Researchers study link between child poverty and brain development—with no government support

Being poor in America is terrible for anyone—but it is particularly hard on children. Studies have shown that experiencing poverty in childhood significantly impacts one’s ability to be successful as an adult and children from poor families are less likely to work in adulthood than their counterparts from middle-class or wealthy families. Currently, in the United States around 15 million children (or 21 percent) live in poverty, with particularly high rates for black and Hispanic children, children with single mothers and children under the age of five. These statistics are grim. And, now, making childhood poverty even more dire, scientists have also discovered that there is a clear link to poverty and brain development....
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