‘’The effect of living in poverty on family units and individual’’ Mother Teresa said, ‘’We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty’’. In the essay ‘’What Is Poverty?’’ by Jo Goodwin Parker, she describes how her life ling in poverty felt like and her daily struggles in raising a family. While the book ‘’Color Of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother’’ by James McBride demonstrate a family experience in the struggle against race, religion, and poverty. So, living in poverty has a huge effect on both family units and individual which lead them to have
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Their deficient state affects children surrounding. The environment in which people live in can have one of the greatest, but lasting effects of a person for the rest of their life. Parents are often concerned about their financial situation, job and not being able to provide for their families, while children struggle with how to develop mentally, physically and emotionally. For example, Parker experiences the struggle of the lack of health condition she and her three children suffer from (3). Furthermore, poverty affects the inner personality of the individual. As a deprived person, he or she would face with low self-esteemed and involvement Constance cases of stress and depression. They will never think highly of themselves or what benefits them due to considering is poor. Hence, James struggles to uncover his racial identity which led him to create an imaginary world for himself because he had triumphed over the frustration and injustice of the imaginary boy represent (McBride 90). Because of poor living condition, family and children are more likely affected the …show more content…
Parenting is the mean which children experience worldwide. Because the parent-child relationship is the main context for early behavioral, social and cognitive development, negative effects on parents due to poverty factors, in turn, have a negative effect on the development of the child. A fact, McBride shares the memory of his own experiences as a mixed-race child of poverty, his flirtations with drugs and violence, and his eventual self-realization and professional success (McBride 295). Poverty is one of the reasons that leads parents to divorce. Stresses arising from low income and poverty appeared to support significantly to the breakup of two-parent families. The likelihood that a two-parent family will break up increases when the husband does not work, and it is even greater when neither spouse works. Parker discusses how things in her family affect her relationship with her husband, which after the last baby she destroy their marriage (8). In this case, poverty would always torn family apart and develop negative behavior in a child
Their deficient state affects children surrounding. The environment in which people live in can have one of the greatest, but lasting effects of a person for the rest of their life. Parents are often concerned about their financial situation, job and not being able to provide for their families, while children struggle with how to develop mentally, physically and emotionally. For example, Parker experiences the struggle of the lack of health condition she and her three children suffer from (3). Furthermore, poverty affects the inner personality of the individual. As a deprived person, he or she would face with low self-esteemed and involvement Constance cases of stress and depression. They will never think highly of themselves or what benefits them due to considering is poor. Hence, James struggles to uncover his racial identity which led him to create an imaginary world for himself because he had triumphed over the frustration and injustice of the imaginary boy represent (McBride 90). Because of poor living condition, family and children are more likely affected the …show more content…
Parenting is the mean which children experience worldwide. Because the parent-child relationship is the main context for early behavioral, social and cognitive development, negative effects on parents due to poverty factors, in turn, have a negative effect on the development of the child. A fact, McBride shares the memory of his own experiences as a mixed-race child of poverty, his flirtations with drugs and violence, and his eventual self-realization and professional success (McBride 295). Poverty is one of the reasons that leads parents to divorce. Stresses arising from low income and poverty appeared to support significantly to the breakup of two-parent families. The likelihood that a two-parent family will break up increases when the husband does not work, and it is even greater when neither spouse works. Parker discusses how things in her family affect her relationship with her husband, which after the last baby she destroy their marriage (8). In this case, poverty would always torn family apart and develop negative behavior in a child