Monte, the 15-year-old, is a no-show. The two oldest live in Missouri.
Oldest child is a high school graduate. He should have a job and be supporting himself. (What do you bet the "girlfriend's" child is also his?) Second child is out of the house ... in Juvenile Detention, it sounds like, as well as in Missouri.
That leaves her with herself, a 13-year-old boy, and a 10-year-old girl. And nothing to do but cook nutritious meals for them.
To her credit, at least two of her kids have he same last name as she does. That’s unusual for this kind of story.