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Article: Recession takes toll on children as well
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- The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.
- Article date:
- May 17, 2009
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SAN BERNARDINO - Stacy Crosslin isn't sure what big words like
"economy" and "recession" mean.
What the 9-year-old does know is that it might be next year
before she gets a new pair of shoes, and there are a lot of houses
in her neighborhood with "for sale" signs posted on brown lawns.
All of that, combined with worries about the economy that trickle
down from the adults in her life, make Crosslin sometimes feel sad
and uncertain.
"I feel unhappy because we are never able to go to fun places
like the movies, amusement parks or public pools where you have to
pay," she said, as she stood on the front porch of the San
Bernardino homeless shelter where her mother works.
Stacy isn't alone.
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