In ER, you see all kinds of different people, it is a slice of the American society. There are people living on welfare generation after generations, they treat welfare as their inheritance and take it as granted. I have been trying very hard to detach my emotions, but still, when I heard a pt started conversation as " I am a Katrina victim from New Orleans..." this morning, I almost lost my cool, I stopped him by saying"come on, it was a year ago, don't you think you should try to find a job and get on with your life and forget about Katrina!!!" This is the part of American things, we can do nothing to change it.
BTW, Are you walking to hospital everyday? Is it safe especially at night? Be careful!
确实如此,贫穷的父母倾向于多生子,在中国贫困地区,有养儿防老的观念,可以理解,而美国人的解释过于简单,总是一句话,因为我喜欢孩子。最难于理解的,就是那些生下了有问题的孩子,明知假如再生一个的话,会有可能有同样问题,但是照生不误。照顾一个有问题的孩子需要父母在时间与精力上巨大的付出,把第一个有问题的孩子带到世上,是孩子的不幸,也是父母的不幸,只有埋怨上帝的不公,但是,明知高风险,却把第二个有问题的孩子带到世上,父母能付出的爱到了每一个孩子身上被减半了,孩子的不幸加倍了。假如生长在单亲家庭,孩子可真是掉进苦海,这样的父母,也只能说,他们是疯狂的 (They are crazy)。