A Support System is a resource. To whom does one go when help is needed? Those individuals available and who will help are resources. When the child is sick and you have to be at work - who takes care of the child? Where do you go when money is short and the baby needs medicine? Support systems are not just about meeting financial or emotional needs. They are about knowledge bases as well. How do you get into college? Who sits and listens when you get rejected? Who helps you negotiate the mountains of paper? Who assists you with your algebra homework when you don't know how to do it? Those people are all support systems.
Support systems are simply networks of relationships.
