Hechinger Report | Tough times ahead for children of the Great Recession, report finds

Hechinger Report | Tough times ahead for children of the Great Recession, report finds

Tough times ahead for children of the Great Recession, report finds

by Sarah Garland

More children will live in poverty this year. More will have two parents who are unemployed. Fewer children will enroll in pre-kindergarten programs, and fewer teenagers will find jobs. More children are likely to commit suicide, be overweight and be victimized by crime. This is all according to a report released today by the Foundation for Child Development that measures the impact of the recession on the current generation.

Courtesy Milken Family Foundation

These are the children of the Great Recession, a cohort that will experience a decline in fortunes that erases 30 years of social progress. The report – known as the Child and Youth Well-Being Index – predicts that in the next