Question

How does poverty affect children? What do you think should be done to decrease the negative effects in children?

Answer 1

Children who live in poverty face many negative affects in their childhood as well as further in their lives. Children who live in poverty are unable to get the nutritional values to its fullest. They are unable to eat and drink to a required level which is necessary in the development of child's brain as well as other physical and mental health development. In order to decrease the negative effects of poverty on children, government should provide at least the basic food item, containing nutrients that help developing the child's physical and mental health. Further, children living in poverty must be given opportunities to study free in the government schools to compete in their lives.