Stress caused by Financial problems

Having read the article concerning the effects of financial stress on our lives, I now understand why more and more people have health problems as they age.  It is also apparent with students in financially unstable homes, they are getting trauma and possibly mental illness introduced into their lives beyond the areas we normally consider.

I can now understand in a much wider way why students come to school ill clothed, not fed, or unhappy.

The day to day grind of worrying how to pay bills or buy food must be terribly grinding on the parents.  If they are emotionally and physically challenged, then they don't have a lot of extra resilience to parent children effectively.