Our research focused on parenting among young people in difficulty in Montreal. In serious rupture with society (due to unemployment and social exclusion), they also become parents in a difficult relational and emotional context as regards their own family history (past abuse). An in-depth qualitative analysis was carried out on the basis of 23 semi-structured interviews with six fathers and 6 mothers attending or having attended an organization that helps young people in difficulty (Dans la Rue). Results reveal several possible support actions. However severe social conditions are (material difficulty, drug abuse, homelessness, lack of income), this should not blur the important psychological issues that may arise from parenting (reliving past trauma, perinatal loss, pre or post natal depression or changes in the parental couple due to the risk of separation).