Impact of the Great Depression on Families and Children

Impact of the Great Depression on Families and Children The Great Depression impacted families in an emotional way. The Great Depression was the worst and longest reduction in the economy in the years 1929 until 1941. During this time most people experienced unemployment and money loss. The “Dust Bowl” also accorded during this time which brought farmers in to the depression. During the Great Depression women started having more children than the years before and after. Then the children had terrible role models, they started dropping out of school to work, and families started to change the way they lived, but it also drew families closer together. Women had a higher average of children in the 1930s than women in the 1910s and 1960s. “Women born in 1935 had an average of three children per woman, compared with an average of 2.4 for those born in 1910 and those born in 1960,” (Consumer Health News). The reason that might be the why in 1960s woman had fewer children was because reliable birth control had developed and work and educational opportunities occurred. “Women born in 1910 were most likely to be childless by age 50(19.7 percent), compared with 15.6 percent of woman in 1960 and 11.4 percent in 1935,” (Consumer Health News). The Great Depression created a difference in the amount of babes being produced before, within, and after the effect of the Great Depression. The Great Depression showed today’s world that good role models are needed to show children what’s wrong and what’s right. The Great Depression is the explanation why children today are suffering from greed and corruption of modern-day society. Reason one is that children had lacked of love and affection from mostly their fathers but sometimes their mother too. Second, the economic decline made parents stressed and have anxiety which led unleash negativity on the children. Thirdly, unfair laws were created by corruption and greed of political leaders. Lastly, the children had turned to God