Poverty In The Glass Castle

Poverty in The Glass Castle

Poverty is the state of being extremely poor. It makes you do wild things when you don’t have money, food, water, and possibly not even having shelter. People go through rough stages when poor. The Glass Castle by “Jeannette Walls” is a good example. A impact that it has on a family and children is surviving. Trying to get through it, some families will eat out of trash cans to survive. That is what Jeannette's family did. There's a bunch of effects that poverty can cause such as safety, mental and emotional well-being, physical health, and learning abilities. Poverty is something that nobody wants get in because once you are in poverty it is really hard to get out of. Research shows there is a direct correlation …show more content…
A young child's brain has a greater risk of abnormal development ifn not being taken care of properly. According to Kimberly Noble “A young child’s brain has a much greater risk of not going through the paces of normal development” Poor health integers with access to care and can coexist with risky behavior. As said by Donya Arias “Poor health can be linked to access to care as well as greater exposure to environmental hazards and engagement in risky behavior” In The Glass Castle the kids did not get the nutrition they needed. They were eating out of trash cans, which was very unsanitary for them, they could have gotten some kind of disease from it. If someone is in poverty they should try to find other things that are more …show more content…
Poverty is toxic and affects the child in school, and opportunities for them are lower. As reported by Kim Krisberg “ poverty is toxic, nutrition to a higher incidence disease, all of which contributes to a child’s school readiness, and opportunities to learn health trajectory. Coming from a disadvantaged home as a child can differ in the brain that causes the child to flounder in school. Growing up in a disadvantaged home can cause a child to have a difference in the brain that can also cause the child to flounder in school. Which was also said by Kim krisberg. Wages for poverty people are low, and they might only get a high school degree and that would be all. Another Kim Krisberg saying was “wages have been stagnant and for those with only high school education or less”. In the Glass Castle when they were kids, they did not go to school, they have their parents teach them because they were always moving and because they were poor and did not have money to stay in one spot for a long time. Make time for learning, it could