Board games have replaced recreational sports for Timothy now that his father can&amp;#39;t afford to pay for hockey anymore. Watson says his son has taken it all in stride and is still maintaining good grades at school. Economists have called the rising number of long-term unemployed &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/opinion/sunday/the-human-disaster-of-unemployment.html&amp;quot; target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;quot;a national emergency.&amp;quot; &amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;