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Summary: The Effects Of Poverty On Children

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early environment and that is stays with child as they continue to develop. It is extremely important and it is not usually plastic. It also shows that attachment style is correlated to existing behavioral problems. This research reported that children who were insecurely attached when they were 12 to 18 months showed aggression, defiance and hyperactivity at the age of 3.
Another study states that income is highly influential on behavioral outcomes for children. Children from low-income families are often forced to live in neighborhoods and areas that are less safe, and where access to healthcare, education and other resources are harder to obtain. The effects of poverty are especially harsh on children because of the stress the parents feel …show more content…

Researches obtained cortisol levels from each parent’s saliva. They found that the average cortisol level of those whose income was below the poverty line was 564.1 ng/mL while the average cortisol level for those with an income level above the poverty line was 354.1 ng/mL (Wheatley 2013). As a society we tend to blame the parents but we forget about the role of stress. When we are stressed we are unable to use the higher functioning parts of our brain, mainly the frontal lobe, and we depend on the lower functioning parts of our brain to make decisions. The lower functioning parts of the brain tend to be more reactive so a parent who is feeling stressed may shout at their infant because their impulse …show more content…

450). In poverty, individuals lack resources and feel powerless in their ability to change their circumstances which creates a sense of unpredictability. An example of this is concerns about putting food on the table, this itself, adds another layer of stress that is related to a lack of control and uncertainty about the future. When parents are living in poverty, it becomes much more challenging to provide a secure base from which a young child can explore their world, or a safe haven to return to when they become upset or just need to know a parent is there. This is because the parent is uncertain about everything so it is impossible to give the child any sense of stability or certainty. If a parent is unable to be there to support or comfort the child this can lead to attachments where both children and parents struggle (Colin 1991). To the parent in poverty, an infant or toddler’s demands can be experienced as yet another source of stress. This research discusses that there might be another factor at play here for parents who are in poverty and their ability to form secure attachments with their children. It may not just be that they are physically unavailable for their child but that they are also emotionally unavailable as

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The emotional security of a child will be damaged by the lack of self-esteem and this often results in challenging behaviours. If the background of poverty is also coupled with reduced parenting, maybe due to mental health issues, addiction or abuse, then challenging behaviours will almost certainly be displayed by the child. This often results in further isolation from the child’s desired peer group and the negative cycle

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Lizabeth knew her family could not afford to get her new things, but wasn’t completely aware of her family's financial problems, “we children of course, we’re only vaguely aware of the extent of our poverty” (Collier par.4). Squeaky’s family could buy things that she absolutely needed and used frequently. Squeaky knew her family was poor, and that her family couldn’t afford to buy her new things that weren’t Necessities,“A poor black girl who really can’t afford to buy shoes and a new dress you only wear once a lifetime” (Bambara lines 25-26). Growing up poor impacts children’s health, social and emotional development and behavior

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According to Hodgkinson et al, there are “disparities in poverty rates depending on age, race or ethnicity, family structure, and geographic location. Although the largest number of poor and low income children are white, minority children are disproportionately affected, particularly African American, American Indian, and Hispanic children. In 2013, Hispanic and African American children were ~3 times more likely than white and Asian children to be poor. Children raised by single parents and children raised in the South or West are also more likely to be poor or low income than children residing in the Northeast” (Hodgkinson et al, 2016). Children and youth are a vulnerable population because they have no control over their situation or environment;

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Conversely, they can also punishing their children to interfere the negative emotions expression of children (Gottman et al. As cited in Parke & Gauvain, 2009, p. 181). Generally, parents who respond to their smiling infant with passion will encourage him to smile more. According to Nicole Bush, a child clinical psychologist, she studies the relationship between environment and development. She proposed “rough” neighborhood which mean the environment with high crime rates, few social supports, and little social connected.

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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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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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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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