Child Poverty And Its Effects On Children 's Adjustment

Enormous amounts of research have linked socioeconomic status to mental health, especially in children and adolescents. Low poverty levels have been specifically identified as a key causal factor in developing mental health problems in children. There has been much discussion over the different theories as to why this is the case, but only two of these theories seem to hold a lot of evidence. Certain interventions and preventative measures can be employed in order to improve an individual’s mental health by altering socioeconomic status and they have proven to be successful. Low socioeconomic status has a profound impact on mental health in children; however, if the appropriate interventions and preventative measures are used, mental health outcomes can be drastically improved.

Rank also continues by saying that although the majority of Americans will experience poverty it is rarely for a long period of time, although it is typical for these people to fall back below the poverty line at some point. Race and gender also play a key part in poverty rates. Data from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement, form the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shows that it is most common for women and men of Hispanic descent to fall under the poverty line. Based on the Bureau’s data, coming in second is African American men and woman. These statistics make it evident that racial minorities suffer from increased poverty rates in the United States. In other words, children bore by minority parents are subject to disadvantage and higher poverty rates. More so, research illustrated in the Washington Post mentions details as to why it is different growing up black and in poverty opposed to white and in poverty. John Cox states that it is morel likely that a black family living in poverty is surrounded by other black families living in poverty, where that is not often the case with poor white families. This adds a second degree of poverty to these black families, called concentrated poverty. Concentrated poverty becomes a problem because the families that are not affected by these neighborhoods often times fail to contribute to the success and aid of them, keeping them concentrated.

The poverty rate has many variations between ethnic and racial subgroups. “In 2009, 25.8% blacks and 25.3% of Hispanics were poor, compared to 9.4% of non-Hispanic whites and 12.5% of Asians” (Michigan, 2006). Black or Hispanic families headed by single women are statistically higher in poverty than of families headed by single men or married couples.

Once one is stuck in poverty due to mental illness, it is almost impossible to get out of the vicious cycle. Advancing Science, Serving Society’s magazine, Science, did a report on the psychology of poverty. In this article, it states, “In addition to happiness and life satisfaction, poverty is also more broadly related to mental health. According to the 2003 World Health Report, the poorest population quintiles in rich countries exhibit a depression and anxiety disorder prevalence that is 1.5 to 2 times as high as that of the richest quintiles”. This shows that poorer people, such

In the United States, child poverty has been a severe issue even when the country was established. When looking at the statistics of child poverty from the past, it is clear that there was an increasing number of families and children living in poverty. This trend dates back to the year 2000 when 11.6 million people were living in poverty. In 2007, the number of individuals suffering from poverty rose to 13.4 million, (Arrighi & Maume, 2007). This is due to the massive economic fallout, also known as the Great Recession. The United States lost over 7.5 million jobs and the unemployment rate doubled, which directly impacted parents and their children, (Grusky & etc., 2011). This crisis resulted in leaving many Americans financially insecure. Even though many of the financially stable individuals suffered a great loss, they were able to utilize their resources to navigate through the calamity and recover whereas those who were poor faced an economic issue with greater impact. They were faced with foreclosures, bankruptcies and mortgage felonies. Most importantly, the lives of the young children were negatively impacted as well. The four areas that the children were affected by from the Great Recession were: health, hunger, housing, abuse and neglect, (Wiltz 2015). In several households, there was at least one member that suffered from malnourishment because of the inadequate food supply for the family. On the other hand, numerous children were left to be homeless because of

Poverty is a major problem in the world and a growing problem in America, it is the state of being poor. In America, the United States Census Bureau published that there were 43.1 million people living in poverty in 2015. In light of this situation, there are currently 21% of 15 million children living in a family with a low income coming into the household according to the National Center for Children in Poverty. Children growing up in poverty usually have the worse outcomes in life. Growing up in a poverty stricken area can have both negative and positive effects on young a child but mostly negative. These could all be mental, physical, and

The effects of poverty affects most people but it can even affect children the most due to them being unable to handle real world situations. Poverty is no joke and affects over half of all American families in the U.S. It is important for this to be noticed so people can help raise funds for these families to try and get them above the poverty line and actually afford the things they need.Children are being abused and hurt because of the rough conditions they have to live in and can’t do much due to not having much real world experience.Poverty affects children in many ways, such as behavior and social problems,poor academic achievement, and physical problems.

Over the last few decades, the world has drastically changed, and the effect on the family dynamic has been profound. Today, there are more single parents, dual earner couples, and parents with more than one job living in both rural and urban areas in the United States than at any time in history

As the American population grows, more and more children are born into poverty. Even in the world’s wealthiest nation, you will find 45.3 million people struggling to put food on the table. These are families of poverty - families with children who do not have the appropriate basic resources to properly raise their children. The official U.S. government poverty threshold for a family of four is currently set at $23,021. According to the National Center for Children in Poverty, in the United States alone, the percentage of children living in families below the poverty level increased from 15.6 percent in 2001 to 21.4 percent in 2011, and has continued to increase. Now, there are 16.1 million stunted in the rut of poverty. That is 16.1 million children are unable to properly grow and develop into a healthy member of society because of unsatisfying environmental factors. There is little information about the may mental health implications of spending early years in poverty. There are many consequences of growing up in poverty. Depression, communication issues, and academic issues are just the tip of the iceberg. My research will be focusing on how living life in poverty has an immense impact on children’s social interaction skills.

As the pace of social change quickens, children are faced with new social and environmental risks to their growth and development. Of these changes, childhood poverty poses the greatest threat to children 's well-being. One in four American children under the age of 3 years lives in poverty; (Haggerty 1999) a higher percentage of children live in poverty than any other age group. As pediatricians, we know that children in poverty experience a double jeopardy. First, they are more frequently exposed to risks to their health and development (such as lead poisoning, malnutrition, and family dysfunction). Second, children suffer more negative consequences (such as developmental delay and school dysfunction) from such exposure than do children

About 15 million of the children who live in the Unites States live in official poverty. A child born into poverty, especially in 2015, axiomatically has an increased risk of poor physical, mental, and nutritional health due to a lack of adequate health care, is subject to a different upbringing, due to inabilities of low-income parents, and burdened by unsatisfactory education from socioeconomically segregated schools. These factors unfortunately cause lower income children to suffer from a lack of opportunity to achieve higher education, social problems that come with living in poverty, and decrease their chance of a prosperous life trajectory.

Mental health issues VI. Conclusion Children are dependent on their parents; they have no control over their economic status when they enter this world. Poverty is a vicious thing that’s hard to escape from. In order to make a better life for yourself you need an education and the motivation to do so. The longer a person is poor the harder it is to escape it.

Poverty doesn’t have preferences, it doesn’t choose people by race, religion, or age. Many people don’t see the effects poverty has on people or sometimes they don’t care but you should. What if you were put in the situation where you lost everything and weren’t able to recover. Now imagine this is your child. Many people put a generic face upon poverty. Usually they see the poor African American person, or the old man who looks dirty, or even the woman who is selling her body just to buy a bite to eat. Children are often not thought of when it comes to poverty and they are the ones who get hurt the most by it. Poverty negatively effects a child in so many ways such as development, psychological, and educationally. If we look further in to causes of how negatively poverty affects a child maybe, we can lessen the blow and help children out of it so they can live a better future.

Child poverty has become one of the most significant ongoing issues in New Zealand. According to the Child Poverty Monitor Technical Report in 2013, one out of four New Zealand children are growing up in poverty and one out of six are growing up without meeting the basic needs such as adequate and nutritious food, health care, adequate clothing and housing. Ten percent of the New Zealand children are at the hardest end of poverty and sixty percent of children living in poverty will likely live this way for most of their childhood (Craig, Reddington, Wicken, Oben, & Simpson, 2013). The child poverty rate in recent years has almost doubled compared to the 1980s, which was about 13% (Boston, 2013). This is not only surprising but also concerning.

Approximately one in five children in the United States lives in poverty, according to the American Psychological Association. This has a huge impact on a family’s well-being. Poverty has a huge effect on a child socially, physically and financially. With that being said communities should come together and help break the cycle of poverty.