Poverty is poison - 9 views
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Gonzalez A on 11 Jan 11It's mostly about the effect poverty has on people (like children) throughout their life. "many children growing up in very poor families with low social status experience unhealthy levels of stress hormones, which impair their neural development."
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Fischbach J on 14 Jan 11I thought the quote "poverty in early childhood poisons the brain," was really interesting. If you are in poverty as a child you feel ashamed and never are brought out of it, then making your children live it in their lives too. I thought that quote was very strong.
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Giesman G on 14 Jan 11it makes me extermly upset to know that a childs brain devlopment can be damaged by their finachal situation. its just not right.