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Article: Anxiety trickles down to children
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- Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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- September 30, 2008
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Across the country, as the economic squeeze is
tightening on America's families, it's causing a ripple effect on
some forgotten victims: kids.
Children are worrying about whether their parents have enough
money to buy groceries -- or moving in with other family members
because their parents can't pay their mortgage.
Call it trickle-down anxiety.
The effects on children are showing up at schools, where kids are
complaining about stomachaches and sleep problems.
"It's difficult for them to focus on learning in the classroom
when they're concerned about: 'Where are we going to live today? Are
the lights going to be on when I get home? Is there going to be
something to eat? Is ...