Chapters 10-17: Family Discussion Reflection #2

Research
Topic: Children in the Great Depression

Summary: Children during the time of the Great Depression were malnourished and often times didnt go to school to work for their families to survive. At this time, the infant mortality rate was at an all time low related to malnourished children and insufficient healthcare.

Evaluation: In Chapter 13, the man at the gas station tells about how one families daughter traded in a doll for gas and that really stood out to me to the point where it inspired me to find an article about children effected by the Great Depression.

Citation: "What Were the Effects on the Children of the Great Depression?" WiseGEEK. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2013. <http://www.wisegeek.org/what-were-the-effects-on-the-children-of-the-great-depression.htm>.

Philosophical Questioning
1. Do you feel that it is necessary for a young innocent child to work for their families survival?
2. Would you allow your child of 6 years old to work if there was a situation like the Great Depression among America a second time? 
3. How would you respond to your child if they ask why everything they've ever known and loved is being taken from them?

Discussion: 

AaaA discussion with my Aunt

Ref.    Reflection:

   T. The discussion with my Aunt about the children in the Great Depression was actually pretty relatable to her. With being a child with a crisis among you and no where to go you tend to give up what matters most for survival. She talks about how when she was 18 she went to University of North Carolina and her boyfriend went to Duke and she got pregnant when she was 18. With her technically still being a "child", not being able to sustain herself alone, she gave up her college and future to raise her kids and it surely was a sacrifice, which was a memorable topic. What was very satisfying is how open she was about her situation, and how heartfelt she felt about kids having to work and they were uneducated. She feels as though education is essential for a child in their most formative years but them having to work is unfortunate because they experience the hardships of life before living a life of innocence and having a real childhood. I can improve my questions by trying to make them more elicit to the information I am trying to get from the person I am doing my discussion with.