she didn't ask advice from random judgmental folks who have no love or compassion and are totally ignorant of her life or situation.
"divorce, loss of jobs, homeless, abuse, sickness, and more"
grr some days...........i think i'm just going to go pray now.
Judgemental and without compassion?
I'd say thats a pretty lengthy judgement on your behalf.
"sickness", "homelessness", "loss of jobs".
Reguardless if you are religious, contraception and planning on family size helps to alleviate such issues.
Starting with sickness, the more children you have the more likely they are to get sick, then spread the disease amongst the family. The more family members the more likely they are to come in contact with diseases. The fewer children you have the more time and money you have for the children you do have. Ergo unless money is falling from the sky the education of children beyond college is more easily managable by planning family size.
Perhaps you don't like my advice, I prefer blunt logical solutions. Perhaps you don't see it that way but thats my way of showing sympathy. Attemping to offer solutions.
By all means family size is entirely the choice of the family but I wish you the best and hope my suggestions may be viewed as kind advice to you.