The Lives of Sesame Street: The Impact of Foreclosures On Young Children and Families
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-17-2009
Journal / Book Title
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
Abstract
While significant attention has been paid to Wall Street investors and families impacted by the current subprime mortgage crisis in the USA, the lives of Sesame Street are minimally discussed. Children and their families are enduring a variety of consequences of foreclosures. The consequences can be hugely disruptive to the approximately 2 million voiceless victims. For the youngest citizens of the USA - its children - the subprime mortgage crisis, particularly home foreclosures, is impacting school attendance, academic performance and achievement, social development and emotional wellbeing. The authors argue that media and political attention should also include the unintended and often unnoticed repercussions of foreclosures on young children and their education. It is also argued that educators and policy makers should create policies and develop concerted efforts to alleviate the negative impacts on young children.
DOI
10.2304/ciec.2009.10.2.182
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Davis, Danne and Shin, Minsun, "The Lives of Sesame Street: The Impact of Foreclosures On Young Children and Families" (2009). Department of Teaching and Learning Scholarship and Creative Works. 138.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/teaching-learning-facpubs/138