Single Parent Poverty

Who are America’s poor children? How many children in America are poor? What are some of the hardships that face poor children in America? These are only a few questions that we can ask ourselves when considering children who live in poverty in America. Children face monumental hardships in our country because of poverty or the condition of not possessing the means to afford basic human needs. The economic crisis that we find ourselves in today threatens to cause a dramatic increase in the number of America’s poor children; however poverty in America has long been a crisis that has faced the children of our nation. This essay will investigate the previous asked questions and research

Fifty-five percent of boys and sixty-six percent of girls miss out on at least one of the three meals were meant to have a day. Child poverty in the first three years of life is related to substandard nutritional status and poor motor skills; poverty is also associated with childhood obesity- as they get older, poor children are more likely to have chronic health problems, such as asthma and anaemia. (American Psychological Association, 2018).

When Born with a Wooden Spoon was made there were 37 million people living in poverty, which equates to 1 in 8 Americans, and 1 in 3 children. According to the Census Bureau in 2014, 45 million or 14.5% of Americans lived below the poverty line. The federal government uses poverty thresholds to statistically identify these numbers, and to help set qualifying factors for federal assistance programs. In 2013 a family of three was considered to be living in poverty if they made less than $19,530, and a family of four was $23,550. That amounts to approximately $1,625-$1,962 per month to cover all living expenses. Over the past 20 years poverty has fluctuated, which is to be expected as the economy does the same. It has stayed relatively steady since 2012 around 15%. It peaked

Poverty remains a topic of discussion of every political debate, and the focus of many politicians and public health activists. Yet, thirty seven million Americans still live below the official poverty level.1 With a focus of work, when exploring the topic of poverty, three types can be identified: the unemployed, the working poor, and those not in the labor market (people with disabilities and retired seniors). In order to cut poverty in half, jobs need to be made available, work must pay, reduction of obstacles to work, and a need to help seniors and adults with disabilities.2 One very large and influential obstacle preventing work, is childcare. By expanding assistance and access to childcare for low-income families, we not only promote

The question “Why is there so much poverty in the United States?” has such a broad spectrum of issues. There is no simple cure or single cause of poverty. As of 2016, the top 20% of Americans owned 85% of the country's wealth and the bottom 80% of the population owned 15%. How is it that 400 people hold more wealth than half the population of the United States? Throughout this assignment I will be discussing the unfair distribution of wealth and through the data I collected finding the best route for equality for all.

Poverty is the fear of not knowing where your next meal is going to come from, or where you’re going to sleep at night. It’s living life without basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter. The quality of living in poverty is changing over time and so is the perception which is based solely upon the individual. Therefore, ‘living in poverty” may vary from one person to the next. However, it can be best to view poverty through the actual living conditions.

There have been a serious issue in this country of child poverty that I think that should be resolved and taken care of. Have you heard in the news that children are suffering from malnutrition up to 160 days of illness a year? That’s a big number, and plus that’s not even the half of deaths of children a year. 12.4 million children, are food insecure and at risk of hunger. Children is not getting enough of food to eat, due to the fact that their parents do not have the funds to provide for them. Did you know that 22.4% of Black and 17.8% of Latino households experience food insecurity over the course of the year, as compared to 8.1% of White households. In the black culture, there are struggling single-mothers that have to strive for their

African Americans have come a long way in the last few decades. We have more rights, more opportunities to grow and prosper and more independence than ever before. But the same cannot be said for African American families as a whole. The African American family and community is in trouble (Tilove, 2005). These families are facing many issues today that are contributing to their break down. These factors include poverty, diminishing health, welfare, incarceration, the struggle to find housing and the challenges involved with providing children with higher education. The disintegration of families have gone on for too long and it’s time we do something about it (“Current Challenges”, n.d.).

This table demonstrates there are less married households than the national average with the deficit being 10.1 percent. It also shows a significant increase in households without fathers compared to the national average. This demonstrates there are many more single mothers raising children on one income than nationally. Shelby County also has more of its population living alone than the nation.

Within this course, there were issues or information from the course that most surprised, intrigued, or elicited emotion (positive or negative) in me. There were many topics that I already knew about but needed to refresh my memory and many that were new information to me.

It is hard for a lot of teachers who have not lived with the disadvantages of poverty and having non-present parents. You have to have a lot of patience with a child who is sleeping in class because they watched their parents verbally and physically abuse each other all night. If a child doesn't want to participate with the rest of the class because the water got cut off at their home and they can't take a bath and wash their clothes you as a teacher need to be aware of the child's dilemma. If you are in a classroom with disadvantage children make sure you have a bag with men and women's deodorant and some extra toothbrushes and toothpaste.

As a result of the high cost of living, many families are forced to choose between

I have chosen to look at the differences in the portrayal of single parent poverty between a tabloid and broadsheet newspaper. A single parent is an uncoupled or unmarried individual who carries out most or all of the day-to-day responsibilities for raising a child or children. In our modern day western society in general, following the separation or divorce of a heterosexual couple, a child is placed first with the primary caregiver, which is usually the mother in a single- parent family, whilst the secondary caregiver is usually the father (in some circumstances this can be different). This is a family structure that has arisen due to death of the partner within a marriage, intentional artificial insemination, divorce or (most commonly in the UK) unplanned pregnancy. “There are 1 in 4 of the UK’s 1.8 million lone-parent households, that’s around 650,000 in

For most people, the home life can affect how you act everyday, this is no different for children and school. The stress from home is shown to affect a child's school life. Research has shown that children that live with a single parent score less than children with two parents, on average, with measurements of educational achievements. The reason why children usually do worse than kids with both parents, is because the single parent must work. Therefore is not home to help with homework. Parents also provide the child with emotional support, encouragement and everyday assistance. So, if there is only one parent, then the child is only receiving half of the previously stated things compared to children with two parents. These things can affect a person at any school level. Over 57 percent of children who live with both parents enter college. Compared to the 32.5 percent of children who have single parents that enter college. This is just one way that single parenting can affect a child's life.\

Especially in today’s society, it’s disturbingly common for a child to have to grow up in a single parent household, letting the consequences of this scenario internally destroy the child like a virus. The effects are usually the same, but the frequency of the effects shouldn’t deter the severity. Another misconstrued ideal about single parent households, is whether or not the “statistics” and the “studies” taken on these families is enough to summarize the general population. They aren’t. The same goes for the causes, but on a much more significant scale. The causes and effects of single parent households implied by the studies and statistics are all true, but there’s a much bigger story that can’t be accurately measured or recorded. What the numbers show, are what represent the average. The non-hispanic White race represents the average race, low class to poverty level, and women to gender. But, as can be seconded by most struggling families in this situation, “average” doesn’t describe “real.” There are some things that can’t be taken into account, and those are the things that affect the child the most.