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