Poverty has been around as long as there has been currency. Poverty is a problem because people aren’t able to make enough money to support their families. This problem affects people that are in poverty. This problem is happening all over the world, but it is more extensive in some countries than others. Currently, people are trying to solve it by making food shelves and making organizations that you can donate your stuff to. These are working but aren’t efficient. The people in poverty can’t always rely on them.
The Minnesota Department of Health claims that “Poverty is related to health. People living in poverty have a greater risk for things like asthma attacks and …show more content…
This accumulation of stress in children’s lives has cascading effects on brain systems critical to learning, remembering and reasoning.” Their point is that children get more stressed out and their parents don’t teach them anything so they get behind. This proves that poverty can affect children mentally as well as physically. A possible solution to this problem based on this information is the government making more jobs and increasing the minimum wage. Then parents won't be so stressed and spend more time with their