Is the Cost Greater then the Reward

In this weeks class discussion we talked about the cost of getting ahead. It gave me a whole new outlook about the people that are in my hometown. I felt horrible for people coming to the United States that are seeking a better life for their families, and then having to sacrifice little things that most people take for granted. Some of these families only had enough money for one person to leave to the United States, while the rest stayed behind. For months or years these families maybe separated depending on the financial income. The ones that stayed behind, the mother and children, had to cope with losing a father, and partly a mother, as the mother now tried to take on the father's role. In some cases, after the families were finally reunited, the families structure was broken down. Too much time had pasted. The father no longer felt like his role was respected, the children did not want to be home, the mother was more independent ( not that that's a bad thing), and there was a lot of hurt going around. I know that these families wanted to get a head, but it was at the cost of their families falling apart. This is such a hard stituation. I hope that anyone who is going through this right now, will try and find a way to save their family relationships.