Essay On Poor Kids

Social class has impacted many people’s lives in the United States such as their income, education, status and power. Class ranks are also identified as upper class, middle class, working class or poor. According to (About Class, 2010), “we do a great deal to deny or mask class differences and there is more confusion about the role of class in our society than in many other countries.” In the video Poor Kids, social class has affected the people’s life by making their status and income drop. Those people went from middle class to working class and from working class to poor (Neumann & Mucciolo (2012). For example, one family of six was from a middle/working class has ended up in a shelter for the homeless due to slow business and not being …show more content…
One of the most heard stereotype about poverty is “poor people are lazy,” this is most likely not true because the people in poverty tends to work harder than those who are in the higher class (Neumann & Mucciolo (2012). Another reason can be that one of the parent have a sickness as in the video Poor Kids. For example, the mother is sick while the father work to support his family of four. Another common stereotype is “poor people are ineffective and inattentive parents,” this is not true (Strauss (n.d.)). Parents in poverty will tend to their children's need more than anything. They work hard to provided clothes, food, and shelter to the children. Single mothers are not embarrassed to seek helps from others to give her children a good life (Strauss (n.d.)). One stereotype that keeps surfacing is “poor people are substance abusers,” this can be true and untrue. It depends on the parents if they are involved in any alcoholics or drugs although studies shows that poor people are less likely to be able to purchase any drugs or alcohols even though it does exist in poor communities (Strauss (n.d.). Not many parents will abuse their children even when they are in