WEEK 3 BLOG

I have been research family incomes recently to determine who can really afford childcare and who can not. Family income appears to be more strongly

related to children’s ability and achievement than to their emotional outcomes. Children who live in extreme poverty or who live below the poverty line for multiple years appear, all other things being equal, to suffer the worst outcomes. The timing of poverty also seems to be important for certain child outcomes. Children who experience poverty during their preschool and early school years have lower rates of school completion than children and adolescents who experience poverty only in later years. Although more research is needed on the significance of the timing of poverty on

child outcomes, findings to date suggest that interventions during early childhood may be most important in reducing poverty’s impact on children.

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The topic that I will be researching will be poverty. I chose to do this topic because I want to know more about how it affects children and their educational experiences. I am also hoping to find out who makes up the population of people living in poverty, what is the question of class when it comes to poverty, the myths of poverty and does two parent homes have something to do with poverty. Some people don't grow up in poverty, but things happen that causes families to become impoverished. Now that I have learned about how to research reliable sources I will be able to carefully find information that will help my research process.