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POVERTY
CHILDREN
IN
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT POVERTY MEASURE...
It is hard to imagine a scenario where a country is focused on reducing child poverty without quality, routine and nationally supported measurement.
Indicators of children living in poverty
Poverty influences children in many ways. It impacts children at the moment, and across time. That is, children at every age and developmental stage are heavily impacted by the impoverished environment they live. In the early years, children living in poverty experience the daily impacts that come easily to mind (Choi et al. 2019). It is rather essential and part of educators' responsibilities to distinct and undertake actions in time. Below are some typical indicators of children experiencing poverty.
Malnuturition:
Hungry,
empty lunchbox
Tattered clothing,
lack of school uniform
Underachieve at school such as unfinished homework, low attendance particularly when a costly activity
Self or Social exclusion such as experience social deprivative
Children feel depressed, unsafe and unsecured
Lack of concentration & Tirdness
Lack of sleep
Low hygiene
Experience sitgma and bullying at school
(Briggs 2012; American Psychological Association (APA) 2014; Choi et al. 2019)
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