Dear Mrs. Roosevelt: Children write to the First Lady

This website truly showed how harsh and different it was for kids to grow up during the depression. Kids wrote to the First Lady because they wanted to be able to wear good enough clothes so they could go to school, but they could not afford it. The parents wanted to be able to give their children what was necessary in their life like a good education and regular nutrition, but they could not afford that. Today, we do not value what we have. Some of us are lucky enough to get a top of the line education and go to the best schools in the nation. Others, on the other hand, are not always as lucky. We do not not fully understand how lucky we are because we do not see it in our day to day life. It's important to recognize whats going on with all citizens of the United States because, after all, we are a united nation that, in order to be successful, needs to come together. People of all classes, races, and different parts of America must help each other so we can all prosper.