Socioeconomic Effects On Children

Had Jeannette never experienced poverty, had she never had to make do with what she had, she would never have thought to create her own braces. Hence, because poverty forces her to manage with the little she has throughout all of her childhood, Jeannette gains resourcefulness. Poverty’s final gift to Jeannette and her siblings is the desire to survive. Throughout her childhood, Jeannette is forced to survive. She must survive burns from a freak accident and cuts from falling out of a car. She must survive constant moving around and repeated incidents with sexual predators. All of these incidents instill in Jeannette a desire to survive. As a junior in high school, Jeannette flees to New York City where she finishes high school and begins college. Jeannette works hard to support herself but eventually runs out of money. Instead of quitting and falling through the cracks, Jeannette works harder; she refuses to give up and continues to live her life in the face of difficult circumstances. Thus, the Jeannette Walls’ memoir The Glass Castle changed my views about poverty by revealing that poverty can produce more than negative outcomes; it can foster resiliency, ingenuity, and a desire to succeed.

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

As a child, Jeannette’s sense of wonder and curiosity in the world undermine the need for money. During her young adult years, a new wave of insecurity associated with her poor past infects her. Finally, as an experienced and aged woman, Jeannette finds joy and nostalgia in cherishing her poverty- stricken past. It must be noted that no story goes without a couple twists and turns, especiallydefinitely not Jeannette Walls’. The fact of the matter is that growing up in poverty effectively craftsed, and transformsed her into the person she becomeshas become. While statistics and research show that living in poverty can be detrimental to a child’s self-esteem, Jeannette Walls encourages children living in poverty to have ownership over their temporary situation, and never to feel inferior because of past or present socio-economic

The economic issues in American society have major effect on young on young children basic needs. Young children do not understand the economic issues their families facing in today’s society. In the short story “The Lesson” the author addresses the reader regarding social and economic inequality in America. In America lower family are suffering the most because of their monthly income and cannot afford things their children’s wants. Therefore, lower family cannot afford the expensive materials for their children because they have to think about their daily life styles. Also these lower families had difficult times affording clothing, food, house rents and other essentials. According to the article, “Children are especially vulnerable economically

As I grew older, it was impossible to notice that my world was imperfect. In elementary school, all my parent’s problems here hidden; I didn’t understand my family’s economic status. As I grew older and began to ask my parents question about our lifestyle and compared it to the other people around us. This conversation would always end in the same place; because we can't afford it. My high school is composed of economically unstable families, and economically stable families. Seeing that other families were better off than mine, I grew up with the idea that a comfortable life, is a luxurious life. I know that others around

In most if not all cases, the class you are born into will determine how you will be raised, and who you will grow up to become. Whether you can speak up for yourself, if you are humble with what you have or you have a more hectic schedule or not, it all plays into what class you are from. No two childhoods are equal and Annette Lareau in her book, Unequal Childhoods explains why this is the case. I will be examining chapters four, five, and seven. These chapters examine poor and working children and teenagers and how their childhoods differ and relate to each other based on the class they were born in whether that be lower class to the poor. What can be learned from examining these three kids, Harold McAllister, Katie Brindle, and Tyrec Taylor is the advantages and disadvantages of having a childhood in the class of the poor or working class.

Regardless of social class most parents wish for their children to be happy, healthy, and successful; however, parents disagree on the best way to raise their children to be all of those things, which is when social class determines the parents’ child rearing method. Whether a child comes from a working class or middle class family affects the child’s development and socialization; and consequently the child’s future.

The first thing learned is that poverty is a way of life for these children. Although they know they are poor, it doesn't bother them because everyone there is poor. It's okay to be without when there isn't any competition. An example of this is seen when the children talk of their study areas at home. Only one of them actually have a desk and paper, and the others think nothing of it. Instead they tell her to shut up about it. The children are proud of themselves and of their life.

One story that inspired me in this book was Meredith O’ Neill Hassett who was the schoolteacher in Harlem. While she would teach her class she would notice a few things about her students. In foremost, her students would not have clean clothing and one night when she had dinner with her friends she decided to discuss this issue. From there she and her friends decided to create an organization called “Secret Smiles” which was called “Secret Smiles” to help her students out with household necessities by anonymously donating it to them. This story touched my heart because about three hundred families received materials like “dishes, sheets, silverware, beds, and tables.” All the important necessity a child needs in order to grow up living a happy and well-focused life. Mainly their main goal was to “empower these families to help themselves” and doing it in a very easy way. I enjoyed reading this story because if a child was in need of these material they would not have to go through a hard time in order for receiving them. All they had to

The development of children can depend on many factors, one of the important ones being socioeconomic status (SES). SES can be defined as a multidimensional construct, including measures of social factors such as power, prestige and hierarchical social status, and economic resources (Hackman and Farah, 2009). Child development can be studied from multiple dimensions such as physical, mental, social, and emotional development among others. For the purposes of this study, I will be focusing on how socioeconomic status affects child cognitive development.

Poor socioeconomic status is a risk factor independently associated with COPD, and is likely to be indicative of other factors such as intrauterine growth retardation, poor nutrition (low intake of antioxidants) and housing conditions, childhood respiratory-tract infections, and exposure to tobacco smoke, biomass smoke and other indoor air pollutants, and occupational risks. These factors might have a collective contribution to the risk of COPD. Socioeconomic status has been shown to have a significant correlation with lung function, even after adjustment for smoking status, occupational exposures, and ethnic origin. The magnitude of the effect of socioeconomic status, though variable, is about 300 mL FEV1 in men and more than 200 mL FEV1 in

On October 23th 1995 at a still undisclosed location, a sniper shot my father. He had been in the marine of 7 years and a decorated officer and that is everything I’ve been told about him to this day. My mom doesn’t mention him and I know none of his relative. Growing up without a parent has a drastic effect on any child’s life. The few people I’ve talked to about this often ask why I have never asked my mother about him and that is hugely due to the circumstances of his death and in some ways social class. Military kids aren’t supposed to cry over loved ones, but honor their memory and respect their service. We are encouraged to stand strong and often told when younger to “make them proud.”

In addition, there are significant risk factors that affect children whenever they are raised in poverty. The risks factors are emotional and social challenges, acute and chronic stressors, cognitive, and health and safety issues. Most of the time children that are facing these factors will have a challenging life in the academic and social success. Lastly, according to the article Giving What We can “Sponsoring individual students and fund schools so that the poor students do have to pay the school fees are common in developing world.” As a country our priority have to be to help all those poor families so that Belize can become a better country.

Currently, there is a broad consensus that a negative correlation exists between socioeconomic status and mental illness in adolescents. By establishing the specific socioeconomic factors that induce mental illnesses in youth, disorders can be predicted early on. Many experts believe that wealthy children are likelier to develop mental health problems as they feel pressure to succeed or are isolated by their parents (Luthar 2003). However, it has been proven that poorer adolescents are more likely to develop mental illnesses than wealthier adolescents are. A negatively perceived social status, low parental education and income, and lack of social mobility have been proven as important socioeconomic causes of mental illnesses in adolescents.

In the United States and in countries all over the world, poverty has extreme impacts on a