This absence of government funding was a particular problem for Jim's parents, Molly and Clifford. Both were scientists studying the garbage crisis, but their lab had
recently been closed due to lack of money.
Based on the context clues in this passage, what does the word funding mean?
A. the act of doing scientific research
O B. the act of supplying money
C. the act of building a lab
D. the act of studying a crisis

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d. football allowed the narrator and his father to reconnect after his parents' divorce.

answer: having more negative in their interactions with their child more or likely because of issues with stress and depression.

explanation:

teenage parents may also have less time as they juggle their responsibilities to spend with their child which can make the child feel lonesome and not enough trust was made to create a foundation between the parent and the child.