Crazy Social Experiment...

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

The beggar supporting a habit sounds more creditable perhaps.

Exactly. There is a lot of help available for parents with kids so that there is no need to have a kid on the street begging. Also there are a lot of well known scams where people use false stories involving kids and actually use kids in the scam. Basically, the one with the kid isn't trusted. People know many substance abusers are stuck on the street begging. They feel that begging for money for drugs, etc is at least being honest.