Poverty In Children

Children are greatly affected by Socioeconomic status (SES) from inception to adulthood. How the status and varying ranges of cognitive, health, and socioemotional attributes impact a child’s well-being is of great interest. This question is thoroughly discussed in the article, “Socioeconomic Status and Child Development.” It is understood that families who have a higher socioeconomic status have means, and capability to support their children. In addition, to finances, they have opportunities for a better education, social development, and integration for the entire family. The higher income families can offer a positive environment for ongoing development of their children. To the contrary, children of lower income families have high risks and lack opportunities to access the same supports for growth and development. Research shows that low income families have greater health-related risks for injury, poor medical attention, mental health issues, and learning delays which result in poor academic performance. Due of this comparison,

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.

Childhood and adolescence are expected to be the times of great functioning and physical health, yet poverty provokes this from occurring and children face poor health. Children living in poverty are at immense risk for their development, health and overall well-being. According to Komro, 2011, the absolute rate of poverty among children is higher in the United States than in other industrialized nations. Nationally, One in five children are living in poverty (Raphel, 2014). Malnourishment is one of the numerous outcomes from poverty; children are suffering each day in America with this threat to their health. Malnourishment is a result of either not having sufficient nutrients in their diet or having it excessively that it causes health problems.

From 2000 to 2007 the rate of children living in poverty increased to 18% in the United States (Kristin, 2009). Children live in poverty are at an increased rate of risk and negative outcomes. Poverty affects the person 's life and increased die numbers. The children are more affected by poverty problems than adults, which had downsides on their future. Further, one in five children in the United states are from households below the poverty line, and among the most developed nations in the world, the United States ranks second highest in child poverty (UNICEF, 2012). There are several factors affects children engaging in class likewise, health, relationship, and hope.

Imagine a boy that has been teased mercilessly by his peers throughout his schooling because of his clothes and his free and reduced lunch status. He is constantly under pressure from peers to have the newest and niftiest gadgets; nevertheless, his mother cannot afford to provide food and permanent housing, much less, these extra luxuries. Therefore, he has to comprise with what his mother can afford. She tries to provide for her children and wants to offer them the world. Nonetheless, due to her economic situation, she cannot provide her for children adequately; they are forced to ask for aid from the government, close family, and friends. This situation brings light to the turmoil that socioeconomics brings upon children and that they need to endure to survive in this society. When it comes to socioeconomics, children are the utmost affected. Socioeconomics has long term effects, prevalently distresses children in school and in development. Through my friend’s experience that he has shared with me, it has allowed me to notice the harrowing effects that socioeconomics has on children.

The problem of child poverty is much bigger than it seems. The impact increases over time because these children have their own children who are likely to get stuck in a cycle of poverty and dependency. Poverty affects many aspects of a child’s life including their self-esteem, education, happiness, and their general mindset on the rest of their life. Reading on this issue opens doors to the real-life problems that America faces and attempts to fix. Poverty is linked to many negative outcomes for children. Research shows that over 20% of children under the age of 18 are officially “poor”. This means they live in households with incomes below the federal poverty line. Also, another 20% of children are “near poor”. These statistics are

The current literature supports the hypothesis that poverty does affect children’s development and education. Some studies presented the issues clearer than others and were more direct in displaying the impact poverty has on a child’s education. Some of the studies were more open to the selection of participants such as Hair et. al, 2015 who did not state the race of their participants. The socioeconomic status of a child’s family is vital and can be dependent on race or ethnicity. The research conducted would have been more efficient if the participant's demographics were accounted

In conclusion, child poverty is a universal dilemma that can range from minor poverty to extreme levels that threaten the lives of billions of children worldwide. There are possible actions that can be taken by governments to alleviate the harsh condition these children live in and possibly even show the ever growing problem of child poverty all together. Due to these large differences in upbringings, lower/working-class children have countless setbacks that prevent them from developing at the same pace as their upper/middle-class counterparts that are able to develop to full capacity with the aid of programs and schools that aware for a child to expand their social skills with not only other children, but their parents as well. Developing

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.

Being poor affect children’s social and emotional growth. It has a tremendous impact on children whose parents have low income and low level of education. These low income socio economic status students face emotional and social instability in their educational life, which will affect them when they enter the work force later in their life. Socio Emotional Learning is definitely necessary to both low income and well off rich children, because it helps students towards a positive attitude and greater achievement in their lives.

The lack of effort and performance children from low income families demonstrate is an incontrovertible issue. The effects that environment can have on adolescents can be devastating if the environment is inadequate to promote positive child development and success. Children experiencing poverty and neglect are more susceptible to lower performance in school and delayed development, resulting from “...many aspects of a child’s environment that can adversely affect maximum brain functioning. Two significant and negative environmental factors are poverty and neglect. Research substantiates the negative effects poverty can have on a child’s brain including development, learning and academic performance ”(Loughan,Perna). Loughan and Perna

Children born into poverty face their formative years at a greater disadvantage compared to their peers who are in better living situations. Yoshikawa et al. (2012) found that children living in poverty face negative consequences in regards to physical, mental, educational and academic standards. Halpern also points out (as cited in Rutter, 1987), the unfortunate living conditions of poverty stricken parents will impact parenting skills that will present a risk rather than a benefit to their children and their overall livelihood. The long term effects these challenges pose can negatively impact a child’s full potential to rise above the cycle of poverty.

Jensen (2013) investigated the factors that challenge academic success in relation to children in low socioeconomic environments. Many children possess emotional and social stability that are raised in poverty. Many behaviors exhibited are “acting-out” behaviors, impatience or impulsivity, gaps in social graces, limited range of behavioral responses, inappropriate emotional responses, and lack of empathy. (Jensen, 2013)