Common App Additional Info- family situation

Hi!

I was just deferred by a couple schools, and am looking to strengthen my application. I was wondering if you all think it would be beneficial to include a paragraph about my family situation in the additional info section (it’s currently blank). My mom works away from home and travels a lot, so I only see her a few weekends each month. I was thinking I could explain that, talk about how it’s made me more independent, having to take care of younger sibling, etc- I’m not trying to explain ecs or bad grades with it.

Is this a good idea? or should I just leave the section blank?

thanks so much!

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I don’t think it could hurt.