Saturday, May 7, 2011

Black unemployment crisis takes toll on kids' mental health

 

In a study of 7,000 households, black middle-class children whose parents lost their jobs were three times more likely to postpone plans for college. Instead, some of these children entered the workforce in order to financially support the household, observed Ariel Kalil, the study author and developmental psychologist at the University of Chicago.

Black unemployment crisis takes toll on kids' mental health

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