The Effects of Poverty on the Lives of Children

Impact of Poverty on Children's Living In the UK children's poverty is widespread In 1995, 21% of children are classified as poor children. One of the three children has at least a year of poverty, and more than five years of poor people during their lifetime, and lasts more than a decade. In addition to low household incomes, most poor children are facing many risk factors, but nonetheless research has shown that poverty is selective.

As Poverties.org pointed out, "The influence of almost all poverty affects the lives of children." This can lead to child abuse and neglect, mobility, homelessness, exposure to drugs and alcohol. Children born to poor families may also remain poor in their lives. However, poverty not only affects children with external factors. Children often lack weight at birth, according to the child's future center, children are "the main risk factor of infant death". It also has the possibility of "permanently hindering physical development, brain development and cognitive function" (Hunger and Poverty Center, 1998). In addition to the low educational level of parents, this leads to children entering after their colleagues and not being balanced throughout their educational background. According to statistics, poor family high school students tend to drop out of school than students other than poor families.

Poverty lives have many negative effects on families, physical, emotional and social families. Children living in low-income households are likely to continue living in poverty like adults. Many impacts of poverty, especially restrictions on participation in extracurricular activities