Reading the comments on these videos reveals the real state of the American society. An alarming amount of aggression, hatred, ignorance and coldheartedness towards this most vulnerable minority proofs the decline of a healthy and civilized social interaction more strikingly than the situation of these stranded people itself.
I think they act this way because they desperately don't want to be in their situation. I've thought like this before and I'm happy for the interviews that Invisible People had submitted for over a decade. This channel has also given me more of a compassionate view on a lot of my previous prejudices.
You know in Germany, a woman like her would be put in a 'woman house', where they would help her with her issues and show her how to take care of the baby. Get an job, Ect. If she is non compliant, they would take the baby thou. I think its a fair chance. An adult should be able to take responsibility. The past can't be the permanent exuse for not getting it together. Yes we are not all dealt the same cards, but we can make the best of them. Its quite irresponsible to take drugs when pregnant, no matter what the mental state I do judge her for that. She is basically knowingly damaging her kid. Being a parent does put things in perspective. You have to put your own needs behind and if that is not possible, abortion or better yet, protection is not that hard.
@@markeywestskies6503 I live in germamy.. thankfully. Free education and medical care. I would never want to live in America. Its a 3rd. world country as far as I am concearned.
@Wizard Khat uhm she is a homeless. What kind of life can you give a child when you are a traumatized, homeless junkie? She aint gonna find a good job or place
If she got a job I would maybe give her some credit. Walmart will hire pretty much anyone, she should give that a try. They don’t even drug test so there is not a excuse on that end. I hope she is telling the truth about not using while pregnant.
@@eman5280 they do drug test during the hiring proccess, and unless you give them a reason too once youre hired. Worked there for a couple months unloading trucks
Josh D I unfortunately work there currently. No drug tests anymore, at least where I am located. They would have half the people fired if they did, if not more.
When she was in Knoxville for a brief period, my mom was her case worker while she was in foster care. We’re the same age, so when Baby would go on respite, I’d always hope she’d get to stay the weekend with us because she was always funny to me. We were like 13/14 years old at the time, but she had a good sense of humor. I never knew or heard about what happened to her while she was in Knoxville. But Loudon is an even worse place to be. Just lowlifes and drugs galore. She was dealt a bad hand at life. I hate that life never got better for Baby because she was a chill spirit to be around. I truly hope she can get the help she needs.
from Monroe co. couldn't say i "knew" her, but i remember her. hope she makes it? sounds like she is having quite a time. i disagree with you that London co. is worse than Knox co. our whole region has issues!
We grew up together.I want to help her.If there was some how I can get ahold of her,I'm friends with the owners of several rehabs and I can get her in right away no insurance needed or anything.I pray she gets the help she deserves 🙏
@@PacificTrigger And you're not pathetic? Responding to every positive comment on this thread with a reflection of your own misery? At least shes not on youtube spewing "edgy" opinions to those who are being kind and won't give a shit what you say.
@@PacificTrigger Wow you're a real dick! By reading your comments, your life must be miserable. And you call her ugly? U are the ugly piece of shit 💩 and waste of space because of your nasty comments, go fuck off somewhere.
So very true man. It’s so sad for any human being to have to live like this! I know it’s just life but if I had the means to be able to help a person that is willing to help themselves I definitely would.
John Mitchell thats honestly how I always viewed it for myself if I’m struggling with addiction and not really stable then why would I go and have children and make things even more difficult for myself and drag someone down with me I never thought otherwise it would be a pretty inconsiderate and I have no interest bringing more welfare babies in the world
Thank you Mark for not just trying to be " politically correct". Yes, she can change the generational actions going forward. She has to want to. You are a true journalist. Love you!
@Iam Notafan Ty 4 sharing! It is infuriating to hear so much negativity! I'm happy for u & ur family. I imagine it was a long hard climb but I'm proud of you for the choices u made & 4 hanging in there.💖💖💖
When she said, "I never got to be a child," she spoke deep truth that resonates with many people on the streets and off the streets. She's brave. She speaks truth. It's never too late for her or anyone to embrace the inner child and tell it that it's ok to be free.
I hope she gets housing and a job she is not so far gone that she can't do well, she is young and smart, she just needs a start and an opportunity. ✌ and growers 💘
Lovish Landson.U.M he has a point, if you had a bad childhood. You would think people would be more smart with raising or even having children if there own. Im surprised at how many prostitutes and pimps have children, but don’t raise them. If you aren’t in a stable position to have a child, then you shouldn’t put yourself in that position. Endless cycle.
@@elliotfisher7856 BS! She could go to any clinic and get FREE birth control! What do you think the billions of dollars from our Government go to Planned Parenthood for?
*It is hard enough being homeless, but homeless with a child is the worst.* *Baby has a kind soul, who was clearly abused & neglected.* *Our society is falling apart faster than it can be handled, with this pandemic and financial devastation.*
my brother is mentally ill, we grew up not even able to buy milk. my dads a drunk and my mom resented me after they divorced. i know what struggle is but looking at me you would see middle class. every single person deserves respect no matter what they come from or how hard they have fallen. we are all trying to survive the best we know how.
Having a baby when you have a job and a stable life is difficult enough, imagine going through it being homeless and alone 🥲 I hope she finds help and gets her life together 🙏
I work in Maternity. They’ll have CPS called before the kid is even delivered. They drug test moms on admission to the hospital and if your pee is dirty, say goodbye to your child. It’s so sad
Ant Man it’s not excuse.her child is going to have no mom or dad now, just like she did. Someone has to break the cycle. That’s our responsibility as humans in our life
@Ryan Morgan Same here, I grew up in poverty with my parents not giving one crap about me and my siblings. Food stamps, rarely ever having a phone and getting the lights and heat turned off, yep all of it. My parents were not drunks or addicts they both had serious depression issues. My sister and brother both were/are addicts and never accomplished anything. My brother is no longer here. I fought very hard, worked hard to what I have and be where I am so yes, if you've got the willpower and ambition you can definitely break the cycle.
The smallest tasks like just getting an id or filling out a housing application feels like leaps and bounds and seems impossible to do in an addicts brain. Mark, i am hopeful for this young lady. She has a chance to really change if someone would just help her get those things.
Anything that's not related to getting drugs/money seems impossible because the drugs alter your brain chemistry to only focus on the drugs. I remember when I was homeless it took me over a year to even go to the food stamp office to get food stamps and cash assistance...just bc it involved staying in the same place for 5 hours and then waiting a few days for the actual pay off .
@@amyambrosius6427 when I was homeless in Oakland there was a man who would give tents to people for free that he had raised money for from a church. But there wasn't a gov or city program that did it atleast in Oakland CA
I'm raising a child (adopted) from a girl just like this. My child is an incredibly difficult kid. We stopped the cycle for our child. We foster kids too and are happy to stop the cycle for them too.
You might not like what I'm about to tell you, but personality is largely genetic. You are not getting a clean slate when you are adopting a baby, you are getting a blue print made up of someone else's DNA. It's true that you are giving the child more opportunities by providing him with a safe upbringing, but he's never going to be everything you likely hoped for if his parents were not smart people.
@delores walmack Genetics is a major contributor to how a child will respond to his or her environment. I have a lot of personal experience of being around adopted children and most simply turn out to be more like their natural parents rather than their adoptive ones, even when they have been given every opportunity to be successful and were adopted at a very early age . This is a common source of conflict in adoption families. People who adopt often think they are getting a clean slate but they are not. I'm really not trying to argue in favor of eugenics, I'm a libertarian and I think everyone should be allowed to reproduce and should be left alone unless they commit an obvious crime, but it is what is it.
@delores walmack Adoptive parents get a lot of praise and recognition. I don't know what world you live in. No one is ever allowed to express the parts of adoption that are not all rosy without someone accusing you of raining on everyone's parade. Of course It can be an honorable thing to raise an orphaned child and for the right reasons.
@@Billybloop I agree that genetics are powerful. I am adopted and my biological mom was a high school drop out. Luck for my I was placed into a loving home and today in am a mba graduate and raised my son on my own unlike my mom
"She was never my mom, she was my best friend." Heed those words. So many parents want to be their kids friend instead of their parent. Kids can make friends, they've only got two parents (if their lucky). We've got children raising children raising children in this country.
That’s exactly what I thought, when she said that!! I’ve said for years “Kids should never be brought into adult issues, they’re only “kids” for 18 years, they have the rest of their lives to worry about adult issues” I’ve said this for years, and I’ll keep saying it!! I hope she’s doing better and her baby was born healthy 🙏🙏!!
@@JasmineRIvy Gotta disagree. As parents, you are above your children. Your goal is to lead them in the ways of right and wrong. You are supposed to be their moral compass not their brainless peers.
Until just a few months ago I lived in an area where there were about 1100 homeless wandering around. The vast majority of the homeless are men as a woman can usually find someone to shack up with - usually. Most of the women I saw that lived on the street were more or less criminally insane. I had a neighbor that thought he could turn these women around and it never ended well and it usually took less than 24 hours before you'd see her with her shirt off, screaming bloody murder while waving around a bottle of vodka.
I had a single mother who did nothing but beat and mentally and psychologically and physically abused me so I've never had that Mother's Love and you don't know how it affects you until you're older when you cannot love anything yourself and you wonder where the coldness comes from and why you can't ever bond with anyone
I watch every one of these in Hope's of seeing my nephew Jared Stallings. He was mainly at Sunset & Gower, but skid row was his first COP/OD spot. He attended the Los Angeles Performing Arts high school, which is located downtown, and where/when he discovered heroin. My heart breaks every time it's not him.
Every child born deserves a loving home.I’m a mother in recovery I got clean when my kid was 11 she’s now 23 & I threw myself into motherhood.I raised an amazing woman & she is going places in her life.I wish I could tell this girl to do whatever it takes to choose a life worth living.I was a hard user & the only time I look back is to see how far I’ve come.God watch over this girl & her unborn child.❤️🙏❤️
"It made me the person I am today, so it couldn't have been that bad" - sad statement, coming from a person in that state, on the streets homeless and pregnant...
This was a very sad story. This young woman has never had a chance with the life she came from. How she has survived this long is beyond me. I hope that her baby is given a good home and she can receive the help she needs.
I grew up right next to her on the same street. She lied about everything in these interviews. We didn't grow up in the hood, she had normal parents, her mom wasn't a prostitute, she didn't grow up on drugs. She went wild when she was grown after she dated this black dude. She had a great childhood just like the rest of us in the neighborhood.
It's so sad how the streets literally tear a person apart, physically, mentally and spiritually. It's heartbreaking. I wish both her and her unborn baby safety and security.
I feel bad for her being homeless & the things she's been through in her past & present but she's bringing another child into the world that she's not capable of taking care of the needs her baby needs. I hope she does get supported housing & help for her drug taking
@マーク DADE I'm doing okay thank you. Alot of these interviews show how I could of ended up,its hard not to comment when I hear what they are going through. Hope your doing okay too.
This was posted a year ago when I'm watching and commenting. Are there any updates on Baby? Was she able to get food and housing? Was rhe baby born safely for both of them? I hope she is doing well and happily living with her baby. Prayers for them both 🙏
@@steveng1624 these people know more than you think! They know what's available for them, since she grew up the same way, she may have been fed as a baby because of this program. The word gets out and am sure she knows this. Trouble is that they don't want to do the paperwork or any steps to go get it. Some want it to come up in their face. Gotta do the right steps. I have given advice over the years to both men and women who needed help and had one excuse after another, like no transportation money, we have a transit system in my state and the biggest. They could've even ask a bus driver to let them on if you tell them that you are homeless and don't have the fare. Many do allow this, but some won't. I hope she does the right thing.
@@maggieswanson8116 I wonder where is the "man" who got her pregnant? There are places that can help...it's up to the individual if they want to do the necessary steps. And I do know what it is to be physically addicted to a substance. I'm just glad that I have never been truly homeless! I really want to see an update about her. I hope she gets her own place to call her own, even if it's a small studio apartment. And hopefully she will stop having any more children than she can already handle. I can't imagine being homeless and PREGNANT at the same time.
@Bellalunarsoulz that's the truth. I was physically addicted to drugs years ago, but I never experienced true homelessness...but when I needed help, I had to do the paperwork and the footwork, it's NOT going to just walk up to you and say "here I am, now fill it out" .
Hopefully, if she gets to the end of her pregnancy, she will seriously consider putting the baby up for adoption... she is in no position to look after a baby... who may need special care if she has been taking drugs while pregnant. She needs help desperately, but her baby deserves to get out of the cycle of pain and poverty which will be it,s inheritance..
I'm sorry but she is know better off in the town we grew up in.She is better off in Rehab in another state not Cali or TN but somewhere else get clean and just stay there and make a life for yourself.Thats what I did, and if it wasn't for Jesus I would be right there still struggling.
I’ll never understand the logic of women who have been raised within the foster care system themselves yet go on and have kids of their own who also end up in the system. It’s a very sad cycle of poverty and lack of education!! Please put the baby up for adoption or give the child to your aunt and uncle to raise with its sibling.
It’s safe to say the foster care system doesn’t exactly instill people with a good future-time orientation. When you know better, you do better. It’s a cycle.
It’s just shocking that having come from such traumatic childhoods them self and having grown up in and out of the foster system that wearing protection isn’t objective number one when having intercourse with someone. I don’t care how whacked your life has been or how screwed up on drugs you are the moment you start to abuse your own child is the moment you are no Longer the victim you are the inflictor!!
Brunette Beauty it’s not as easy as you may think to beak that cycle 💔 the same way one would Inherit money and good standings : others inherit Poverty and Cycles of Abuse .. it’s SO SO much deeper then just she need to stop the cycle ! Where does she start ? Who will be there for her ? How does she get the help she needs ? How does she come off drugs when that is the ONLY thing keeping her sane from her own emotions and pain ? How does she become a “ better “ mother than. Her mama was ? When her mama didn’t teach her shit but drugs and abuse ? It’s so much more deeper than just do it .. #ONELOVE ❤️❤️❤️
These situations are the hardest to watch. That poor little person is growing inside someone who is unfit and unstable and it is the one who is suffering the most.
@get down to business bitch if you want to validate your argument, please elaborate on your point.. what makes me arrogant? there is a small chance that the baby is going to be fine and make it through if the baby gets adopted, however, if the woman who is interviewed, baby, is going to raise her.. u already could speculate what is going to happen.. the woman itself struggled with the same issues during her childhood. Of course she is now adult and could change her life, but as long as she stays in the victemhood, she won't be able to raise the kid and it's sad that the kid does not have a father or mother who gave birth to it. Best case scenario for the kid: adoption.
@get down to business bitch and let's be honest, she can perfectly live with her auntie and raise her kids together with them. She just avoids that place because she cannot get high or run away from her childhood brokenness. She is afraid to address her pain and hence why is she keeps running away from anything that could make her life better. Just put YOUR emotions aside and think rationally. People like you enable such troubled people to keep being victimized and validate that. That's toxic behavior
For her baby's sake and her sake, I hope she considers letting a family adopt her baby. I agree with Ab Ra, and it's not 'arrogance', it's reality and actually caring what happens.
@Latrice R I disagree. Only a couple of these interviewees claim to have had a good childhood, but when you listen to their actual story your hear the truth and it really isn't the case. I remember a prostitute that said she had a great childhood, and I kinda believed her, she said she was addicted to "the life". BUT she certainly wasn't homeless in a tent on skidrow. These ragamuffin types never have good childhoods.
I'm glad she slowed down her drug use. She needs to get out now b4 she goes way down hill. Plz go back to Tennessee and get in a program. Get out of skid row baby girl. You can do this, there's still time
She will not come back to Tennessee. Her family has tried. She doesn't want to face the consequences for her actions. She has been helped many times by several people. She breaks her grandmother's heart. Her Aunt has had to stop allowing the turmoil for the child
I'm watching her body language, and I'm having a hard time feeling she's been clean, the body language is telling me mild withdrawal, I'm hoping her life turns around.
Someone who has done drugs most of their lives will still have the ticks and mannerisms of their abuse. It's compulsive at this point. Her pupils are normal. She is talking normal. Not on meth.
@@LIZZYRULES its because she's a female. she has to be doing better and we need to have sympathy. fact is she is homeless, addicted, and prostitutes. not raising her children. anything that happens is a result of her being out there. it's nothing to be sad about. be sad about the child not having a mother. where's the responsibility.
@@johnmax7991 You're absolutely oblivious and incredibly mistaken. The grey eyes, and the fact that she said "not really" are both dead giveaways she's been using in the last day or so. You don't know much about drug addiction, do you? Stop white knighting and romanticizing liar drug addicts.
It’s incredibly hard to break the cycle. Addiction is genetic, it nearly took my life and I had a great upbringing. Getting clean and sober and healthy is the hardest thing, can’t even imagine how hard it would be to do so after a childhood filled with abuse, neglect, and trauma with no positive role models
God Bless her. She’s calling for help and that’s all she needs is a support system. She isn’t in denial and she’s owning up to her wrong doings. I hope the right person sees this to help.
This is so sad 😭 I'm 29 with a 8 yr old and poeple think I'm 20. She's 26 and looks way older than me 😔 drugs are the worst ! I'll pray for her and her babies. Being a mom is not a easy but so worth it I hope she can get sober and be there for her kids. Breaks my ❤️
Baby’s story is definitely interesting first of all considering she’s from Loudon, TN which is an hour outside of where I live. Typically, these interviews are of people who are either from the west coast or have been living on the west coast for a number of years. But, to know that there’s someone on this channel who is basically from where I’m from, young, homeless, and pregnant it was definitely heartbreaking. She seems pretty sane and I just hope she can find the help she needs whether it’s from rehab, government assistance, adoption, or simply getting the proper documentation and finding a job.
I lived in Oneida, TN for years. (small town hr north of Knoxville) I saw many very sad cases there. She may in LA but she's still a little lost soul from TN, isn't she? I pray she gets the help she needs.
This episode really speaks to me. I wish I could do something for all of these people, but especially her... such a resilient and beautiful girl. After everything that’s happened, she still has a light about her.
ohh I feel really bad for that baby. The baby would have problems from those drugs the mother takes. I feel sad for her trauma life but I feel angry too.
I agree history repeats itself, and it really angers me when I see young girls on drugs getting pregnant and after having the child, don’t know what to do? It’s just plain old stupidity 😡😡😡
Her story is heart shattering , just like all of the others , she needs real help , please hero’s , please proved miracles and love . I’m praying for Baby , and all of the others . Thank you Mark .
I just had a thought... I feel it would be so powerful if you were able to attach a childhood photo with each of these interviews (for those who could provide one of course). I think for many people, especially those stuck in judgment... it would further open up their hearts and minds... perhaps stimulate some deeper reflection.
That would be great but i feel like many of the subjects have no access to old pictures and i cant imagine her parents were exactly capturing kodak moments unfortunately
Terribly sad. Baby is so incredibly damaged that it would take a miracle for her to recover from her horrendous upbringing. I liked her and believe she is innately a kind and caring human being.
Your videos help me stay sober, got one month down, been tryna stay sober for over a year hoping to make it longer than 6 months this time and hopefully forever, all I can do is try, and take each day as it comes
It`s so sad to read the comments on most of these videos,people are really some judgmental,mean,coldhearted,ignorant and stupid shitheads. It`s so heartbreaking💔 Why can`t people just be good to eachother?? I`ve been in the streets addicted to heroin,meth,pills-everything....since I was 14(that was when I started shooting up with heroin) i have been «clean» for a few years now,but it`s hard,it`s very hard..... Guys,please try to be nicer to eachother,kindness is free,it doesn`t cost a thing!
The most difficult issue with homelessness, is that the homeless can overcome their issues and be able to keep their home. If people are strung out on drugs, like really badly that they cannot take care of themselves properly whilst fighting demons at the same time. It is very hard indeed to provide them with any kind of long term shelter that they themselves can be responsible over.
This is so sad . I’ll be 25 in October and have a 4 year old 😥 I can’t imagine not having my baby with me at all time . Poor girl and poor kids of hers
Hilly Terrain it’s “when you’re strange, no one remembers your name, faces come out of the rain when you’re strange when your straaaaange alright yaaaaaghhgh “ btw but I get ur point This the end no safety or suprise the end
How can you get a job if you have no safe place to live, no car to get to and from work, no clean clothes and makeup to look good for work....trust me it's almost impossible to simply get a job without other people to help at first....I was living in my car for a few years and if it wasn't for my car I'd never have kept jobs bc u cant come to work stinking and looking homeless. I'd lie and say I stayed in a one room by myself when really I was in my car. These people need to be carried before they can walk on their own. If that makes sense....
So you have to have all that to have a job? Where is your head at. women DO NOT need makeup to jet a job. Vehicles are not cheap so there is such things as public transportation. Everyone has to start from somewhere and if this is her starting point then it is. Who are u to judge on why she can not have a job because of what she doesn't have? Its called motivation to get up and do it!!!!
@@lokita9639 wow ok way to go out of your way to pick apart what I said. I WAS A HAIR STYLIST SO YES I NEEDED THAT. And yes I do believe u need to look good for a job. Even if that "makeup" is chapstick and some under eye concealer (BC ITS EXHAUSTING BEING HOMELESS) have YOU ever been homeless? I have. So you cant even judge or pick at what I said. I have LIVED that life. So honestly you sound so completely big headed and making judgments on experiences you have no clue about. It's really very weird you would choose me to troll. But whatever. Did that feel good to try to make me feel stupid? I'll bet it did! Good for you. Glad you got to feel superior. Let me put my phone down to clap for your superior intellect....literally just did.
@@lokita9639 yeah well if u live in a rural area how do you expect a homeless person to get around by bus? HEY GUYS NONE OF YOU HAVE BEEN HOMELESS OBVIOUSLY SO YOU JUST SOUND IGNORANT AS FUCK.
Hunny your being the judgemental one. Haven't you ever heard of a thing called natural beauty. If your homeless im sure buying chapstick is the least of anyones worries. Your picking her apart so what is the difference? Not every homeless persons situation is the same. So what makes it ok for you to judge? You dont like it when it comes back to you, huh?!
I BELIEVE SHE ALREADY SAID THEY WILL NOT HELP HER.... MOST STATES WILL NOT JUST GIVE ASSISTANCE TO SOMEONE OR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TILL THEY BEEN THERE AWHILE. OR PEOPLE WOULD STATE HOP FOR WELFARE.
I hope you get the help you need flower. Such a tough life you have endured so far. Wishing you all the best & sending love and prayers for courage and strength .
She words herself so properly. She seems honest for the most part. And she really does seem willing to make a change. She just can’t do it alone... I wish there were more people willing to just help her. My situation does not compare to hers at all, but even I wish someone would just come and help me sometimes. I can’t even imagine how these people must feel. There is something very soft like about her spirit ... she is not a bad person. I hope things get better for you Baby. 💜
Baby, I’m so glad you’re trying to stay away from drugs for your child’s health. Hold that baby close and always make him/her the priority. You can get on wic and assistance until you get on your feet.
I don't know what is wrong with this world, but something has to happen to her, please, please help her. I'm not rich but if I was, I would help her in a heartbeat.
Money isn't always the answer you can't throw money at someone and expect them to get clean. Yes you can pay for a rehab while she has her child, but if she doesn't have the will to get clean there will be no getting clean.
@@linsioux217 that's more of a developmental wrongdoing, not her as an individual. People that endured rough childhoods are permanently in survival mode and don't necessarily know any better. Regardless if you've "been there done that", doesn't necessarily mean you have the same regard or experiences as she has.
I grew up in similar circumstances, it takes a lot to change your life and outcome, but it is possible. Baby is no dummy, she has experienced the worst of the worst. 😪. She has a head on her shoulders, I hope she can see the light and work towards a sober future, a day at a time! Baby you got this honey, do not stop believing in yourself! Praying for you!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼😘💕
I just pray for these people to find the good in life and get clean one day. Back in the day she would have been able to live at a state funded home for unwed mothers. Adoption is a smart choice for her and a wonderful gift of a better life she can give for her baby. I say never lose hope bc I am now 7 years clean from drugs and the only reason why i am clean all this time is my husband never gave up on me. Love can heal. I pray for all of the people you interview to find what or who they love and a reason to live a clean healthy life. Sometimes you have to do right because somebody else loves you before you realize how to love yourself.
My childhood consists of riding my bike, spring and summer breaks at my Grammie’s, having lots of toys, my dog, going to amusement parks. so many good things. it really sucks this woman did not have loving parents, and lived in a hostile environment. Not loved or set up for any type of success. I couldn’t walk a day in her shoes
Reading the comments on these videos reveals the real state of the American society.
An alarming amount of aggression, hatred, ignorance and coldheartedness towards this most vulnerable minority proofs the decline of a healthy and civilized social interaction more strikingly than the situation of these stranded people itself.
I think they act this way because they desperately don't want to be in their situation. I've thought like this before and I'm happy for the interviews that Invisible People had submitted for over a decade.
This channel has also given me more of a compassionate view on a lot of my previous prejudices.
You know in Germany, a woman like her would be put in a 'woman house', where they would help her with her issues and show her how to take care of the baby. Get an job, Ect.
If she is non compliant, they would take the baby thou.
I think its a fair chance. An adult should be able to take responsibility. The past can't be the permanent exuse for not getting it together.
Yes we are not all dealt the same cards, but we can make the best of them. Its quite irresponsible to take drugs when pregnant, no matter what the mental state I do judge her for that. She is basically knowingly damaging her kid. Being a parent does put things in perspective. You have to put your own needs behind and if that is not possible, abortion or better yet, protection is not that hard.
Except many of them aren't made by Americans...how unpatriotically hip you are; which countries do you believe are less acerbic in attitude
@@markeywestskies6503 I live in germamy.. thankfully. Free education and medical care. I would never want to live in America. Its a 3rd. world country as far as I am concearned.
@@andreabrava6899 Really? You're some kinda stupid.
The real gateway drug: a wrecked childhood.
The realest comment ever posted
Exactly. It's levels to this type of shit smh.
Man...screenshotted. Facts
Say that
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It sad how a lot of these people are failed by their parents and adults.
Then failed by the system as well. They can’t win....regardless.
the system and this country failed them, it’s heartbreaking honestly. just a never ending cycle.
It's sad that she does the same to her children
And her parents’ parents failed them, and she is failing her kids… never ending cycle.
@Wizard Khat uhm she is a homeless. What kind of life can you give a child when you are a traumatized, homeless junkie? She aint gonna find a good job or place
Honestly you have to admire the strength these people have, just to get through their days......no excuses, just honesty.
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If she got a job I would maybe give her some credit. Walmart will hire pretty much anyone, she should give that a try. They don’t even drug test so there is not a excuse on that end. I hope she is telling the truth about not using while pregnant.
@@eman5280 you're heart is bigger than your brain right now i'm afraid. not a bad thing, just saying it how it is.
@@eman5280 they do drug test during the hiring proccess, and unless you give them a reason too once youre hired.
Worked there for a couple months unloading trucks
Josh D I unfortunately work there currently. No drug tests anymore, at least where I am located. They would have half the people fired if they did, if not more.
When she was in Knoxville for a brief period, my mom was her case worker while she was in foster care. We’re the same age, so when Baby would go on respite, I’d always hope she’d get to stay the weekend with us because she was always funny to me. We were like 13/14 years old at the time, but she had a good sense of humor. I never knew or heard about what happened to her while she was in Knoxville. But Loudon is an even worse place to be. Just lowlifes and drugs galore. She was dealt a bad hand at life. I hate that life never got better for Baby because she was a chill spirit to be around. I truly hope she can get the help she needs.
Ty kindly for tht tidbit. Insightful.
@@ashley-deanmyers7031 he wasn't her worker personally so he won't get in any trouble. Hippa is intense but not that intense. Lol
from Monroe co. couldn't say i "knew" her, but i remember her. hope she makes it? sounds like she is having quite a time. i disagree with you that London co. is worse than Knox co. our whole region has issues!
We grew up together.I want to help her.If there was some how I can get ahold of her,I'm friends with the owners of several rehabs and I can get her in right away no insurance needed or anything.I pray she gets the help she deserves 🙏
@@ashley-deanmyers7031 HIPAA and didn’t apply to this comment
I pray Baby and her baby overcome this journey. She sounds like she's willing but just needs someone to grab her by the hand and show her the way...
@@PacificTrigger And you're not pathetic? Responding to every positive comment on this thread with a reflection of your own misery? At least shes not on youtube spewing "edgy" opinions to those who are being kind and won't give a shit what you say.
@@PacificTrigger Wow you're a real dick! By reading your comments, your life must be miserable. And you call her ugly? U are the ugly piece of shit 💩 and waste of space because of your nasty comments, go fuck off somewhere.
@@PacificTrigger you're garbage
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She’s not ugly and so what if she’s sick shit happens no of us live in a Rose Garden.
I'd like to grab you by the hand Cutie.. have a nice weekend 🤗❤👌🏽
This shows how important it is to be a good parent so the kids don't end up in such situations in life.
So very true man. It’s so sad for any human being to have to live like this! I know it’s just life but if I had the means to be able to help a person that is willing to help themselves I definitely would.
John Mitchell thats honestly how I always viewed it for myself if I’m struggling with addiction and not really stable then why would I go and have children and make things even more difficult for myself and drag someone down with me I never thought otherwise it would be a pretty inconsiderate and I have no interest bringing more welfare babies in the world
Thank you Mark for not just trying to be " politically correct". Yes, she can change the generational actions going forward. She has to want to. You are a true journalist. Love you!
@Iam Notafan Ty 4 sharing! It is infuriating to hear so much negativity! I'm happy for u & ur family. I imagine it was a long hard climb but I'm proud of you for the choices u made & 4 hanging in there.💖💖💖
Legrettax lol well..she's not in her childs life and after she gives birth she won't be in that childs life either.
When she said, "I never got to be a child," she spoke deep truth that resonates with many people on the streets and off the streets. She's brave. She speaks truth. It's never too late for her or anyone to embrace the inner child and tell it that it's ok to be free.
I hope she gets housing and a job she is not so far gone that she can't do well, she is young and smart, she just needs a start and an opportunity. ✌ and growers 💘
Homeless and Pregnant shouldn't even be a thing in America
You get what you get and you don’t throw a fit
spencer.999 Why would you even waste your time commenting back that fuck you
Don’t be mad at me, be mad at America
Ya heard it shes been served with drug,kidnapped and raped
Lovish Landson.U.M he has a point, if you had a bad childhood. You would think people would be more smart with raising or even having children if there own. Im surprised at how many prostitutes and pimps have children, but don’t raise them. If you aren’t in a stable position to have a child, then you shouldn’t put yourself in that position. Endless cycle.
Breaking generational curses is one of the toughest and most beautiful things a person can do for themselves. Sending prayers for her healing.
The amount of times I’ve heard people on this channel say “I’ve been down here ever since” it’s like a black hole they just get stuck 🥺
My heart breaks for this girl and her baby.
And your breaking heart will do nothing to stop the pattern.
Best of Pester Pear FUNNY MOMENTS You are either joking or an idiot.
@Taylor Made Man probably doesn’t have access to cheap or affordable birth control and or abortion
@@elliotfisher7856 BS! She could go to any clinic and get FREE birth control! What do you think the billions of dollars from our Government go to Planned Parenthood for?
the shit she has seen and was put through is honestly mind boggling
*It is hard enough being homeless, but homeless with a child is the worst.* *Baby has a kind soul, who was clearly abused & neglected.* *Our society is falling apart faster than it can be handled, with this pandemic and financial devastation.*
Brunette Beauty lol right. This bitch doesn’t have a good soul she looks like a cold scammer
my brother is mentally ill, we grew up not even able to buy milk. my dads a drunk and my mom resented me after they divorced. i know what struggle is but looking at me you would see middle class. every single person deserves respect no matter what they come from or how hard they have fallen. we are all trying to survive the best we know how.
Amen ❤️❤️❤️
Having a baby when you have a job and a stable life is difficult enough, imagine going through it being homeless and alone 🥲 I hope she finds help and gets her life together 🙏
I work in Maternity. They’ll have CPS called before the kid is even delivered. They drug test moms on admission to the hospital and if your pee is dirty, say goodbye to your child. It’s so sad
Mary was homeless and alone, except for Joseph. The last on earth...the first in heaven.
What a sad story - I hope she finds her peace
She never had a fair chance, Mom and Dad where not there for her.
Ant Man it’s not excuse.her child is going to have no mom or dad now, just like she did. Someone has to break the cycle. That’s our responsibility as humans in our life
@Ryan Morgan Same here, I grew up in poverty with my parents not giving one crap about me and my siblings. Food stamps, rarely ever having a phone and getting the lights and heat turned off, yep all of it. My parents were not drunks or addicts they both had serious depression issues. My sister and brother both were/are addicts and never accomplished anything. My brother is no longer here. I fought very hard, worked hard to what I have and be where I am so yes, if you've got the willpower and ambition you can definitely break the cycle.
curt carlisle 💯💯. Childhood abuse and neglect plays a huge part.
@Ryan Morgan you saying that means that you are a homeless and pregnant woman who has no excuse.
@Ryan Morgan well said, and congrats to you
The smallest tasks like just getting an id or filling out a housing application feels like leaps and bounds and seems impossible to do in an addicts brain. Mark, i am hopeful for this young lady. She has a chance to really change if someone would just help her get those things.
I agree. They are mentally broken down. The smallest shit gets them frazzled. But very skilled at scamming people.
Anything that's not related to getting drugs/money seems impossible because the drugs alter your brain chemistry to only focus on the drugs. I remember when I was homeless it took me over a year to even go to the food stamp office to get food stamps and cash assistance...just bc it involved staying in the same place for 5 hours and then waiting a few days for the actual pay off .
How do they get tents? Are they free to the homeless?
Do children live in tents also with parents?
@@amyambrosius6427 when I was homeless in Oakland there was a man who would give tents to people for free that he had raised money for from a church. But there wasn't a gov or city program that did it atleast in Oakland CA
So true
I'm raising a child (adopted) from a girl just like this. My child is an incredibly difficult kid. We stopped the cycle for our child. We foster kids too and are happy to stop the cycle for them too.
May God hold & keep yall.
You might not like what I'm about to tell you, but personality is largely genetic. You are not getting a clean slate when you are adopting a baby, you are getting a blue print made up of someone else's DNA. It's true that you are giving the child more opportunities by providing him with a safe upbringing, but he's never going to be everything you likely hoped for if his parents were not smart people.
@delores walmack Genetics is a major contributor to how a child will respond to his or her environment. I have a lot of personal experience of being around adopted children and most simply turn out to be more like their natural parents rather than their adoptive ones, even when they have been given every opportunity to be successful and were adopted at a very early age . This is a common source of conflict in adoption families. People who adopt often think they are getting a clean slate but they are not. I'm really not trying to argue in favor of eugenics, I'm a libertarian and I think everyone should be allowed to reproduce and should be left alone unless they commit an obvious crime, but it is what is it.
@delores walmack Adoptive parents get a lot of praise and recognition. I don't know what world you live in. No one is ever allowed to express the parts of adoption that are not all rosy without someone accusing you of raining on everyone's parade. Of course It can be an honorable thing to raise an orphaned child and for the right reasons.
@@Billybloop I agree that genetics are powerful. I am adopted and my biological mom was a high school drop out. Luck for my I was placed into a loving home and today in am a mba graduate and raised my son on my own unlike my mom
"She was never my mom, she was my best friend." Heed those words. So many parents want to be their kids friend instead of their parent. Kids can make friends, they've only got two parents (if their lucky). We've got children raising children raising children in this country.
Good advice.
That’s exactly what I thought, when she said that!! I’ve said for years “Kids should never be brought into adult issues, they’re only “kids” for 18 years, they have the rest of their lives to worry about adult issues” I’ve said this for years, and I’ll keep saying it!! I hope she’s doing better and her baby was born healthy 🙏🙏!!
But there’s also a balance. We are not above our children, we must uplift them and encourage instead of being so focused on punishment and shame
@@JasmineRIvy Gotta disagree. As parents, you are above your children. Your goal is to lead them in the ways of right and wrong. You are supposed to be their moral compass not their brainless peers.
@@JasmineRIvy there’s a difference between uplifting and encouraging and lacking any discipline or boundary because your kids your “best friend”
This breaks my heart...I wanna take her in and show her what family is like. I can't fathom people having never known a mother's love.
Until just a few months ago I lived in an area where there were about 1100 homeless wandering around. The vast majority of the homeless are men as a woman can usually find someone to shack up with - usually. Most of the women I saw that lived on the street were more or less criminally insane. I had a neighbor that thought he could turn these women around and it never ended well and it usually took less than 24 hours before you'd see her with her shirt off, screaming bloody murder while waving around a bottle of vodka.
I had a single mother who did nothing but beat and mentally and psychologically and physically abused me so I've never had that Mother's Love and you don't know how it affects you until you're older when you cannot love anything yourself and you wonder where the coldness comes from and why you can't ever bond with anyone
This is just sad when parent fail to raise their kids. She never got to be a child. Btw Thankyou for doing these interviews.
Woooow you're here too lol. I love this channel
I watch every one of these in Hope's of seeing my nephew Jared Stallings. He was mainly at Sunset & Gower, but skid row was his first COP/OD spot. He attended the Los Angeles Performing Arts high school, which is located downtown, and where/when he discovered heroin. My heart breaks every time it's not him.
I'm sorry 😔 I've been in the same position as your nephew. I hope he makes it back. It's possible
Keep watching, and if you see him, contact Mark. Mark helps people get in contact or help others a lot of times.
Can you contact him thru Facebook? It seems like this is him? facebook.com/jared.stallings
@@sclife9704 I wonder if she's seen this comment?
Stacy White I don’t know but I am going to try and post it again and tag her and maybe she will see it. I hope so!
Seeing stuff like this makes me really interested in how childhood plays a big role in how someone is. Makes me wanna help people
Every child born deserves a loving home.I’m a mother in recovery I got clean when my kid was 11 she’s now 23 & I threw myself into motherhood.I raised an amazing woman & she is going places in her life.I wish I could tell this girl to do whatever it takes to choose a life worth living.I was a hard user & the only time I look back is to see how far I’ve come.God watch over this girl & her unborn child.❤️🙏❤️
"It made me the person I am today, so it couldn't have been that bad" - sad statement, coming from a person in that state, on the streets homeless and pregnant...
This was a very sad story. This young woman has never had a chance with the life she came from. How she has survived this long is beyond me. I hope that her baby is given a good home and she can receive the help she needs.
agreed. meth is a severely devastating drug. hard to leave it's grasp.
I grew up right next to her on the same street. She lied about everything in these interviews. We didn't grow up in the hood, she had normal parents, her mom wasn't a prostitute, she didn't grow up on drugs. She went wild when she was grown after she dated this black dude. She had a great childhood just like the rest of us in the neighborhood.
My heart goes out to her , but she shouldn't have custody of any children.
Agree so I'll take the baby my husband and I will take good care of the baby
@@elaine4415 What's your motive why do you want her baby ?? I find that strange 🙄
Relaxed mimi not strange at all
She seemed sedated. I’m worried for her and the baby.
@@elaine4415 go become a foster parent then.
It's so sad how the streets literally tear a person apart, physically, mentally and spiritually. It's heartbreaking. I wish both her and her unborn baby safety and security.
I feel bad for her being homeless & the things she's been through in her past & present but she's bringing another child into the world that she's not capable of taking care of the needs her baby needs. I hope she does get supported housing & help for her drug taking
@マーク DADE I'm doing okay thank you. Alot of these interviews show how I could of ended up,its hard not to comment when I hear what they are going through. Hope your doing okay too.
@マーク DADE Thank you,that's nice to hear. You take care of yourself too❤
25!!!!!! I would have never guessed!!! Praying for her and the baby
This was posted a year ago when I'm watching and commenting. Are there any updates on Baby? Was she able to get food and housing? Was rhe baby born safely for both of them? I hope she is doing well and happily living with her baby. Prayers for them both 🙏
There’s a follow up, search in the videos.
This is the song that never ends. Completely heartbreaking...
Her whole life, people have treated her as a thing....she is a person who never had a chance and my heart goes out to her. I wish her all the best.
I’m from Knoxville and currently live a few miles from Loudon and this breaks my heart. She was dealt every bad card she could have received.
Please let her know. She can go to WIC. Government help for women with kids
I'm so glad you posted about WIC on here, hopefully she knows.. 😭
@@steveng1624 these people know more than you think! They know what's available for them, since she grew up the same way, she may have been fed as a baby because of this program. The word gets out and am sure she knows this. Trouble is that they don't want to do the paperwork or any steps to go get it. Some want it to come up in their face. Gotta do the right steps. I have given advice over the years to both men and women who needed help and had one excuse after another, like no transportation money, we have a transit system in my state and the biggest. They could've even ask a bus driver to let them on if you tell them that you are homeless and don't have the fare. Many do allow this, but some won't. I hope she does the right thing.
Ypur need all the papers for wic
I.d as card and doc appointment papers. It's no joke being homeless and pregnant
@@maggieswanson8116 I wonder where is the "man" who got her pregnant? There are places that can help...it's up to the individual if they want to do the necessary steps. And I do know what it is to be physically addicted to a substance. I'm just glad that I have never been truly homeless! I really want to see an update about her. I hope she gets her own place to call her own, even if it's a small studio apartment. And hopefully she will stop having any more children than she can already handle. I can't imagine being homeless and PREGNANT at the same time.
@Bellalunarsoulz that's the truth. I was physically addicted to drugs years ago, but I never experienced true homelessness...but when I needed help, I had to do the paperwork and the footwork, it's NOT going to just walk up to you and say "here I am, now fill it out" .
She is a sweet soul and deserves a life so much better than this. I really hope things get better for her. 💕
Well said.
Brunette Beauty and your name is very misleading. “Beauty” lmfao you Quasimodo looking skank 😂
worst part is that these sad and broken people are bringing innocent kids on this planet and chances of them having the same life is very high
Hopefully, if she gets to the end of her pregnancy, she will seriously consider putting the baby up for adoption... she is in no position to look after a baby... who may need special care if she has been taking drugs while pregnant. She needs help desperately, but her baby deserves to get out of the cycle of pain and poverty which will be it,s inheritance..
Please baby get home go back to Tennessee your better off in a small town. Leave skid row it's a horrible place to be. Go Home
Yes, a small town is much better than where she is right now
Absolutely! Get out of hell on earth!
I'm sorry but she is know better off in the town we grew up in.She is better off in Rehab in another state not Cali or TN but somewhere else get clean and just stay there and make a life for yourself.Thats what I did, and if it wasn't for Jesus I would be right there still struggling.
I’ll never understand the logic of women who have been raised within the foster care system themselves yet go on and have kids of their own who also end up in the system.
It’s a very sad cycle of poverty and lack of education!!
Please put the baby up for adoption or give the child to your aunt and uncle to raise with its sibling.
It’s safe to say the foster care system doesn’t exactly instill people with a good future-time orientation. When you know better, you do better. It’s a cycle.
It comes down to will, will to overcome circumstance and your programming (phenotype), but how much will you have it is not up to you.
It’s just shocking that having come from such traumatic childhoods them self and having grown up in and out of the foster system that wearing protection isn’t objective number one when having intercourse with someone.
I don’t care how whacked your life has been or how screwed up on drugs you are the moment you start to abuse your own child is the moment you are no
Longer the victim you are the inflictor!!
It's called "repeating the cycle of trauma."
Brunette Beauty it’s not as easy as you may think to beak that cycle 💔 the same way one would Inherit money and good standings : others inherit Poverty and Cycles of Abuse .. it’s SO SO much deeper then just she need to stop the cycle ! Where does she start ? Who will be there for her ? How does she get the help she needs ? How does she come off drugs when that is the ONLY thing keeping her sane from her own emotions and pain ? How does she become a “ better “ mother than. Her mama was ? When her mama didn’t teach her shit but drugs and abuse ? It’s so much more deeper than just do it .. #ONELOVE ❤️❤️❤️
These situations are the hardest to watch. That poor little person is growing inside someone who is unfit and unstable and it is the one who is suffering the most.
im sorry for her kid, she's gonna end up in the similar path as all the people who are interviewed here have one thing in common: broken childhood
@get down to business bitch if you want to validate your argument, please elaborate on your point.. what makes me arrogant?
there is a small chance that the baby is going to be fine and make it through if the baby gets adopted, however, if the woman who is interviewed, baby, is going to raise her.. u already could speculate what is going to happen.. the woman itself struggled with the same issues during her childhood. Of course she is now adult and could change her life, but as long as she stays in the victemhood, she won't be able to raise the kid and it's sad that the kid does not have a father or mother who gave birth to it. Best case scenario for the kid: adoption.
@get down to business bitch and let's be honest, she can perfectly live with her auntie and raise her kids together with them. She just avoids that place because she cannot get high or run away from her childhood brokenness. She is afraid to address her pain and hence why is she keeps running away from anything that could make her life better. Just put YOUR emotions aside and think rationally. People like you enable such troubled people to keep being victimized and validate that. That's toxic behavior
For her baby's sake and her sake, I hope she considers letting a family adopt her baby. I agree with Ab Ra, and it's not 'arrogance', it's reality and actually caring what happens.
@Latrice R I disagree. Only a couple of these interviewees claim to have had a good childhood, but when you listen to their actual story your hear the truth and it really isn't the case. I remember a prostitute that said she had a great childhood, and I kinda believed her, she said she was addicted to "the life". BUT she certainly wasn't homeless in a tent on skidrow. These ragamuffin types never have good childhoods.
@@lemonspice5889 The voice of commonsense and reason. Thank you!
I'm just reading this I hope this precious soul is doing well. She has so much to offer. 🙏
Crazy to see someone from your town on here. Hope she finds her way to recovery and a successful life.
She doesn’t even look 6 months pregnant hope that the baby is healthy and that this young lady is healthy as well
Little or no prenatal care, poor diet, drugs, stress etc.... What do expect?
Not every women is the same size during pregnancy.
i thought she said 4 months
Yeah, her baby looks small. I hope this isn't true, but I suspect the baby has been affected by her drug use.
I was smaller at that stage for a lot of reasons (medical), even though I tried my hardest to gain. I wish her the best in her situation.
In OC there’s a womens shelter specifically for pregnant, homeless women. Is there something like this in LA county that she can be referred to?
OC isn't far, that's a real possibility that she could get there with a little help. Can you share that info with Mark?
Yes. There is. It's up to her to go.
More than likely there is. I have a feeling right now they probably aren’t accepting a lot of people due to Covid
@@Lostinmyhead23 I'm in Cali. Theres help for her. Covid is not an issue for services especially pregnant women.
@@trademarktm2222 I heard they can receive housing at one of the local hotels because of covid.
I'm glad she slowed down her drug use. She needs to get out now b4 she goes way down hill. Plz go back to Tennessee and get in a program. Get out of skid row baby girl. You can do this, there's still time
Ur profile pikk funny
She will not come back to Tennessee. Her family has tried. She doesn't want to face the consequences for her actions. She has been helped many times by several people. She breaks her grandmother's heart. Her Aunt has had to stop allowing the turmoil for the child
I'm watching her body language, and I'm having a hard time feeling she's been clean, the body language is telling me mild withdrawal, I'm hoping her life turns around.
Someone who has done drugs most of their lives will still have the ticks and mannerisms of their abuse. It's compulsive at this point. Her pupils are normal. She is talking normal. Not on meth.
I commented the same thing before I saw your comment. Unfortunately, I agree :'(
@@LIZZYRULES its because she's a female. she has to be doing better and we need to have sympathy. fact is she is homeless, addicted, and prostitutes. not raising her children. anything that happens is a result of her being out there. it's nothing to be sad about. be sad about the child not having a mother. where's the responsibility.
The eyes say at least 12 hours into withdrawal.
@@johnmax7991 You're absolutely oblivious and incredibly mistaken. The grey eyes, and the fact that she said "not really" are both dead giveaways she's been using in the last day or so.
You don't know much about drug addiction, do you? Stop white knighting and romanticizing liar drug addicts.
She is living her life just like her mother did. Doing the exact same things.
An endless cycle
As long as there is breath in her lungs there is still hope.The world counted me out too but look at God 🙏
This is why we have to break the cycle of generational curses
So sad literally living her moms life. I pray she finds her way
It’s incredibly hard to break the cycle. Addiction is genetic, it nearly took my life and I had a great upbringing. Getting clean and sober and healthy is the hardest thing, can’t even imagine how hard it would be to do so after a childhood filled with abuse, neglect, and trauma with no positive role models
"Do you have any friends?"
"No."
Heartbreaking.
That wasn’t heartbreaking 😂
Then you'll be suprised by how many "normal" people don't have friends. It's more common than you think.
She's 26, she should have friends
God Bless her. She’s calling for help and that’s all she needs is a support system. She isn’t in denial and she’s owning up to her wrong doings. I hope the right person sees this to help.
This is so sad 😭 I'm 29 with a 8 yr old and poeple think I'm 20. She's 26 and looks way older than me 😔 drugs are the worst ! I'll pray for her and her babies. Being a mom is not a easy but so worth it I hope she can get sober and be there for her kids. Breaks my ❤️
Baby’s story is definitely interesting first of all considering she’s from Loudon, TN which is an hour outside of where I live. Typically, these interviews are of people who are either from the west coast or have been living on the west coast for a number of years. But, to know that there’s someone on this channel who is basically from where I’m from, young, homeless, and pregnant it was definitely heartbreaking. She seems pretty sane and I just hope she can find the help she needs whether it’s from rehab, government assistance, adoption, or simply getting the proper documentation and finding a job.
👋🏽 from Knoxville
I lived in Oneida, TN for years. (small town hr north of Knoxville) I saw many very sad cases there. She may in LA but she's still a little lost soul from TN, isn't she? I pray she gets the help she needs.
Lenoir City!
@@JerriLynn222 Athens...just up the road a few miles. I pray she is doing better. Would love to try to help her.
This episode really speaks to me. I wish I could do something for all of these people, but especially her... such a resilient and beautiful girl. After everything that’s happened, she still has a light about her.
ohh I feel really bad for that baby. The baby would have problems from those drugs the mother takes. I feel sad for her trauma life but I feel angry too.
Probably won’t live through birth.
she’s so compassionate, she was addicted to drugs but said that she doesn’t want to lose her baby so she stopped. not a lot of folks will do that.
unfortunately, that comment was only how she felt in the moment. She was immediately out for her next fix right after giving birth.
Sadly history repeats itself. I feel so bad for this young woman and her baby. Wish her the best.
I agree history repeats itself, and it really angers me when I see young girls on drugs getting pregnant and after having the child, don’t know what to do? It’s just plain old stupidity 😡😡😡
I’m so thankful that I had parents who put my interests ahead of their own.
Honestly... this lady has my total respect. I couldn't survive this.
Omg mark I was just about to go to sleep it’s 4 in the morning now I gotta watch this 😭😭
I really hope we can see an update on her. I feel she's very honest and genuine. With a little help and a lot of determination, she can do it!
Seeing this in a way makes me feel lucky and never to judge someone on the streets
When she said "The first time I've been raped..." my stomach just turned. There should never be another time. I don't have words...
Her story is heart shattering , just like all of the others , she needs real help , please hero’s , please proved miracles and love . I’m praying for Baby , and all of the others . Thank you Mark .
I just had a thought... I feel it would be so powerful if you were able to attach a childhood photo with each of these interviews (for those who could provide one of course). I think for many people, especially those stuck in judgment... it would further open up their hearts and minds... perhaps stimulate some deeper reflection.
That would be great but i feel like many of the subjects have no access to old pictures and i cant imagine her parents were exactly capturing kodak moments unfortunately
Terribly sad. Baby is so incredibly damaged that it would take a miracle for her to recover from her horrendous upbringing. I liked her and believe she is innately a kind and caring human being.
Look after yourself Baby! Sending you all the positive energy I can from Belgium!
Your videos help me stay sober, got one month down, been tryna stay sober for over a year hoping to make it longer than 6 months this time and hopefully forever, all I can do is try, and take each day as it comes
tears...this is all so hard to watch....God Bless you precious child of God.
It`s so sad to read the comments on most of these videos,people are really some judgmental,mean,coldhearted,ignorant and stupid shitheads.
It`s so heartbreaking💔
Why can`t people just be good to eachother??
I`ve been in the streets addicted to heroin,meth,pills-everything....since I was 14(that was when I started shooting up with heroin)
i have been «clean» for a few years now,but it`s hard,it`s very hard.....
Guys,please try to be nicer to eachother,kindness is free,it doesn`t cost a thing!
We bicker about race and politics but can’t come together to solve an age old problem(Homelessness)😕
In 2020 we black people shouldn’t have to be out there fighting for basic rights how about we focus on that ?
Homelessness is politics.
The most difficult issue with homelessness, is that the homeless can overcome their issues and be able to keep their home. If people are strung out on drugs, like really badly that they cannot take care of themselves properly whilst fighting demons at the same time. It is very hard indeed to provide them with any kind of long term shelter that they themselves can be responsible over.
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Don't mean to sound cruel, but you can't help people that don't want to first help themselves.
This is so sad . I’ll be 25 in October and have a 4 year old 😥 I can’t imagine not having my baby with me at all time . Poor girl and poor kids of hers
This is so heartbreaking! Stay strong girl!
I wish the best for her and her baby.She just needs a little guidance and I think she will be fine.She is smart enough to pull through this 100%!!!❤️
I'm in Knoxville TN. This hits home for me.
Same here!
Throw away child having throwaway children.
‘Unwanted ... no one remembers your name.’
(People are Strange, Jim Morrison) Thx for the portraits Mark
Hilly Terrain it’s “when you’re strange, no one remembers your name, faces come out of the rain when you’re strange when your straaaaange alright yaaaaaghhgh “ btw but I get ur point
This the end no safety or suprise the end
Adoption is a good option.
This channel is lit cuhz... appreciate you mark..keep goin
SAVE BABY!! I LOVE HER SOUL SHE REMINDS ME OF MY SISTER 😭😭😭😭 I LOVE YOU BABY!!!
How can you get a job if you have no safe place to live, no car to get to and from work, no clean clothes and makeup to look good for work....trust me it's almost impossible to simply get a job without other people to help at first....I was living in my car for a few years and if it wasn't for my car I'd never have kept jobs bc u cant come to work stinking and looking homeless. I'd lie and say I stayed in a one room by myself when really I was in my car. These people need to be carried before they can walk on their own. If that makes sense....
So you have to have all that to have a job? Where is your head at. women DO NOT need makeup to jet a job. Vehicles are not cheap so there is such things as public transportation. Everyone has to start from somewhere and if this is her starting point then it is. Who are u to judge on why she can not have a job because of what she doesn't have? Its called motivation to get up and do it!!!!
You don't need makeup for work lmao.
You are correct they need help learning to care for themselves again though.
@@lokita9639 wow ok way to go out of your way to pick apart what I said. I WAS A HAIR STYLIST SO YES I NEEDED THAT. And yes I do believe u need to look good for a job. Even if that "makeup" is chapstick and some under eye concealer (BC ITS EXHAUSTING BEING HOMELESS) have YOU ever been homeless? I have. So you cant even judge or pick at what I said. I have LIVED that life. So honestly you sound so completely big headed and making judgments on experiences you have no clue about. It's really very weird you would choose me to troll. But whatever. Did that feel good to try to make me feel stupid? I'll bet it did! Good for you. Glad you got to feel superior. Let me put my phone down to clap for your superior intellect....literally just did.
@@lokita9639 yeah well if u live in a rural area how do you expect a homeless person to get around by bus? HEY GUYS NONE OF YOU HAVE BEEN HOMELESS OBVIOUSLY SO YOU JUST SOUND IGNORANT AS FUCK.
Hunny your being the judgemental one. Haven't you ever heard of a thing called natural beauty. If your homeless im sure buying chapstick is the least of anyones worries. Your picking her apart so what is the difference? Not every homeless persons situation is the same. So what makes it ok for you to judge? You dont like it when it comes back to you, huh?!
The government has help for her since she is pregnant. She needs to ask what is available and get herself on the right track.
I BELIEVE SHE ALREADY SAID THEY WILL NOT HELP HER.... MOST STATES WILL NOT JUST GIVE ASSISTANCE TO SOMEONE OR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TILL THEY BEEN THERE AWHILE. OR PEOPLE WOULD STATE HOP FOR WELFARE.
She doesn’t have identification, and she needs this to get into the system. It seems to be a problem with many homeless people.
This was recorded before March...do you have an update on this mama? Sending her hope and love ❤️
Shes had baby by now! I hope she is well.
Mmmommy MM most important hopefully the baby is ok. 🙁
I hope you get the help you need flower. Such a tough life you have endured so far. Wishing you all the best & sending love and prayers for courage and strength .
She words herself so properly. She seems honest for the most part. And she really does seem willing to make a change. She just can’t do it alone... I wish there were more people willing to just help her. My situation does not compare to hers at all, but even I wish someone would just come and help me sometimes. I can’t even imagine how these people must feel. There is something very soft like about her spirit ... she is not a bad person. I hope things get better for you Baby. 💜
Baby, I’m so glad you’re trying to stay away from drugs for your child’s health. Hold that baby close and always make him/her the priority. You can get on wic and assistance until you get on your feet.
Her daughter will be telling this same story in 20 years
yep....the cycle will continue.
We can hope not.
everyone always has a chance, truly
Godwilling not
I sincerely hope that doesn’t hapoen
I'm so proud of her and how strong she is just amazes me I hope her and her child are doing well/do well
I live in the UK and I'm totally disgusted in American government for not looking after their kids . This girl would be housed by the state now 🙄
She's been through so much, I feel terrible for her. Please pray for her people. God take this baby in your arms.
I don't know what is wrong with this world, but something has to happen to her, please, please help her. I'm not rich but if I was, I would help her in a heartbeat.
Nobody has to help her and nobody will
Money isn't always the answer you can't throw money at someone and expect them to get clean. Yes you can pay for a rehab while she has her child, but if she doesn't have the will to get clean there will be no getting clean.
She doesn't want help. She would steal from you and you wouldn't be able to get rid of her. Been there....Done that way too many times.
@@linsioux217 I hear you. I've been there as well and never, ever again.
@@linsioux217 that's more of a developmental wrongdoing, not her as an individual. People that endured rough childhoods are permanently in survival mode and don't necessarily know any better. Regardless if you've "been there done that", doesn't necessarily mean you have the same regard or experiences as she has.
Hopefully her aunt is willing to take this baby so its with family. If one day she does get clean she'll still be able to know them
I find all of these videos very well done . Takes a lot for these people to be candid and admit to things that they have done , or experienced .
I grew up in similar circumstances, it takes a lot to change your life and outcome, but it is possible. Baby is no dummy, she has experienced the worst of the worst. 😪. She has a head on her shoulders, I hope she can see the light and work towards a sober future, a day at a time! Baby you got this honey, do not stop believing in yourself! Praying for you!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼😘💕
I feel for this girl. Very sad and unfortunate. She doesn't want to loose her baby but she can't even take care of herself 😢
I just pray for these people to find the good in life and get clean one day. Back in the day she would have been able to live at a state funded home for unwed mothers. Adoption is a smart choice for her and a wonderful gift of a better life she can give for her baby. I say never lose hope bc I am now 7 years clean from drugs and the only reason why i am clean all this time is my husband never gave up on me. Love can heal. I pray for all of the people you interview to find what or who they love and a reason to live a clean healthy life.
Sometimes you have to do right because somebody else loves you before you realize how to love yourself.
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Por supuesto que hay que ayudar a esta chica... pero lo principal es asegurarse de que el bebé pueda tener una infancia sana y feliz
I just saw this and the thought of a homeless woman on USA streets is kind of mind-blowing to me.
The face of this woman and all her expressions are the most clear signs of pain, trauma, suffering. Why ? It doesn't have to be this way .
My childhood consists of riding my bike, spring and summer breaks at my Grammie’s, having lots of toys, my dog, going to amusement parks. so many good things. it really sucks this woman did not have loving parents, and lived in a hostile environment. Not loved or set up for any type of success. I couldn’t walk a day in her shoes
Sad part of that is lots of people have those idyllic childhoods and still turn to drugs or crime or whatever.