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kickysnana

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4. A group called "Reagan kids" grew up in that recession

Reply to Redfairen (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 09:30 PM

Jan 2013

changes to the safety net, and the flooding of the urban areas with drugs.

I cannot find anything quickly about them but there was a spike in lawlessness, drug crime and deaths among this group.

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Recession babies may be more likely to be teen delinquents [View all] Redfairen Jan 2013 OP

Teen babies. Very interesting. nt valerief Jan 2013 #1

High level of cortisol (stress hormone) in mother's blood during pregnancy? SharonAnn Jan 2013 #15

And along with bush's recession we had bush wars and all of bush's legacy is... Tikki Jan 2013 #2

we had a crime family leading the country. olddad56 Jan 2013 #6

Oh lawd, 9% mari-ju-huana usage! Zephie Jan 2013 #3

A group called "Reagan kids" grew up in that recession kickysnana Jan 2013 #4

I was born in 1986, so I'm safe. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #5

so how do you explain the depression babies becoming part of the "Greatest Generation"? olddad56 Jan 2013 #7

Thank you! NICO9000 Jan 2013 #8

You don't. Igel Jan 2013 #9

Good question. That was Tom Brokaw's term for, really, what would be a large group of mostly jtuck004 Jan 2013 #10

There was no social media and internet AlphaCentauri Jan 2013 #17

First Candidate for this 2013 "You Call This NEWS?" Awards rocktivity Jan 2013 #11

elitist propagnda in the class war pscot Jan 2013 #12

I see it as an argument FOR a living wage. TalkingDog Jan 2013 #13

do editors not exist anymore... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #14

Seems like a non-story WestCoastLib Jan 2013 #16