PSY 399 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Gross National Income, Gross Domestic Product, Purchasing Power Parity
16 Apr 2018
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Exposed to more family turmoil, violence, separation from their families, instability, and chaotic households. Poor children experience less social support, and their parents are less responsive and more authoritarian. Read to relatively infrequently, watch more tv, and have less access to books and computers. Low-income parents are less involved in their children"s school activities. The air and water of poor children are more polluted. Homes are more crowded, noisier, and of lower quality. Low-income neighborhoods are more dangerous, offer poorer municipal services, and suffer greater physical deterioration. Predominantly low-income schools and daycare are inferior. The accumulation of multiple environmental risks rather than singular risk exposure may be an especially pathogenic aspect of childhood poverty. Poverty is harmful to the physical, socioemotional, and cognitive well-being of children, youths, and families. Low-income children are disproportionately exposed to adverse social and physical environmental conditions. They suffer greater family turmoil, violence, and separation from their parents.
