Recession and its harmful effect on children

am surethat is does hurt the kids when pay check get cut the pay gets cut the food goes up. SOme thing might work good for kids is they might have to use thier brains with out all the electronics doing it for them.

Yes, it makes sense to me if these kids are so much used to lead an affluent lifestyle. A sudden change is hard to bear. A loss of face is even harder. If things do not improve fast it makes sense when they turn to theft or robbery.

Because of my age I know many people who were children during the depression. Many time there wasn't much to eat and you wore your brother's, sister's or cousin's cloths. Dog bones were given away and we often had soup made from them and a few old vegatables. When we made soup we made a lot to share, refrigeration was not available. If we went to school we shared books no one had their own. When we look back on the 20th century there were much worse times for our country than the depression but while we were living through it we learned to make do with very little. In some places in the country people never recovered from it and live with those condiitons even today. Human children are very strong and do not have to be spoon fed their education or intellectual developement. Emotionally humans are strong and can withstand many difficult conditions. I really think it's the difficult times that you look back on a see your most challenging opportunities for learning and growth.

I think parents are stressed it affect child to.

I believe that there will be effects on our children but as early as now we should be planning on how we can let them know that we can still handle the situation. We should open their eyes to what is happening but not to the extent that they should already be affected. Let them play. =)