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Power, A et al (2011) Family Futures; Childhood and poverty in urban neighborhoods, 1 edn., Bristol: The Policy Press.
This book is based on research that focused on over 200 families who live in low income areas. These type of neighbourhoods have been poor, working class areas for a long time. New Labour (1998) promised to the communities that no one would be disadvantaged by where they live. The research was based on events which were targeted toward low income areas, trying to abolish poverty, and ‘make every child matter’. The aim of the book was to show the governments initiative of improvement for working class families, to effectively eliminate poverty.

Holmes, J. Kiernan, K. (2013) 'Persistent poverty and children's development in …show more content…

The focus of the article is on longitudinal data to examine the progress of children and to make changes come to light, while also promoting resilience. The results in the article show that children in poverty have more disadvantaged opportunities and worse developmental outcomes. The journal focuses on getting over these difficulties, which is promoted by upgrading parenting in general, focusing on maternal mental health and improving attitudes of and toward parenting.

Ridge, T (2011) 'The Everyday Costs of Poverty in Childhood: A Review of Qualitative Research Exploring the Lives and Experiences of Low-Income Children in the UK', Children and Society, 25(1), pp. 73-84.
This journal article is a review of qualitative research from children’s own perspectives which was conducted over 10 years. It aims to address children’s lives and experiences and shows first-hand how poverty affects them. The journal explores how poverty starts deep at the start of childhood, and focuses on the disadvantages that children face educationally, economically, culturally and materially. The argument would be that when children are affected by poverty, their social relationships and participation are hindered, leading to social exclusion and fear of

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AO4 - Government responses to social issues and welfare needs Introduction Tony Blair came into power in 1999, he then declared that child poverty should be eradicated from the UK by the year 2020. The Child Poverty Act was introduced and recognised in 2010; it was made legislation to meet four targets for child poverty by 2020. These targets are to reduce the amount of children living in relative poverty to less than 10%, the second target is to reduce the amount of children that live in a low income household and material deprivation to less than 5%, the third target is to reduce the amount of children suffering from persistent poverty and lastly, to reduce the amount of children living in absolute poverty to less than 5%. The legislation involves the state considering a new child poverty strategy every three years, where policies are set to attempt to meet the targets established. Child poverty fell to 2.3 million in 2010/11, however this did not meet the Governments target of halving child poverty, this number remained consistent up until 2012/13 (Kennedy, 2014).

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“Experiences in early childhood…lay critical foundations for the entire life course” (CSDH,2008). The novel “Lullabies for little criminals," written by Heather O’ Neill, examines the effects of two social determinants on Baby’s life. Poverty interacts with poor education in Baby’s life, building an underdevelopment childhood for her to grow up with. It reflects children in our society who could get less life choice under the influence of poverty and poor education. Kohen (2002) says that a safer and more cohesive neighborhood has better child-development outcomes.

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In the United States, child poverty is becoming an epidemic and getting worse by the day. Poverty is normally amongst single parent families. This social problem is becoming an issue with two-parent families as well. In the CBS 60 minutes video, “Hard Time Generations Living in Cars” describes the effects of poverty and homelessness in Seminole County, Florida. There are several interviews with different families that allows the children to describe their hopelessness.

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‘growing up poor’ is a documentary filmed and directed by ABC TV , that aired on an episode of of ‘four corners’ in 2012. The documentary is about the poverty condition in Claymore, an estate in New South Wales, entitled “Growing up Poor”.  Growing Up Poor asks children what it's like being poor in modern society. These are children living in areas of concentrated disadvantage where the adult world can be a scary place. The documentary is fulfilled by the usage of several documentary conventions and film codes to represent certain groups such as the children, Parents and lastly the controversial government.

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According to the PBS Frontline video “Poor Kids” 2012, more than 46 million Americans are living beneath the poverty line. The United States alone has one of the highest rates of child poverty in the industrialized world. It is stated that 1 out of 5 children are living in poverty. The video documented the lives of three families who are faced with extreme hardships and are battling to survive a life of being poor. All three families have more than one child and could barely afford to pay their bills and purchase food for their household.

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In this article, “Childhood and Intergenerational Poverty: The Long-Term Consequences of Growing up Poor” written by Robert Wagmiller and Robert Adelman, states children from low income family faces more challenges and children living in poverty has an increases chance of being poor in adulthood. In the beginning of the article, they gave us an overview of evidence-based research of intergenerational poverty by studying both parent’s and children’s. The researches are inconclusive and differentiate by time frame. Using the PSID, Isaacs’ concluded that children income is greater than their parents. Isaacs explained that children who are poor will spend their childhood in poverty.

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In this essay I will relate the sociological perspective of Structural Functionalism, Symbolic Interactionism, and Conflict Theory to discuss the child poverty. Specifically, Structural Functionalism surrounds their belief that society would not function without those individuals living in poverty working low paying

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Vonnie McLoyd discusses in the book Child Development that black families are more likely to face poverty in America and the effects that poverty has on those children. McLoyd states that children that have faced poverty in their lives can have “impaired socioemotional functioning” (McLoyd 311). As a result from job loss creating parental stress, parents often become

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Issue Research Essay According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) almost sixteen million children in our country below the age of eighteen live in homes where they do not have consistent access to food (“Child Hunger Fact Sheet”, 2014). This is not due to a lack of food or lack of access to it in our country, but rather because of the growing rate of poverty in the United States (“Why Are Children Hungry, and Why Should I Care”, 2014). As this rate keeps increasing, children are becoming more and more vulnerable to the negative affects of poverty because they have no way of changing their family’s economic status. Their access to not just food, but also water, health care, and an education are also threatened making the

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Why do we need to care for marginalized poor children? Are there any differences between poverty in the one of the world’s wealthiest country – USA – and in developing country – Georgia? What are the dilemmas about children poverty and how can we solve them? These are the main questions of these research paper. I was always thinking about poverty and especially, poor children within it, because “children are our most valuable resource.”

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In today’s standing, poverty is again viewed in negative connotation. Society as a whole continues to go in this constant circle of having the attitude of having people in poverty is alright and it is a natural progression of society. Then there are those people who believe having individuals who are experiencing poverty are dumb, incapable, and just do not have the appropriate work ethic to achieve something greater on their own. The centuries of social problems and economically up and down falls continue to be relevant issues of today’s time.

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This essay will critically analyse the article listening to children: gaining a perspective of the experiences of poverty and social exclusion from children and young people of single-parent families. It will discuss the main themes within the article which are; poverty, social, exclusion and diversity. It goes on to identify the medias portrayal of these themes emphasising its relevance even in today's society. The purpose of this article is to give an insight into children's lives that live with single-parent families that have firsthand experience. With supporting statistical evidence to strengthen the discussion.

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Today’s children are faced with the different economic problems that will change their futures as a result of the United States recession in 2008. At the peak of the recession more than a third of those living in poverty were children. The result of the recession is that the mental state of a poverty stricken child changes and causes them to grow up much fast than a child that is not living in poverty. A child that is living in poverty is not given the chance to thrive in the school setting because they could be hungry, or exhausted from the stress in their lives outside of school. Students in class may not be friendly to a child that is wearing the same thing from yesterday or did not have the opportunity to have a bath, because society has

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I. Introduction A. Thesis statement: A child’s early development is greatly impacted by living in poverty which leads to poor cognitive outcomes, school achievement, and severe emotional, and behavioral problems. II. Body Paragraph 1. Claim: According to (Short, 2016) poverty consists of two parts: a measure of need and resources available to meet those needs.

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