Child Poverty In The United States
Child Poverty in the United States
Kimberly Coppola
June 23 2011
Soc/120
Mary Wyllie
The purpose of this essay is to discuss the effects of child poverty in the United States. The
government has set a certain income bracket and if a person or family falls under that bracket
they are considered in the poverty level. Poverty has two sections that it is broken down into,
which is relative and absolute. The relative poverty type is when you have some things,
whereas absolute is when you have nothing and this form is considered life threatening.
Poverty can affect people of all different ages, races, and ethnicity and also genders and
family patterns. Each group that is affected by poverty is usually carried …show more content…
People still place blame as to why people are poor and
why their lives cannot be changed for the better. There are a lot of people out there that
believe that being poor is an endless battle and once a person is poor that will always be poor
because its too hard to change their situation.
Children are affected by poverty in many ways, food, health education and shelter and
many if not all of these children are exposed to violence. This is connected to the poverty in
women. The beliefs of the causes of poverty according to the Encyclopedia of Women and
Gender (2001), “Individualistic beliefs focus on personality attributes. These beliefs include
irresponsibility, lack of discipline and effort, or lower ability and talent. Structuralistic beliefs
incorporate the larger socioeconomic system such as low wages for some jobs, poor schools,
prejudice, discrimination, and job availability. Fatalistic beliefs as to the reasons for a person 's
poverty status focus on such things as bad luck, chance, and fate.”
Poverty affects most women who are single mothers although these single mothers work
they cannot receive assistant from the state because the make too much money but …show more content…
Once these children are exposed to domestic violence and violence upon themselves this
usually cycles from each generation to the next, this inability to break the cycle can be a
factor of poor education. Living in a poor cities whether they are rural or urban in a kind of
goes hand in hand with poor education. These families that are poor and have little to no
money are accepted by other families in the same situation. These families that live in these
communities seem to be stuck in their social status and cycle. These people are either afraid
to get out of their status or do not know how to. Some people do not think any different that
their status if they have always known it this status and cycle is a normal way of life to them.
According to Fantuzzo, J., Fusco, R., Mohr, W., & Perry, M. (2007), “during violence
witnessed by children the perpetrators were more likely to be arrested then times when
children were not present.” The police officers felt that is was extremely important to send a
message that violence is very wrong. Children who have dealt with domestic violence
Kimberly Coppola
June 23 2011
Soc/120
Mary Wyllie
The purpose of this essay is to discuss the effects of child poverty in the United States. The
government has set a certain income bracket and if a person or family falls under that bracket
they are considered in the poverty level. Poverty has two sections that it is broken down into,
which is relative and absolute. The relative poverty type is when you have some things,
whereas absolute is when you have nothing and this form is considered life threatening.
Poverty can affect people of all different ages, races, and ethnicity and also genders and
family patterns. Each group that is affected by poverty is usually carried …show more content…
People still place blame as to why people are poor and
why their lives cannot be changed for the better. There are a lot of people out there that
believe that being poor is an endless battle and once a person is poor that will always be poor
because its too hard to change their situation.
Children are affected by poverty in many ways, food, health education and shelter and
many if not all of these children are exposed to violence. This is connected to the poverty in
women. The beliefs of the causes of poverty according to the Encyclopedia of Women and
Gender (2001), “Individualistic beliefs focus on personality attributes. These beliefs include
irresponsibility, lack of discipline and effort, or lower ability and talent. Structuralistic beliefs
incorporate the larger socioeconomic system such as low wages for some jobs, poor schools,
prejudice, discrimination, and job availability. Fatalistic beliefs as to the reasons for a person 's
poverty status focus on such things as bad luck, chance, and fate.”
Poverty affects most women who are single mothers although these single mothers work
they cannot receive assistant from the state because the make too much money but …show more content…
Once these children are exposed to domestic violence and violence upon themselves this
usually cycles from each generation to the next, this inability to break the cycle can be a
factor of poor education. Living in a poor cities whether they are rural or urban in a kind of
goes hand in hand with poor education. These families that are poor and have little to no
money are accepted by other families in the same situation. These families that live in these
communities seem to be stuck in their social status and cycle. These people are either afraid
to get out of their status or do not know how to. Some people do not think any different that
their status if they have always known it this status and cycle is a normal way of life to them.
According to Fantuzzo, J., Fusco, R., Mohr, W., & Perry, M. (2007), “during violence
witnessed by children the perpetrators were more likely to be arrested then times when
children were not present.” The police officers felt that is was extremely important to send a
message that violence is very wrong. Children who have dealt with domestic violence