The Effects of Children in Poverty Poverty destroys a child’s aspiration, dreams, and most importantly, their opportunities. Children will experience poverty during the years of the brain development. Thus child poverty creates long-term negative effects, with children having more health problems, high school dropouts, child abuse, growth of government aid, and economic insecurity in adulthood. It is humiliating that in the United States that child poverty is higher than adult. With the Unites States having the world’s largest economy how could this be happening. Let alone, health problem is a major effect of children living in poverty. Children are less likely to have access to quality health coverage. “ With less family income, children
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Living in poverty takes a huge toll on the parents of the children. The parents are faced with problems on how to take care of not just themselves but their children as well. With this in mind, poverty affects mentally the well being of parents, this contributes to depression and other forms of stress that can negatively damage the interaction with their children. With the guardians trying to figure out how to make it ahead in their situation, it can contribute to a harsh and less supportive parenting style. “NCCPR (National Coalition for Child Protection Reform) maintains, that parents who must leave their children alone when they go to work because they cannot afford child care can loose their children for “ lack of supervision” (“Poverty Is the Leading Cause of Child Abuse”). Poverty tends to lead not only to child abuse but also neglect. Children who aren’t properly cared for can be taken into foster care. If the child doses not receive proper medical attention, it is considered medical neglect, if the child is left alone or with younger guardian, it is considered lack of supervision. With this in mind there is not much a guardian can do to get ahead with out being accused of child neglect, parents have no choice but to live in
Living in poverty takes a huge toll on the parents of the children. The parents are faced with problems on how to take care of not just themselves but their children as well. With this in mind, poverty affects mentally the well being of parents, this contributes to depression and other forms of stress that can negatively damage the interaction with their children. With the guardians trying to figure out how to make it ahead in their situation, it can contribute to a harsh and less supportive parenting style. “NCCPR (National Coalition for Child Protection Reform) maintains, that parents who must leave their children alone when they go to work because they cannot afford child care can loose their children for “ lack of supervision” (“Poverty Is the Leading Cause of Child Abuse”). Poverty tends to lead not only to child abuse but also neglect. Children who aren’t properly cared for can be taken into foster care. If the child doses not receive proper medical attention, it is considered medical neglect, if the child is left alone or with younger guardian, it is considered lack of supervision. With this in mind there is not much a guardian can do to get ahead with out being accused of child neglect, parents have no choice but to live in