The Separation of Children from Dignity by Poverty The minds of children are so very sensitive to everything that they encounter. The rest of a child’s life may be affected by what most adults may consider insignificant events and happenings in their own lives. Imagine what damage could be done by large-scale issues like poverty and homelessness. As author Melanie Scheller explains, “Poor white trash were viciously stereotyped, and never more viciously than on the playground… don’t get near them or you might catch [ringworm and pink-eye]” (356). How is a child to learn the meaning of having friends or of dignity growing up this way?
(Barnardos, 2013). There are a number of indications as to why child poverty exists, unemployment plays a big part. Unemployment is an indicator of educational disadvantage, which in turn, affects the rest of a child’s life. Lone parent families are also an indication as to why child poverty is on the rise. Single parents have a lack of funds to support their children’s needs.
This could be for a number of reasons, such as being from a poor family or them feeling like they are not getting enough attention at home. ‘” Children live in fear”’ said Becker (“Uganda: Child Abductions…”). The way that children in these situations are being treated is terrible. Adolescents who have been abducted are
Effects of Poverty on Children Hilario Yanez Professor Emmanuel Obi SOC100 November 20, 2014 Effects of Poverty on Children Specific Hypothesis: Poverty is the leading cause for many children from low-income families to have more learning and health problems in the United States. They also experience poverty as their families’ incomes are terribly small. This prevents their children from participating entirely in the society. Applicable Sociological Concepts: The Social-Conflict theory is being used as stated by Macionis (2010); this theory shows how inequality creates conflict to poor families by not providing equal benefits to them. Parents can’t afford good jobs to provide any benefits to their children.
To begin with, Funding for the educational system is greatly based on the local property taxes in the area of a public school, and is one major cause of failing public schools, due to unequal funding and lack in necessary instructive and learning tools. Due to this unfair funding in school districts, low income districts, are having schools that are unable to afford essential materials to create success in their learning environments. States and districts have created standardized testing that students must pass to qualify for graduation of a grade level, or distribution of funding to their school. How can underprivileged schools keep up in testing with wealthy schools that have all the ability to give their students “hands-on” teaching, and all necessary equipment? In the article “reforming school funding” by Kathy Koch, the author briefly portrays the experience of a student from a wealthy school, Lauren.
This pessimistic view on the abilities of low socioeconomic income youth continues to influence their lack of academic performance. Children who are raised under harsh financial circumstances are deprived of the psychological and educational resources leaving them ill prepared and more likely to be unsuccessful adults in the future. Economics and race plays a factoring role in the quality of living conditions of many individuals. In the American society many people are struggling to make ends meet within their everyday lives. Many are living from paycheck to paycheck, essentially not always guaranteed the proper wages in order to meet all of their needs.
Citizens who are raised in lower economic communities will commit crime based on their social standing, their association with criminals, and their lack of education. Many citizens who live in these communities have slight hope for ever escaping their social standing. They see low opportunity for change and don’t believe that they can live a successful life without resorting to crime. Oftentimes, these students start their lives in abuse and poverty. They don’t have acceptable role models and often come from broken homes.
Child Poverty basically means living of children in a poor family or living under limited and absence of growing resources. On the other hand, Children that fail to meet the criteria of a standard life in a society are being called poor children. According to the United Nations Children’s fund “Children living in poverty are those who experience deprivation of the material, spiritual and emotional resources needed to survive, develop and thrive leaving them unable to enjoy their rights, achieve their potential of participate as full and equal members of society”. Moreover, the incapability of parents to provide children parental help or loss of a family, lack of governmental help are all the primary causes for children’s
It first starts with the problem of the formation of isolated impoverished areas, racial and ethnic discrimination, and lack of legitimate economic opportunities for the people whom live in those areas. The unfortunate factors that come along living in these impoverished areas start a cycle which is very difficult to break. It is crucial for the people who live here to find peace anywhere in their life. The next part of the cycle takes it to the breakdown of schools and family life. The organization of schools all over the United States can vary from being supportive in a student’s career path to not caring about a student’s life at all.
The first form is educational poverty. Educational poverty describes the lack of education due to a family experiencing poverty. There are several characteristics of educational poverty. Children of families living in educational poverty tend to miss a significant amount of school or stop attending all together due to the responsibility of helping the family financially by getting a job (“11 Facts About Education And Poverty In America”, n.d.). Another characteristic is that children who live in educational poverty have more of a risk of developing learning disabilities and delays in