As a young man from a poor background, your back is almost on the ground. Get an education if you can, get a skill if you can't get an education..... And even if you can get an education, if it's not skilled - based education like medicine and other health related courses or engineering you still have to get a skill.
We all want to pass on a better baton. You don't want a situation where you tell your children to endure what they pass through because you have passed through it also. This shows you didn't do anything to change anything. You have to give them better than what you had.
At the end of the day it all goes down to the man. If you can't provide for the family, you are a failure.... If you can't live up to responsibility, you are a failure. It's always the man!!! Face this reality and do something about it.