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Furthermore, children in poverty have a greater risk of displaying behavior and emotional problems, such as impulsiveness and difficulty getting along with peers, and family poverty is associated with higher risk for teen childbearing, less positive peer relations, and lower self-esteem. [51]
Poverty has been linked to higher prevalence of many health conditions, including increased risk of chronic disease, injury, deprived infant development, stress, anxiety, depression, and premature death. [2] These health conditions of poverty most burden vulnerable groups such as women, children, ethnic minorities, and disabled people. [2]
A study shows that children below the poverty line do two years less of an education which causes a ripple effect of fewer opportunities and less income. [17] Education is a direct correlation to future socioeconomic status, and without breaking the cycle of devaluing education, there will continue to be intergenerational poverty. [6]
To elaborate more, children in poverty have worse health outcomes during adulthood. This effect is especially pronounced for specific ailments, such as heart disease and diabetes. The impact persists even if a youth escapes poverty by adulthood, suggesting that the stress of poverty encountered during childhood or adolescence has a lasting effect.
Peer acceptance is both related to children's prior social emotional development and predictive of later developments in this domain. Sociometric status identifies five classifications of peer acceptance in children based on two dimensions: social liking and social impact/visibility: [30] popular, average, rejected, neglected, and controversial ...
A research published by Jama Pediatrics presented some revealing results on how children's brain development is affected by their family's income. In an interview for Vice News, author of the ...
An observation is that children can monitor and intervene in their peers' behavior through pressure. A study conducted in a remedial kindergarten class, in the Edna A. Hill Child Development Laboratory at the University of Kansas, was designed to measure how children could ease disruptive behavior in their peers through a two-part system.
The Action for Children charity said the results indicate many families are still struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. Children worried peers’ families cannot afford presents this ...