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Katniss took care of Prim because their mother was too depressed to care care of her.

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Because she was so upest about her husband's death she spend most of her time in a rocking chair spacing out :( so katniss had to take care of prim and she had to make sure they had food and water.

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Because after Katniss's father died in a mine explosion, her mother was so shocked and depressed that she zoned out and was completely unresponsive to almost everything, leaving an 11-year-old Katniss (at that time) to take care of herself, her mother and her 7-year-old sister (at that time)

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Mrs. Evredeen fell into a horrible depression after her husband died and was unable to treat herself or take care of her children because of it

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