Vulnerable Mothers

Vulnerable mothers and children have become a topic of adversity to be discussed when we consider the aspects that may put them at a higher risk compared to other groups. Inadvertently vulnerable mothers and children have stressed etiologies and conditions that have placed them in a world of negative developmental outcomes. The vulnerability in this group has become of great important when we focus particularly on concepts of interest such as income and culture/ethnicity. To provide a discussion of these concepts, we must first distinguish the various approach of how these factors can increase difficult circumstances for mothers and children. Vulnerable mothers and children can be defined as a group that has experienced a higher risk of poverty and social exclusion than the general population due to socioeconomically disadvantages or certain medical conditions that …show more content…
These attributes can negatively result in maternal emotional distress which can expose mothers and children to susceptible harm. Conventionally mothers and children that continued to live in low-income and poverty-stricken neighborhoods continue to have life challenges such as low self-esteem, depression, degraded social values and increased crime problems. Historically this group suffers from income inequality due to low-wage paying jobs and not from unemployment. This conflict requires this group to supplement their income with welfare assistance. An article states “While many people with one or more of these challenges do work, studies have shown that as a group, individuals facing these challenges are less likely to be employed or steadily employed and more likely than other people to rely on public benefits”(Bloom, Loprest, Zedlewski, 2011). Inadvertently this vulnerability has caused a network of issues that has resulted in social and economic problems faced by this