Video Analysis of 'The Home Front in World War One: Impact on Children'

We picked this video because it shows how the war affected the health of young children, particularly newborns. Pregnant women were often too poor to pay for doctors during childbirth and also couldn’t pay for medical care as their children grew. As a result of these problems better health care schemes were put in place but not until after hundreds of children had died. This video relates to the early years of children’s lives, especially in poor areas and how rationing and poverty during WW1 caused malnutrition in young children. Because fathers were often fighting in the war, families with young children were often forced into poverty and unable to feed their children properly because they were unable to work.