How This Recession is Affecting Our Children

With me with no job, and my husband’s pay getting cut due to no coaching and cut backs in the school system, the kids are struggling as well. We have a ten year old and a one year old. The ten year old is struggling worse than the one year old of course because she has had to give up a lot lately. We can’t give her an allowance anymore nor buy her things she wants. She has had to give swim team that she loves as well. It is horrible to go from being ok, not rich, but ok to having next to nothing in one month.

Our ten year old daughter is also struggling in school because her teachers are constantly giving assignments that involve the parents to buy things for projects. I typically would not mind this since she is very artistic. However, we cannot afford to buy her the materials, and this frustrates her very much.

Our son at least is too young to really know any difference yet. But, it is hard to not get him things as we did for our daughter. He is a happy baby none the less though. For this I am very happy.


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