Child Poverty And Its Effect On A Child's Foundation Of Life Long Skill

As mentioned by Ruane and Cerulo in Second Thoughts, harsh realities of poverty affect children’s lives in profound ways. Children lack any power in improving their circumstances and depend on adults to gain access to basic necessities. Access to proper healthcare, education, and basic nutrition continues to be an obstacle for children. Poverty impedes children’s aptitude to learn and contributes to poor overall health and mental health. Perhaps most important, poverty becomes a cyclical nature that is difficult to overcome. Children who experience poverty when they are young tend to experience persistent poverty over the course of their entire lives. According to the Child Welfare League of America, the national poverty rate for children

Many kids in the United States have been affected by poverty at some point in their lives. In fact, one in five children have been affected by poverty. A survey was done within the last year by the Scholastic company that interviewed a group of the State Teachers of the Year and asked them what they thought were some of the effects of poverty. Some popular answers were that it affects the way you perform in school greatly and that we need more anti-poverty programs to help out with these children. Poverty affects the success of students in many ways. These include not having the academic achievement that more advantaged kids did, not having experiences other kids did, and not having the early development they needed.

Poverty has a great impact on children school lives because they usually face with the overwhelming challenge in their families that is a factor impact on children’s school behaviors and performance. Girls will tend to abuse, while boys may damage in other aspects such as curiosity, learning, and memory. When I read the chapter two of the book, Teaching with Poverty in Mind written by Eric Jensen, I completely agree with him that “A child who comes from a stressful home environment tends to channel that stress into disruptive behavior at school and be less able to develop a healthy social and academic life” (Jensen, 2009, n.p.). In this book, he reported, low-income children “are linked to over 50 percent of all

When talking even more specifically about the make-up of poverty, race is another factor that plays a role in who we see in poverty. “Black children have been exposed to a greater risk of poverty in year one of childhood than white children will have been exposed to after 17 years of childhood” (Rank and Hershel 1999). Students of color and more specifically, black students are disadvantaged because of their higher risk of living in poverty. Students in poverty face the reality that the lack of funding leads to a lack of resources or opportunities at school and at home. Connell (1994) argues that the lack of resources is a valid concern for students and directly

Assuaging poverty is one of the gist missions of the Harlem Children’s Zone. In the United States today, exceeding “13 million” children live in poverty. We understand that children, who experience the backlash of poverty, often live in an unpleasantly conditions, unstable homes, and are at a great distance less likely than other children to get a favorable education and/or sufficient health care. The exposure to life of poverty more often limits learning abilities; bringing about the inability of getting the best jobs and earning maximum income, making it impossible for them to live up to their full potential, which will more like result in imprisonment.

In 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of his “war on poverty” in hopes of closing the achievement gap between low income schools, which typically house larger percentages of student of color, and their more affluent counterparts. The act has been redefined and reauthorized every five years since its original enactment. However, despite the last 50 years of education reform, the disparity amongst high and low poverty schools is as large as it ever was. In turn, the disparity between students of color and white students has only grown. Clearly, the one size fits all approach to education America has been using does not work. The U.S public education system is broken and, as a country, very

Poverty rates among children in the United States are 1/3 higher than they were two decades ago and about 1.5 to 4 times as high as the same rates in Canada and Western Europe. In 1995, about 15.3 million children lived in families in which had a total income that failed to exceed the poverty line. There is little doubt that children raised in poverty or even below poverty have a less enjoyable childhood. Past research that attempted to link economical disadvantage and childhood development fail to incorporate all factors. Events like divorce and unemployment can drastically change a family's economic status.

Fifty years after the declaration of war on poverty, an increasing number of children still grow up in poverty in this country. Poverty is now more determinative than race as a predictor of student educational success (Reardon, 2013). The achievement gap between the poor and the more economically advantaged child has actually widened over the last three decades (Reardon, 2013). If we are to provide all children with equal and excellent educational opportunities, it is imperative that we utilize the most effective strategies and enhancements to overcome the educational disadvantages that poor children experience.

When mentioning family, the nation’s economic crisis has deeply affected the lives of millions of Americans. Families and their children experience poverty when they are unable to achieve a minimum, decent standard of living that allows them to participate fully in mainstream society. Economic hardship and other types of deprivation can have profound effects on children's development and their prospects for the future. Low family income can hinder children's cognitive development and their ability to learn. It can contribute to behavioral, social, and emotional problems. And it can cause and worsen poor child health as

If a family struggles financially they may not have money for food to be put on the table and the child will be hungry, which has a knock of effect to a child’s learning. A child will struggle to focus and learn if they are hungry as food is needed in order for the brain to function well.

In “To Create a Better World for Children and Families: the case for ending childhood poverty”, Dreyer pointed out that racial/ethnic minority are more likely to be poor and can associate with severe impact on cognitive and social-emotional development. Although Drey's family is not experiencing extreme poverty, but near poverty can also negatively affect the same cognitive, mental health, social, emotional, and academic outcomes. Due to their family economic hardship, Drey's mother works on shifts and did not provide the needed nurture for her children.

Question 2: Discuss the effects of poverty on children’s cognitive and social development and the extent to which effects might extend into adulthood

The article summarizes the main findings of the study discussed in the scientific article “Association of Child Poverty, Brain Development, and Academic Achievement,” with the overarching theme that growing up poor leads to academic deficits. The article discusses that there has always been a clear link between income and academic achievement, and achievement overall, but this study helps scientists and readers to have a better understanding of this pronounced association, showing more of a connection to brain development. The article referenced Census data on the households that lived below the federal poverty level in 2013 to emphasize the intensity of the findings of the study. The article goes on to quote Seth Pollak, one of the authors of the study, who states his opinion on what accounts for the differences between children that live in poverty and those that don’t – they “are getting too little of things [they] need to develop the brain and too much of things that inhibit brain growth.” - and his view on poverty as a medical problem rather than a social problem. The article concludes with a reference from an author from another study who puts an emphasis on the fact that just because there are differences in brain development doesn’t mean the negative effects will be

Revolutionist and Philanthropist Nelson Mandela, once said “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. (Forbes Magazine) Indeed! Education is one of the most important qualities a person can have. However, not everyone has access to the resources for a good education. Here in America, where education is free up until college, why does a child’s socioeconomic status affects their elementary education? One of the main factor for low SES is Poverty. Which ultimately determines their life’s chances. However, with improvement in family, and community, and health and safety issues, and improving the school system for equal educational opportunities, the dynamics of low socioeconomics will start to change.

Economic circumstances has an influence on multiple areas that affect infant development. Income related difference in parenting appear early in the infants life; for instance, on average low income mothers are less affeffectionate, less responsive to infants’ distress signals, and they are more likely to have harsh parenting styles. Children from a low income have fewer stimulating experiences and learning materials than children from higher income households. This leads to apparent differences that during the first years and often last into adulthood. One of those differences are that the children from low income are more likely to have increased behavioral problems and lower cognitive scores. Furthermore, children from a high income family usually experience psychological stress because the parents pressure the child to overachieve. The financial situation can also affect if the infant is able to get the nutrition intake that is needed, and if the infant is unable to get the right nutrition that will lead to other areas of development being affected.Financial situations