Job loss or unemployment do not only affect family income, but family stability and child development as well.
- Can strain familial relationships and cause stress depression, and substance use
- Can have negative effects on children’s academic achievement, behavior in school and college aspirations
- Lower test scores
- More school suspensions
- Grade repetition
- Low college attendance
- Lower adult earnings
- Can cause families to have little access to nutritious foods and enriching resources
- Can cause lower life satisfaction from the family, including children later in life
