One huge cost of letting the expanded child tax credit die? Harm to developing brains

As a psychiatrist who works with parents to help them teach their children how to better cope with stress, I applaud the OP-ED piece by REBECCA SCHWARZLOSE AND JOAN LUBY. I agree that economic help for families suffering poverty benefits children. For me, that is enough. But even for people who do not want tax money spent in this way on children, I want to point out how short sited that is. Research shows that children who suffer mental illness and cognitive and social deficits end up costing society a lot more financially in the long run, including extra costs for educational support, mental health services, substance abuse treatment, school dropout and even, increased delinquency, crime, and prison. I would also add that ‘Stress is Stress is Stress’. No matter what the source of the stress is, whether poverty, loss of a parent, divorce, or the stress of the COVID pandemic, children are suffering. Fortunately, we can do something about it. I believe that helping parents to better assist their children in regulating their stress levels and other BIG emotions, would go a long way to preventing the long-term negative impact on our children living through the COVID  pandemic.