Poverty

Poverty impacts the experience of individuals in young and middle adulthood due to the unequal distribution of wealth and income in the society that creates disparities between the rich and poor. The impacts makes young and middle adulthood not have enough food to eat due to poverty (Zastrow &Kirst-Ashman, 2016).

Homelessness is an epidemic problem that faces many American’s and families across the United States, especially in Detroit. You may see homeless people sleeping in the underpasses of freeways or walking and sitting on street corners or holding up a sign asking for some support for their next meal. We all have seen homeless individuals and thought it was not our problem for their circumstances or maybe had a belief he/she was lying about their situation. Many of us make a choice to give money or buy food, but there are others who make a choice to ignore or overlook the homeless population. Society has placed a stigma and label the homeless population labeling them destitute by choice, but for many homelessness has become a way of life.

Poverty affects over 767 million people in the entire world. In the United States alone, poverty affects more than 42 million people. According to feedingamerica.org, of that 42 million affected, 13 million children and over 5 million seniors live in poverty. Poverty is grouped into two different categories; absolute and relative. Wikipedia.org defines absolute poverty as the absence of enough resources to secure basic life necessities. This includes not having safe drinking water, not having clean bathroom facilities, not being able to get proper healthcare, not having access to education and not having proper shelter. Absolute poverty is also referred to as living in extreme poverty. Relative poverty, according to wikipedia.org, is the condition in which people lack the minimum amount of income needed in order to maintain the average standard of living in the society in which they live. The meaning of poverty varies from country to country and person to person. For example, while some people in the United States would be considered as living below the poverty line, a person from another country may consider that person rich. However, poverty is simply when an individual is unable to meet their basic needs. This includes not being able to clothed, house or feed oneself or one’s family. Poverty is a problem that will not be easily solved. There have been many attempts to try and end poverty, but yet it continues to grow. In a country such as the United States that’s

Living in poverty can have a significant impact on the outcomes and life chances of children and young people. They are more disadvantaged in comparison to their peers who do not live in poverty. Living in poverty can cause stress on families, constant worry about

Forty-six million people living in poverty in America today. America is the most wealthiest country in the world. America is called the “Land of Opportunity”, yet we have families who go to bed hungry each night. Poverty is defined as the state of being extremely poor. Lacking the most basic needs such as food, clothing and shelter. Their is a young girl living in a one room shack scooping the remaining beans from the stove onto a plate for herself. She is walking towards her corner of the room, while her mother does without anything to eat yet again for a second night. This is not in a third world country where this girl lives, but it is right here in America. Although people who live in poverty

Poverty is not having enough money to have the basic necessities in life. It is an issue within the United States and the world. There are many children that grow up in poverty and the effects can last throughout the life. When growing up in poverty there can be high- risk of teen pregnancy, poor heath, crime, Drug use and a lack of education. (Boyden)

They are also more apt to have anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression. Children living in poverty are at risk for various amounts of health problems. It is sad that the children born into poverty don’t have a chance to be successful. Adults are affected by poverty in numerous ways. Poverty leads to divorce, which further leads to pitiful parenting. Adults may become insecure, or envious of friends or family who are making more money. They may start stealing money, because they have so little. The effects of poverty are major on adults and children. Adults might even commit suicide, because they feel like they have failed in life and think that his or her family won’t love them anymore.

Poverty can be traced from the Great Depression up into the modern day and children are especially susceptible to it. Children are easily influenced by their surroundings and the people in them and if they born into an impoverished state, they will develop different definitions of “right” and “wrong” than children not living in these conditions.

Poverty has caused affliction for the individuals who can’t get a job or can’t pay for their needs on minimum wage. The adversity has made many people have to live on the streets, on someone's couch, or in an unspeakable apartment with no heat or electricity. Poverty is not the stereotype of drugs and alcohol abuse; it is an indescribable hardship that has taken over the lives of many people in America today.

Poverty is the condition of being without the provisions for living day-to-day, and it is frequently related with necessity, adversity and privation of funds through a widespread array of situations (Poverty. n.d.). Ideally, young kids should be able to collect memories of their childhood of when they played free in a safety environment that provides nurture, learning, and happiness in order to achieve their greatest potential. On the contrary, young ones live a life far from that. Poverty has extensive shattering effects and they distress children directly. One of the biggest impact of Childhood poverty is related to Learning. Youngsters living in poverty face learning difficulties due to factors

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

Today poverty affects many towns/cities and the residents living there. “30 million working people are under the poverty level (Unsworth)”. If 30 million people are working under the poverty level, they are not getting what they need. For instance, in the city of Philadelphia there are people struggling in poverty. “In Philadelphia, the city poverty rate is nearly 20% (Diiulio, Jr.)”. That city will face some crises if the poverty rate is continuously rising in the next few years. Including people going homeless because they cannot afford house payments. Businesses will shut down because they won’t be able to afford operating fees. “1 in

Post the economic crisis in America and the recession during the years of 2008 and 2009, the country saw a great increase in poverty and worsening of living conditions of Americans. Currently, almost 50 million of fellow Americans are living in extremely bad conditions under the poverty line which means earning less than $11490 for a single person or $23550 for a family of four people. That’s about 1 in every 6 people in this country are living under poverty. A person living in this country on minimum wage which is $7.25 an hour also cannot pull himself out of poverty even after working 40 hours a week.

Although many people do not realize this, poverty has a great impact on out society. The rapid increase of death rate, crime rate, and environmental destruction have everything to do with the horrible state of poverty. These problems are booming all over our society today causing many speculations, but the reason many just be clear and simple. Poverty.

Poverty can lead to serious effects. Children who grow up in poverty are likely to have frequent health problems than the children who grow in better financial circumstances. For example, infants who are born into poverty have a low birth weight, and they grow up with mental or physical disabilities. Not only are they sick, but they are most likely to die before their first birthday. Children who are raised in poverty might miss school often because of their illnesses, and they have a much higher accident rate than the other children. Nearly a billion of the world’s population can’t read nor write. Poor families experience stress much more than a normal family does. They are more likely to be exposed to negative events such as illness, job loss, death of a family member, and depression. Homelessness is another effect of poverty. Homeless children are less likely to receive proper nutrition, protection and they experience more health problems. Around 1.4 million children die each year from lack of access to safe and clean water and proper nutrition. Homeless women experience a high rate of low birth weight infants as well as miscarriages. Families who do not have homes receive much more stress than other families. They also have disruption in school, work, friendships, and family relationships. There are other effects of poverty such as drug abuse and addiction, child and woman abuse, debts pressure, and increase in crimes.