Homelessness In Early Childhood Learning

We are writing to you on the problem of Homelessness in early childhood learning. Homeless is a major problem around the world. What happens in early childhood can impact for lifetime. Stress in early childhood from homelessness can weaken the developing brain and can lead to lifelong problems. According to NAEHCY.org, there are about 245,561 homeless children in the United States between the ages of one to twelve. More than half of children in federally- funded homeless shelters are under the age of five. Because of job and pay inequality, colored children are more likely to be poor or homeless.
Children who are homeless experience more health problems than home children. The health problems varies from cardiac disease, peripheral vascular disease, endocrine dysfunction. The lack of health care for children who experienced homelessness, their illness tend to last longer or even become deadly. Because of lack of a stable home and food homeless children are malnourished. According to American Institutes for Research (familyhomelessness.org), children who are experiencing homelessness are said to be four times more often to get sick than other children who are not. Homeless children are more likely to go hungry at twice the rate than other children. …show more content…
Lacks of documentation and enrollment requirements, high rates of mobility, and lack of transportation are some types of barriers for homeless children in early learning. According to fhfund.org, “homeless children are more likely to score poorly on math, reading, spelling, and vocabulary tests and more likely to be held back a year in school”. Learning disabilities are high in children who experienced homelessness. It is said that, “Twenty-five percent of young children who are experiencing homelessness shows signs of poor social and emotional development”