In the past 40 years, America has seen growing inequalities between wealthier and poorer families. Beginning from birth and aggravated by unjust social institutions, children born and raised in poorer families struggle to become successful because of lack of resources and information provided. This ultimately harms society because without the means to improve their life […]
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The placement of children in society and their parents’ abilities to raise them are not the only contributors to underperforming children and the widening inequality gap between children of different social classes. The environment and the quality of care given to children also play an important role in the success of children. It is important […]
Critics of governmental monetary support of child-raising argue that this form of support discourages work and that the provided assistance will not necessarily translate into any benefits for children. This assertion proves true in the United States because “the inherent problem with welfare lay in the fact that it is taken away as its recipients […]
Since parents and caregivers, and the environment that a child grow up in are the most influential factors in the later life success of children, solving the injustices and inequalities that children in poorer families face is the “most effective tool we have in early childhood for improving a child’s future” because children in poorer […]
The improvement of society is beneficial for those who are a part of it. Because people want what is best for themselves and act in their best interest, they should act to improve the society that they are a part of. In order to diminish the inequalities that have grown from the differences in socioeconomic […]
It is evident that most parents want what is best for their children, but that does not necessarily mean that intent attains results. Research in the Journal of Child and Family Studies concludes that “being a good parent was of [utmost] importance to them” and that the belief that parents “had always done what was […]
Citizens of the United States simply cannot “continue to increase [their] material wealth while ignoring the human needs of its people. Such a course is likely to lead to increasing selfishness, to alienation between the more and the less fortunate, and eventually to chaos and despair” (Seligman 2018). The overall improvement of society and equal […]