I was forced to send them to work so we could survive. I can't say this really solved anything. It was just so that we could live a little better. Between my oldest son and myself, we bring in about 410 pesos a week. Water is very expensive.
Food is very expensive.
If we want to eat meat, it can't stretch that far. It's more like we eat bones than we eat meat. At the beginning of the year there's always a general wage increase, but before the increase takes effect, you see the prices going up on everything. Last January, sugar went up a peso. Milk, which cost 15 pesos, went up to 17,50.