Recession uprooting families at kids’ expense

Low-income Americans forced to move more often in today's hard times

Associated Press
updated 1 hour, 27 minutes ago

Like the Great Depression, this economic downturn is wrenching lives out of shape.

But unlike 90 years ago, hunger isn’t the main problem, and neither is the kind of homelessness that sent thousands of middle-class Americans into tent cities during the Depression. This time the toll is far less obvious: children are grappling with more stress at home, and low-income families, already highly mobile, are being forced to pull up stakes and move more often.

“It’s huge,â€