The recession will impact children for years to come

According to a report just released by the Foundation for Child Development, numerous indicators of child well-being are headed in a negative direction as a result of the recession. Education Week notes, "More children will live in poverty this year. More will have two parents who are unemployed. Fewer children will enroll in prekindergarten programs, and fewer teenagers will find jobs. More children are likely to commit suicide, be overweight, and be victimized by crime." The full report, "Child and Youth Well-Being Index," is available here: http://www.fcd-us.org/usr_doc/FINAL_2010_CWI_Annual_Release.pdf
Project director, Kenneth Land, is sociology and demography professor at Duke and a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, the Sociological Research Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, and the American Society of Criminology.