Discuss at least six effects poverty can have on emotional, social, or physical development during childhood and adolescence
What will be an ideal response?
Poor children are more likely than children who are not living in poverty to have physical health problems, illnesses, injuries, poisoning, parental neglect, exposure to toxic substances, and abuse. Living in poverty correlates with lower IQ scores and academic achievement. Adolescents living in poor communities attend poorer quality schools and have fewer opportunities for positive extracurricular activities. Parents of children living in poverty are more likely to use power assertion to discipline their children and are less likely to use reasoning, praise or to involve their teenagers in decisions. Families living in poverty are at an increased risk to become homeless. Children and adolescents living in poverty have higher rates of social and emotional problems such as substance abuse, behavioral problems, mental illness, suicide, personality disorders, and lower self-esteem and confidence.
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