![]() Thus, deprivation during infancy and early childhood - when the brain is growing rapidly and aligning itself with the needs of its environment - can have powerful, negative, long-lasting effects. This early inequality then sets the stage for intergenerational poverty. This, combined with the environmental stress of poverty and ongoing physical and emotional needs, means that as early as nine months, poverty-related achievement gaps show up, only to widen as children age. Children who are born to mothers who are homeless have low birth weight and require specialized care at four times the rate of their non-homeless peers. ![]() Therefore, the effects of poverty can be seen from an early age. Written by Perry Firth, project coordinator, Seattle University’s Project on Family Homelessness and school psychology graduate studentĮven before a child is born, he or she is being shaped by the world outside of the womb. Part Two in our series on homelessness and poverty in the public education system
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