According to the Childhood Policy Research and Policy Center, about 600 million children live in poverty across the globe. To me this is an overwhelming number; however, I guess that it is true given economic conditions around the world. Poverty can be highly damaging to young children due to malnutrition, food insecurity, or a simple lack of the right kind of stimulation. Some experiences that should occur during early childhood may not be made up later, which causes children to miss these windows of skill development.
CHIP’s goals are to understand the causes of poverty, reduce poverty by two-thirds, and raise the profile on childhood poverty. CHIP aims to inform and guide policy in order to reduce poverty. CHIP recognizes that knowledge about poverty and its affect on children varies between countries. CHIP also seeks to determine which policies are effective in helping children because not all policies do.
Doing the research for our application this week, I was surprised by the level of poverty in my local community. However, worldwide there is far worse. In my opinion, it will take radical social and policy change to eliminate poverty. As teachers, we need to be advocates for our children and families.
NOTE: I have re-contacted our international contacts but have not yet heard from them.
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Mr. Starnes, you made met think. You mentioned a radical social policy change and again I feel overwhelmed but forced to speak on their behalf. I began to think when I open my facility how I would encourage parents to want more and pass that encouragement to their children. I'm thinking about providing a mandatory classes that families of their child in my care would need to attend in order to meet the requirements of their contract. These classes will have valuable information, typically the same information we receive from our introductory undergraduate classes. This perhaps, will motivate the parents to want more for their children and understand the ramifications of not spending time with child, not finishing High School and so on and so forth. I tell you I am so grateful to be able to take classes and get stronger in our profession.
ReplyDeleteJoseph, thanks for the information, it is sad but true, malnutrition plays a part in poverty in children development. Childhood Policy Research and Policy Center is another great souce to find information about poverty around the world, and USA. We should understand the cause of a thing (poverty) or the iusses to gain understanding to find a solution.
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