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The Depression had a powerful impact on family life. It forced couples to delay marriage and drove the birthrate below the replacement level for the first time in American history.

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The picture shown details children of a migrant fruit worker in Berrien County, Michigan.
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The graph above shows how many children were born during the Great Depression.  The rate was low during this time because not many families could afford to have more kids.  Money was scarce during the depression so they wanted to save as much as possible and not use it on another child.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtUjpUW09qc
Children that lived during the great depression had to grow up fast and help support the family. They worked part or full-time, and most had to drop out of school to provide for they’re families.

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During the Great Depression songs provided a way for people to complain of lost jobs and impoverished circumstances. Songs could also be used to raise people's spirits and give them hope for better times.

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Rates of desertion soared along with rates of abandonment. By 1940, 1.5 million married women were living apart from their husbands. More than 200,000 vagrant children wandered the country as a result of the breakup of their families.

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Culturally, young people became a distinct market for comic books featuring Superman and other superheroes, movies starring child stars like Shirley Temple and Mickey Rooney, and Disney cartoons introducing Mickey Mouse and the Three Little Pigs, whose theme song, “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf” became an anthem of the era.

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Politically, the state began to play a larger role in children’s lives. The federal government established day-care centers, supplied school lunches, built playgrounds, swimming pools, and ball fields. The 1935 Social Security Act provided aid for rural, disabled, and dependent children, while the Civilian Conservation Corps and National Youth Administration created jobs and educational opportunities for teens.

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Socially, high school became a typical teenage experience for the first time. A record 65 percent of teens attended high school in 1936; they spent the better part of their days together, forming their own cliques and looking to each other for advice and approval. Thus arose the idea of a separate, teenage generation.

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Economically, many children worked both inside and outside the home; girls babysat or cleaned house, boys hustled papers or shined shoes, and both ran errands and picked crops. Yet the scarcity of jobs led record numbers of children to remain in school longer.

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Culturally, young people became a distinct market for comic books featuring Superman and other superheroes, movies starring child stars like Shirley Temple and Mickey Rooney, and Disney cartoons introducing Mickey Mouse and the Three Little Pigs, whose theme song, “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf” became an anthem of the era.

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Political affairs revolving around children

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Political affairs revolving around children

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Politically, the state began to play a larger role in children’s lives. The federal government established day-care centers, supplied school lunches, built playgrounds, swimming pools, and ball fields. The 1935 Social Security Act provided aid for rural, disabled, and dependent children, while the Civilian Conservation Corps and National Youth Administration created jobs and educational opportunities for teens.

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The Great depression had a powerful impact on everyone, especially on families and they're lifestyles. The depression forced couples to delay marriage and drove the birthrate below the replacement level for the first time in American history.

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Economically, many children worked both inside and outside the home; girls babysat or cleaned house, boys hustled papers or shined shoes, and both ran errands and picked crops. Yet the scarcity of jobs led record numbers of children to remain in school longer.

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https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200197402
During the Great Depression songs provided a way for people to complain of lost jobs and impoverished circumstances. Songs could also be used to raise people's spirits and give them hope for better times.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtUjpUW09qc
Children that lived during the great depression had to grow up fast and help support the family. They worked part or full-time, and most had to drop out of school to provide for they’re families.

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But rates of desertion soared. By 1940, 1.5 million married women were living apart from their husbands. More than 200,000 vagrant children wandered the country as a result of the breakup of their families.

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https://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/525 https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/children_depression/depression_children_menu.cfm
Chart/graph/infographic: https://sites.google.com/a/sheboyganfalls.k12.wi.us/brianna-alex-and-tyson-s-living-histories-project/statistics
Photograph: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2156728/Long-lost-Depression-era-photos-capture-everyday-life-destitute-Americans.html
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200197402/

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https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/children_depression/depression_children_menu.cfm
https://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/525