Cat Jones eagerly left the family home at 17 and later bought a house 230 miles away with her husband. After having a baby and leaving her husband, she was determined to make things work living on her own. Fiercely independent and proud, I was determined to make things work on my own. Farm life is notoriously stressful and persistent. I have become closer with everyone in my family, and we're showing my daughter how to cohabit peacefully.

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Persons: Cat Jones, —, Cassie, Cassie didn't, Jones, it's, hadn't, grandma Cat Jones, It's, I'm Organizations: Service, Pew Research Center, Survey Locations: Tauranga —, New Zealand