Children living in poverty can affect children from reaching success by the lack of nourishment, where the child is growing up, and their learning experience. Parental poverty can create lack of nourishment for growing children. Poor parents are less likely to keep the family fit, by not go to the doctor to receive the proper medical attention when needed, being prescribed appropriate medications, or staying active. Lack of nourishment can have a huge negative impact on child development. Especially in birth development and in brain function. If children do not meet the daily nutritional requirements each day, then they will not mentally develop as a nourished child will. The human body requires daily nutrition in order to perform the regular
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Some children may develop attachment issues and lack of trust with others. A child’s academic achievement can also be impacted by a move because curriculum could be different from school to school. Among children who have experienced poverty, “Children who move three or more times for negative reasons are 15 percent less likely to complete high school and 68 percent less likely to complete a four-year college degree than those who never move” (Ratcliffe, “What Affects the Future Success of Poor …show more content…
Depending on the neighborhood the parents can afford to live in, will determine the quality of school the children will attend. In the lower quality schooling you will tend to see more gang activity and more interracial violence. The teacher status and pay will typically be lower which ends up producing less quality in the education. In rougher neighborhoods, children can be exposed to environmental toxins. A close proximity to factories can cause air pollution and water pollution which can have a toll on overall health. Also, rougher neighborhoods also tend to bring around the possibility of bad childhood influences. The teenage years are particularly bad for parents. Bad influences can lead to out of wedlock child bearing, which can lead to more family problems. It is always good to try to raise children in a safe neighborhood, there will be better advantages in the long
Some children may develop attachment issues and lack of trust with others. A child’s academic achievement can also be impacted by a move because curriculum could be different from school to school. Among children who have experienced poverty, “Children who move three or more times for negative reasons are 15 percent less likely to complete high school and 68 percent less likely to complete a four-year college degree than those who never move” (Ratcliffe, “What Affects the Future Success of Poor …show more content…
Depending on the neighborhood the parents can afford to live in, will determine the quality of school the children will attend. In the lower quality schooling you will tend to see more gang activity and more interracial violence. The teacher status and pay will typically be lower which ends up producing less quality in the education. In rougher neighborhoods, children can be exposed to environmental toxins. A close proximity to factories can cause air pollution and water pollution which can have a toll on overall health. Also, rougher neighborhoods also tend to bring around the possibility of bad childhood influences. The teenage years are particularly bad for parents. Bad influences can lead to out of wedlock child bearing, which can lead to more family problems. It is always good to try to raise children in a safe neighborhood, there will be better advantages in the long