'There's so much I want to give my daughter - poverty means I can't'

'There's so much I want to give my daughter - poverty means I can't'Just nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleHywel GriffithWales correspondentBBCMum Rebecca says there's "no way" she would survive without the support of her own parentsAs her three-year-old daughter wriggles on her lap and plays with her mother's hair, Rebecca gives an honest assessment of what dealing with poverty means for her."The amount of times I will lay in bed and just cry because there's so much I want to give her that I can't give her," she said."Mentally, emotionally it takes a massive, massive toll."Just being a parent, then add in the cost of living and poverty, because that's exactly where we are now in Wales, it is hard, really, really hard."Like many of the parents at the Teilo's Community Cwtch playgroup in Swansea, Rebecca is frank about the financial struggles she faces."I'm a single parent on one part-time pay-cheque – shopping shouldn't be luxury," she said."If I move out on my own there's just no way I could survive. Lucky enough I've got incredible parents to support the both of us because I wouldn't be able to live."Danielle says her budget makes it hard to deal with emergenciesDanielle, who is at the playgroup with the youngest of her four children, said problems could accumulate quickly."Its hard to try and keep above the emergency," she explained."I've come very, very close to that line and then I've got to find more (money) to fund that emergency and add to the original payment."As a result, she often finds she has to go without in order to provide for her children."On many occasions its come to that decision, if my children want do after-school club or I do something for myself, then my children do that club," she said.Danielle wants politicians to offer practical help with energy costs all year round.&q...