Growing Up Poor

In a recent article titled “Scientists find that growing up poor hurts children 's brain development”, by Scientific American the author talks about how poverty hurts American kids’ brain growth. The author states poverty is Harmful To Brain Development of children who grow up poor or in a poor neighborhood. The author also states that there is less gray matter in the children 's brain than richer children. Finally, the author states that according to an important study Humans Are "Hardy" To A Point. The authors content shows their personal beliefs on poverty because they haven’t shown any evidence of statistics to me proving their article. In the first article the author states poverty is “harmful to the brain development of children who deteriorate in poverty. They accredit when someone develops in a poor family, they are affected in school by their performance. I personally do not believe this. Coming from a family of poverty, a peers ' performance in school education is determined by whether or not the student really believes in having a future. I have gained recognition for two

One website I visited states The Mediating Effect of Caregiving and Stressful Life Events affects brain development. The writer in the article didn’t state or prove the facts about brain matter, although they were correct, but it appears the research also shows there is white matter missing from the brain. The research website (http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1761544) doesn’t prove that poverty is the real reason for brain development. I believe poverty can cause less brain development and I also believe stress can affect brain development. I believe this because I have personally had gone through the stress that has affected my own development in school and other