My [16F] big brother [18M] starves himself just so my mom and I can eat sometimes. How can I help him out?

I’m not here to ask for money or anything I just need advice from somebody more experienced because I have nobody to talk to about this in real life. So, my mom is an illegal immigrant and she is ill so her medications come out to about $1,000 a month plus rent money and other bills we have to pay. My mom doesn’t let me work because she wants me to get an education.

My older brother is very smart and got many offers to register to go to very good universities, but he didn’t take any offers because that would mean my mom and I wouldn’t be able to support ourselves. I feel very bad and like if this is all my fault. We can’t always afford food, so my brother works hard 7 days a week and I think he is starting to get into illegal business because he is tired of being poor.

I feel real bad and I don’t want him to get killed out on the streets or into any trouble. But one of the things that is making me the most hurt is seeing how he lets us eat and a lot of times doesn’t get to eat at all. I try to eat a lot at school and save food at home for him, but he refuses and just tells me to save it for tomorrow.

He has gotten too thin and I think it’s affecting his health a lot. What can I do to help him out?!!, I hate seeing him how he is right now and I don’t know how to help him when he doesn’t want to eat to save it for my mom or for me.

Tldr: we are too poor and sometimes cannot afford food. This is affecting my brother because he doesn’t eat much for days sometimes and I hate seeing how life is for him

Submitted November 23, 2019 at 06:46PM by Helpplzthrowayway https://ift.tt/33aytAp