We know another little kid where the mom was on drugs. The mom has been in jail and her kids were being looked after by the grandma for a time. She has a kid with just about every boyfriend--3 official kids by all different dads, but we suspect that her "brother" is actually her son too. Her oldest son lives with his dad, but the middle child never knew her dad. She definitely has a sadness about her because of it. At one time she asked my husband if he could be her dad. The littlest boy was supposedly fathered by an illegal that got kicked out of the country. After the illegal, she was living with an alcoholic boyfriend. That ended in December after a physical/verbal fight and within just a few days she was onto another live-in boyfriend. So the "family" no longer lives in our immediate neighborhood, and we no longer see the little girl as much which is sad for her and us. There's absolutely no stability in the little girl's life.
A very melancholy story. You at least showed friendship and support for that young girl, who is in such hard circumstances.