rashford comes from a working class family; his mother is melanie maynard, a single parent who often had to work multiple jobs to feed their family, sometimes skipping meals herself to ensure rashford and his siblings ate.in 2012, rashford was invited to an england under-16 training camp, and was later selected to play in the victory shield against northern ireland under-16s in september, and wales under-16s in october. under-16's manager kenny swain later revealed that rashford only played two appearances for the side due to an understanding with coaches at manchester united regarding him being underdeveloped physically, and also thought the exposure would have been "too much" for him.