My daughter came home crying because her friends all have the new iPhone and she's embarrassed by her three-year-old phone, and I don't know how to explain that we can't afford it without making her feel poor.
More people experience this than they realize.
Market-driven status systems transform economic inequality into social exclusion, forcing children to bear the weight of circumstances beyond their control.
“Where Are You with Fairness — what every civilization concluded?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.