The Lives Of Rural Poverty

In America Mississippi has the highest poverty rate in America. Compared to Hawaii, Maryland, and Massachusetts which have a lower percentage of low income residents. Wealthier states have super high percentage rates of low income residents in deep povert.In 2013 the federal poverty line for a family of 4 was $23,550 while deep poverty was living on less than $12,000 per year. The bigger problem is that rich states in deep poverty have reduced their overall poverty rates.

Children in poverty are becoming the poorest age group in the United Sates. According to the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP), a U.S. family of three living in deep poverty survives on an annual income below $9,276, or less than $9.00 a day per family member. Unfortunately, children face many difficulties in the United States living in deep poverty because they are not able to

The impact of poverty on families can affect a child's growth and development. “Poverty and the Effects on parents and Children,” Nagel states, “Families in poverty, when parents are working, are influenced by the kind of occupations in which the parents work. Kohn has found that lower-class parents look at their children's behavior with a focus on its immediate consequences and its external characteristics, whereas middle-class parents explore their children's motives and the attitudes expressed by their behavior.” Growing up with negative and disciplinary parents, it can impact a child's moral and emotional growth through life. Children grow up by the examples and actions of their progenitor, and if they have meager parents then they may grow up to be just like them. “Another study conducted by the U.S. Department of Education found that for every year a child spends in poverty, there is the chance that the child will fall behind grade level by age 18.” Pupils that live in poverty that don't get

“Poverty is about not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and shelter” (“What is Poverty,” 2016). In the United States, there are 45 million Americans are living in poverty (“45 Million Americans,” 2014). In order to determine if one is living in poverty, the United States Census Bureau has established a poverty line that they then measure, according to the individual’s income and their family size (“Poverty Thresholds,” 2016; “Poorest Cities in America,” 2016). Since the recession in 2008, many states have seen a rise of families living in poverty. Poverty is a vicious cycle and has devastating effects on young children.

The article Majority of Children in US Public Schools are Low-Income written by Suzy Khimm is about the percentage of low-income children in the United States public school system. The Southern Education Foundation reported that in 2013, 51% of the students enrolled in the public schools were low-income. However, not all the children who are considered low-income are living in poverty. For a child to be categorized as low-income, they would have to be qualified for free or reduced price lunch. To be eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, the children’s families would have to live between 130% and 185% of the federal poverty line.

In the novel A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind, Cedric Jennings was a high school student who was living in poverty with his mother. Both Cedric and his mother didn't have access to the most nutritious foods, but they made the best out of what they had. Even without consuming nutrient dense food, Cedric was one of the top students in his class and school. The community in which a student is raised has a huge role in their overall success. Studies have shown that student achievement is directly affected by the values and beliefs of the family and community (Lacour and Tissington, 526).

The traditional African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child,” is commonly used when looking at the necessary figures involved in the development of a child. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, showcases the importance of a communal effort in a child’s upbringing. Families are a portion of a larger whole, and Harper Lee argues that an exposure to others in the community can have both detrimental and beneficial implications on a child in all aspects. When an individual exposes a child to the the variety of perspectives in their community, the child is encouraged to develop accepting mindset. Ultimately, youth will develop into strong adults when their community engages in their upbringing, because a community has the

Some go as far to as to believe that poverty is mostly concentrated in what is considered the inner city or ghettos of America. In the south and the west portions of the country statistics show that rural areas have a significantly larger poor population than urban or metro poor with an almost six percent difference in the south (United States Department of Agriculture. 2015). In the northeast as well as the midwest portions of the country the divide is much less defined. Both of the latter regions have a less than one percent difference between people who live in the country facing financial hardships and those living in the city (United States Department of Agriculture. 2015). Families living in rural America have a completely different set of financial challenges than those living in the cities. Students who grow up in rural poor families have less access to medical care and rural clinics are continuing to close throughout the U.S. making it even more difficult to receive medical care. Those living in rural parts of the country who find themselves living in poverty find themselves socially separated as well as physically isolated due to cost of transportation. When laws are created that are meant to help the poor they actually end up doing the opposite for rural poor schools. An example of this would be the "No Child" laws that were created to help children and educators to meet certain standards and move through their education. What happened was rural schools who had historically used the same teacher for several subjects found themselves without many teachers because the veteran teachers now did not hold the required

Low income children are 18 years of age and below, who live in families with an income below the federal poverty level; $23, 550 for a family of four. Although all ethnic groups share a number of children living in poverty, there is a higher number of white children at 11.4 million. Also, Children in low-income areas are also prone to live with a single parent/guardian. This is that 16.6 children live in poverty with a single parent within the United States. Children

“Students articulate the complex characteristics of children’s families and communities and use this understanding to create respectful, reciprocal relationships that support and empower families, and to engage all families in their children’s development and learning.”

First, the United States is one of the wealthiest nations in the world, but also has one of the highest poverty rates. The national median income is about $31,000 a year for a family of four and 22 percent of children live in families whose income is below the national poverty level (Ingraham). One in three children are living in poverty today (Ingraham). Next, poverty rates are increasing rapidly. Since 2008, the United States poverty rate has increased, but during the same time, 18 countries reduced their poverty rates (Ingraham). Between 2006 and 2011, the child poverty rate increased in 34 states, mainly in Nevada, Idaho, Hawaii, and New Mexico (Ingraham).

Located in Jasper, Georgia, a poor rural farming community with an elevated high school drop-out rate, TLG aims to inspire generations of families to grow sustainable, healthy food; to creatively cook the food they grow; and provide a place for the community to come together for communal eating and sharing of ideas.

According to the PRB article “U.S. Low-Income Working Families Increasing”, 42.7% of people live below the poverty line, with 32.1% of them living 200% below the poverty line; this group is categorized as the low-income group.(PRB) 59% of low income working families have one or more minority parents. Living in a low-income community limits one’s standard of living through academic gaps, the selection of food available, an ever-present fear of victimization , and a lack of resources available to both children and adults.

It is said that it takes a village to raise a child, but that village includes community, school and the parents. Every village contains many different types of people, with different beliefs, morals and as a parent of a child that has attended school in Redwater for ten years, I have found that those different aspects of the village is what truly aids in preparing our children for the real world outside of our village. Not everyone in that village is going get along, the same as everyone in each workplace is going to like each other. If there is an issue that cannot be resolved within our village, or a problem a Doctor can’t solve, we look elsewhere and we keep looking until we find an answer. We cannot have our children live in a bubble where they don't experience bits and pieces of real

After reading Booth’s work on The Life and Labour of the People of London led me to construct my own investigation on poverty but in a provincial town so I can then find an applicable general conclusion for a smaller populated area.