Kids from Poor Families Face Different Challenges

While being born in a poor family does not guarantee a future of poverty, it does put significant roadblocks in the path, experts on poverty think.

Experts think that early childhood education and supportive parents are the key to the economic success of kids born in poor families. There are points of intervention throughout the cycle, but the most effective time period is when kids are very young.

“It takes holding kids to high expectations and providing them activities to exert effort and achieve success,” he said. “We shouldn’t have different expectations for poor kids or minority kids than we do for affluent kids.”"




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