Explain How to Support Children and Young People According to Their Age, Needs and Abilities to Make Personal Choices and Experiences That Have a Positive Impact on Their Lives

1. Understand the factors that may impact on the outcomes and life chances of children and young people:

As mentioned by Ruane and Cerulo in Second Thoughts, harsh realities of poverty affect children’s lives in profound ways. Children lack any power in improving their circumstances and depend on adults to gain access to basic necessities. Access to proper healthcare, education, and basic nutrition continues to be an obstacle for children. Poverty impedes children’s aptitude to learn and contributes to poor overall health and mental health. Perhaps most important, poverty becomes a cyclical nature that is difficult to overcome. Children who experience poverty when they are young tend to experience persistent poverty over the course of their entire lives. According to the Child Welfare League of America, the national poverty rate for children

The importance of designing a service that responds to the needs of the children and young people.

This may result in overcrowding, for example being housed in a bedsit or home with insufficient bedrooms. This means the child has no privacy, or personal space. They may struggle with homework and course work because of the lack of a quiet space in which to complete it. The housing provided may be of a poor quality – suffering damp or be in disrepair. This could have a detrimental effect on the child’s health – causing asthma or frequent colds and coughs. It will probably be in a less desirable area or could be in an area with social disorder problems. This may result in the children becoming isolated, as their parents may be fearful of letting them out to play or they may themselves become involved in anti-social behaviour and criminal activities

First, children who live in poverty experience serve physical extremities. The children born into this underprivileged lifestyle subsist to low birth weight. Children living in poverty stand a greater risk of poor nutrition. Most children living in poverty have an extensive threat of chronic conditions such as asthma.

conditions and the like. Children often have to leave their schools and education in order to

There are many issues in our broader society that will affect the lives of children and young people such as:

Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of personal factors.

These effects that poverty gives off is normally negative. According to American Psychological Association, one of the effects is physical health of human body. The lack of nutrition can lead to hunger or obesity. Having a lack of nutrition as a child is very dangerous, because they need energy and nutrition for their growth. Poverty can also affect sickness’ that lasts for a long time. Nextly, psychosocial outcome is an effect of poverty. Children living in poverty has a big chance of getting emotional problems like anxiety or depression. Lastly, poverty affects academic achievement, especially for young children. A study from the American Psychological Association shows that the stress of living in poverty can affect children’s memory, which will be a big problem for their future. The National Center for Education Statistics took a survey and studied that students living in families with low-income were more common that students living in families with higher

To grow up in poverty can have a lasting impact on a child. There are many different factors that can affect a child development especially during those significant years between the time of their birth and when they turn 3 years old. I choose this age range because this when their brain start to develop rapidly and as parent you start to realize if your child is developing as they should or are they taking longer to do certain things their expected to do by that age. One of the causes of this problem derives from the family’s socioeconomic status which isn’t enough to meet the child’s nutritional and health care needs. Infants and toddlers solely depend on their parents to provide them with the ingredients that they need so that they can grow up and develop at their expected age rate. Especially during pregnancy because the baby needs all the key nutrients it can get from the mother body so that their vital organs and motor skills can develop properly.

When children live in poverty all of their developments are affected for example; their cognitive development and social-emotional development are affected when children do not have the resources to excel like other kids do. Because they are poor their school assigns them in low levels of education, they are not treated equally, they do not have the rich resources, or experiences to help children increase their knowledge. Because they are not receiving the best resources to excel, their cognitive development develops differently than those who have the privilege and access to rich resources and rich experiences. When children do not have access to health care, they are constantly sick, and they miss days of school, and they fall behind. When

Poverty is a common issue that has an effect on everyone. There is a certain group of the human race that is highly affected by poverty. This group is children. Research is clear that poverty is the single greatest threat to children's well-being. Poverty can impede children's ability to learn and contribute to social, emotional, and behavioral problems. Poverty also can contribute to poor physical and mental health. Risks are greatest for children who experience poverty when they are young and/or experience deep and persistent poverty (US Poverty Myths). Some ways children suffer in poverty is they do not have food/shelter, people choose not to pay taxes, and how it is not always the parents fault and how they treat the children’s because

The article “Effects of Poverty on Society, Health, Children and Violence” states, “Poor health, lack of water or housing, child abuse or violence fuel a cycle of poverty in which so many end up trapped for life.” This definition of poverty is an accurate one. Many people living in poverty are trapped in this nevering ending cycle, with little to no hope of getting out. Poverty not only weakens the economy but weakens people living in these conditions and society as a a result. Some of the many effects of poverty include, increased crime in those area, social tensions due to inequality, shorter life expectancy, and health challenges. Children living in poverty are also more susceptible to abuse and child labor. Children often are forced to work in order to help their families with basic needs. Children living in poverty have the least likelihood of escaping the cycle due to lack of education, malnutrition, health concerns, and suffering from abuse during early childhood. The article “Effects of Poverty, Hunger and Homelessness on Children and Youth” published by the American Psychological Association, explains that children living in poverty are susceptible to chronic stress. Stress can affect a child’s growth, especially during childhood, and leave permanent damages psychologically, mentally, and

9 out of 30 children in a classroom will be living in poverty, that is a shocking 3.7 million children in the UK (Child Poverty Facts and Figures). Living in poverty as a child will come with many implications. Children under 3 who are living in poverty are more like to suffer with chronic illnesses such as; asthma, lung problems, learning disorders, immune system disorders and many more (Child poverty statistics and facts). Children who are born in the poorer areas of the UK are on average 200 grams less in weight than those born in the richer parts of the UK. During pregnancy the lack of income creates many implications; shortage of food resources, having no heating or cooking amenities can all contribute to poor health and the development

When family values are suffering, education amongst the children within that family may also suffer. The causes of deterioration within the family structure may also be created by economic problems and a lack of community support. When value is placed on working to earn support within a financially disadvantaged family, the value placed on education is non-existent. Children are not instilled with the value of education to earn more money, since money is needed for immediately survival. Parents do not have time to involve themselves with the school system and attend teacher conferences to assist their children. Familial and cultural cycles develop that are extremely difficult to break. Uneducated parents do not encourage their children to achieve higher education. There is likelihood for this type of family to produce unemployable offspring. More unemployed people equate to more receiving government benefits, further exacerbating social problems. This situation creates a need for even more social services and places a further strain on government resources.