This is reality for so many people.

The idea that "poor people can't have cell phones" needs to die a burning death. One, a cell phone is the biggest lifeline you can have these days. Imagine trying to get a job with no internet and no phone number. Cell phone should be the LAST thing you give up because once you lose that, your chances of getting out of poverty are decimated. And two, mental health is very important and EVEN if the phone was nothing but a way to stay connected with friends or to play video games, it's worth it because it's very cheap for what you get out of it. Please stop judging people for making perfectly reasonable choices about how to spend their own money.

This kid won't be homeless for long . With his attitude and ingenuity , and kindness taking care of his mom , this kid is going to be a success

I was homeless for about a year in high school. During that period of homelessness, my ADHD got worse and I was practically shaking because I was fidgeting a lot and I couldn't pay attention in class. My parents kicked me out because they were rich, stuck-up a**holes and I didn't believe in their beliefs (homophobia, misogyny, racism, etc.) and all I had was my backpack with a week's worth of clothes, my phone, and a novel I managed to snag from my room when I sneaked back to the house to get some stuff. I lived in the park, using a cardboard box as a shelter against rain and snow. I had a Swiss Army knife but the blade got snapped off by this jerk who thought it'd be funny to break my only weapon. I lost so much weight during that year, I went from 110 pounds to 87 pounds. At school, people didn't really judge, and some helped me out. There were a few rich kids who made fun of me, though. Thankfully, my friend's parents found out where I was and took me in. They let me live with them and they were the ones who sent me to college and paid for my cello (I'm a music major).

Tragic that a teenager can be homeless in a "civilised" society. Kudos to his attitude though!

Such a brave young person. I wish him and his mom courage, strength, and a means to turn their situation around and help them locate jobs, secure housing, etc.

I came out at 15, and spent a few weeks on the streets as a result. It's not an experience I'd ever repeat, but it certainly gives perspective. I think about the people I met back then sometimes. I hope they are okay. It's been almost 20 years since then, but I will carry that experience with me till I die.

Only in America! POC suffer from many indignities but soon it will become the haves and have nots. How can a country with all of our resources have a population of homeless and a lack of resources to deal with the problems that caused the situations in the first place? There are Veterans who are homeless (thank you for your service), mentally ill people who are no longer getting services due to budget cuts, people who are out of work due to medical bills or due to lack of employment or necessary skills, or you can fill in the blanks yourself! It doesn't really matter what the reason is, all that matters is that we have homeless individuals and homeless families with children. Some of you might say well they have phones or cars, so what - every one needs some type of dignity don't they - you don't know homelessness until you have tried to understand instead of judging, every person wasn't always homeless. Thank you, have some concern and empathy.

Most of those ingredients are cheaper at other stores. The tomato sauce is like 85 cents at Walmart

Biggest issue of course is lack of balanced nutrition. Very low vitamin or protein intake. Had the same problem when I was younger, when we had a roof over out head, but our food budget was about $15 a week for 3 of us (probably about $40 today). Lots of potatoes and eggs. No meat, no fresh vegetables. And you always felt like crap. And a lot of people in the first world live at that level.

Mewtons third paw: oh yes, you are absolutely correct about the pell grant ! What I meant, was, for example-I know someone who couldn't go to college because she had to stay home &raise her 6 brothers and sisters -long ,long story. Not sure if she got to go later in life or not? Another example, is, well , me. Another long story short: Parents=huge religious fundamentalists. Believe degree useless because the end of the world was right around the corner. Told no, read Bible instead. Me=I left. No experience.minimum wage,worked 2 jobs for many years. Grant?probably. Time? No. Worked my way up to management. Salaried=still 65-70 hours week. Plus take work home, too. But better than 2 jobs at 2 different places. Me= extremely, extremely grateful&humbled somebody gave me a chance to get foot in the door &better myself. Do I still wish I could have gone to college? Yes. But-I now have opportunity to help someone like I was helped. ( a better deal. ( : )

Kid, you have to cook your hotdog sausages too!!! Don't just warm them up with the sauce, cook them!

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I thought he was legit homeless alone on the streets, I didn't realise his mother and him are sleeping in their car together. Sad. But at least they have the car for shelter and each other.

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Ngl that pasta looks kinda good

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Homeless but has a phone and internet?

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Somewhere someone is bashing his cooking because its not vegan.