Another explanation of poverty is the poverty cycle. The poverty cycle means that poverty is passed on through generations. In the poverty cycle, children who are born into poverty have a deprived childhood - they experience material and cultural deprivation, and as a result of this they are less likely to do well at school, gain qualifications and stay in education beyond the minimum school leaving age. This means that their future opportunities are limited because their lack of qualifications means that the jobs available to them are mostly unskilled and low-paid. Consequently, they are likely to live in poverty as adults.
The personal choices that a child makes can have a lasting effect on their life. Both smoking and drinking alcohol can become addictive. | Being in Care System | Social Factor | Being in the Care System is a Social Factor because this can result in the child being more withdrawn from others and in some cases less trusting. Due to poor relationships with their parents/adults, which is the foundation of making relationships and friendships with others. | Poverty | Economic Factor | Poverty is an Economic Factor because without the money to pay for good education or extra support the child may not do very well academically it has been proven that children who live in poverty do not perform as well as more affluent children.
‘The Cause and Effect of Poverty in the UK’ Poverty People don’t always understand the causes and effects of this so called ‘poverty’ so that’s why I’m going to explain it. A simple definition of poverty would be; “The state of being extremely poor/ the state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount.” Poverty is often highlighted as humans not been able to obtain compulsory features of life such health care, education and in some cases, the essential needs such as water, warmth and shelter. Millions and millions of people, as well as children, face these problems on a daily basis in the UK. Just to get an exact number of these ‘millions’, a study said 2.2 million children and two million working age adults were living in absolute poverty in 2009-10! Causes and effects of Poverty A starting point for causing poverty can be as simple as early age pregnancies.
According to the article “The condition of poverty, however, may be the most important of all student differences in relation to high achievement.” (Burney 2008) It also states that the length of time the family has been living in poverty and the level of poverty they lived in, influences achievement preparation and performance in children under the age of five. (Burney 2008) Poverty affects all aspects of a child’s education and development. Students that attend schools in low income neighborhoods have “limited access to programs outside of school that provide lessons and enrichment opportunities that add to student competence in a learning environment, confidence in ability to learn new things, social interaction skills, and background information that may transfer to an academic setting.” (Burney 2008) Schools with higher levels of low income student population are less likely to offer the curricula and placement courses that are viewed as “needed” for success in higher education. “They also are less likely to have experienced and qualified teachers.” (Burney
Children growing up in poverty face many disadvantages such as unhealthy levels of stress making it near impossible to successfully complete college, thus making it harder to escape their surroundings. The poverty rates in some European countries are much lower than in the United States because of programs they have put into place to help the poor and unlucky, leading one to think the government should once again re-declare the war on poverty. Krugman’s article not only shows percentages he also lets his readers know what the findings were from scientific studies. Living in the conditions of poverty is stressful for anyone, much less children. I see the effects that poverty has on many people every day, and always think one day that could be me.
Children who are not loved will find it difficult in the future to make long lasting friendships. Children will feel isolated and unhappy. It is important that children are loved and care for properly. A key economic factor that may influence development is unemployment. Parents who are on low income might have children wearing clothes that are too small for them.
In society today poverty is measured to ways either absolute poverty, or relative poverty. Lets start with Absolute poverty, Absolute poverty measures the number of people living below a certain income threshold or the number of households unable to afford certain basic goods and services like food water and shelter. This is the level of poverty you most likely picture when you hear the word poverty. Usually commercials of foreign children, with bloated bellies who suffer from malnutrition and lack of clean water. Absolut poverty is mostly prevalent in developing countries like India or Haiti, but the United States is not immune from it.
For the past years, there are many cases where children, at an early age steal things from other people. There are also cases when children are either left or are given for adaption because their parents don’t want them to experience extreme poverty and so they think that giving them to others is the best way for the children to have better future. Some of them are being a parent to their siblings because they were left by their parents. What is the impact of poverty on the rest of us, in the middle class and in the upper class? Why should we need to know about this?
CYP 3.7 (1.2) Explain the importance and impact of poverty on outcomes and life chances for children and young people. Poverty has an influence on a child/young person’s outcomes/life chances. With poverty comes a higher probability of a poor diet. This can lead to poor concentration and a slower learner leading to lower grades in exams. With lower exam grades come jobs that are less skilled which means lower paid jobs.
Low income parents are in a culture of poverty. According to the Culture of Poverty theory, the conditions of poverty create its own subculture with its own attitudes, behaviors, and socialization. This culture then passes on across generations, which accounts for most of the poor kids to remain poor. Low income neighborhoods usually lead to bad schools. Why?