Unemployment’s Effects on Children’s School Performance

This crisis has caused a big domino effect and this effect has come to impact even children. The sight of seeing their parents being insecure about their future and seeing the financial strains that this unemployment crisis has causes is enough to evoke a child to fall emotionally unstable. A sight of emotional instability and stress in children can be measured by their academic performance. Rachel Emma Silverman of the Wall Street Journal Reported ,"9% of children whose parent has been laid off is will repeat that grade ... children have a 15% greater chance to repeat a grade when a parent is laid-off".