Lifestyle problems of Brazil's elite: what to tell the kids when Dad goes to jail

A magazine article on a wide-reaching corruption scandal’s psychological impact on jailed parents’ children was met with outrage and ridicule across social media

"The idea for the piece was suggested by one of Poder’s contributors whose children study in an expensive private school where other students’ parents have been jailed in the investigation. One boy gained 10kg in a month and became depressed, Dutra said. Others found their parties boycotted by angry parents.

“It was a mix of irony, because there are figures you never thought would be vulnerable or jailed, with sadness,” he said. “We have been criticised by some – how can you talk about the families of the jailed – but for us it was a new thing. Brazil is living this.”"

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