Some studies produce surprising results that are contrary to expectations. Others add important details to our knowledge of a particular subject.
And then there are studies that unfortunately confirm our common sense understanding of quite how bad things really are. If anything, they’re probably worse. What follows is news about one of those kinds of studies. If you have previously been behaving with irrational optimism on the subject, this is surely a squelch.
It’s about the resilience of children in housing. In many situations, we need to stop dismissing or rationalizing their safety. However uncomfortable or inconvenient, news of the following study confirms what many of us probably already pretty much understand, reflecting both a personal and social need to do more to protect them.
Read more in the Irish Examiner: Poor housing ‘affects children’s social and emotional wellbeing’
For those who want to know more, here is a link to the study, which is published by the Economic and Social Research Institute: Housing Adequacy And Child Outcomes In Early And Middle Childhood
