Families & Poverty

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Across
  1. 4. Labor done to earn a living though it does not always pay enough
  2. 6. Something required for survival like water shelter or medicine
  3. 7. Money that is owed to someone else and is hard to pay back
  4. 8. The worry and pressure parents feel when they cannot pay for necessities
  5. 12. A place for money though many poor families lack access to one
  6. 14. A notice of money owed for things like electricity or water that causes stress
  7. 15. What families need from food banks or charities to get by
  8. 17. A safe place to live that some families lose when they cannot afford it
  9. 19. Playthings that poor families rarely have extra money to buy
Down
  1. 1. What a family struggles to put on the table when money is tight
  2. 2. The basic resource that families in poverty do not have enough of
  3. 3. The monthly payment for housing that can take up most of a family's income
  4. 5. The family members who are often hardest hit by financial struggles
  5. 9. How family members might become if they cannot afford good food or medicine
  6. 10. Medical attention that can be hard to afford without insurance
  7. 11. Work that provides the money a family needs to survive
  8. 13. Basic items to wear that families might have to buy secondhand
  9. 15. The positive feeling families try to hold onto for a better future
  10. 16. Having very little money or few possessions to meet basic needs
  11. 18. Eating food at one time which some children have to skip