Dyer asks them to think of something positive. A short, pained silence. I got a job, I hope. She is upset because Chris failed to show up for an ultrasound, as he said he would. Chris says he didn't feel well.
Dyer grasps a teachable moment.
He asks how many of them had parents, too, who failed to follow through on something. They all raise their hands. Through the rest of the session, the kids recount pasts of assaults, foster homes, absent fathers, time in jail. The mothers recall the times their kids pawned their jewelry, punched out their walls, stole from them. They all, Dyer says later, face tough odds.