Life on the streets means the smallest mistake can affect your entire future, as Frankie knows only too well. They are also one of the poorest, most disadvantaged regions in America.
13, 2009 - The oldest mountains in America are rich in natural beauty with their raging creeks, steep hollows and old pines. By KETURAH GRAY February 10, 2009, 9:32 AM Feb. However being there and financially supporting him are two different things, so finding work is a priority in a city where jobs are scarce. Diane Sawyer reports on four children growing up in central Appalachia.
After growing up with no father figure, Wes is determined to be part of his son’s life. Read MoreĬraig doesn’t want to leave home but his mum’s lost her job and cannot keep the house, leaving him unsure of where to go or what to do. All on the cusp of adulthood and dealing with the normal pressures of growing up with one similarity – they are all surviving on benefits. Kids should get to grow up as kids, and poverty takes that away from them.A striking and sensitive documentary that follows three very different teenage boys growing up and struggling to survive on benefits.įilmed over one summer this sensitive documentary follows three very different teenage boys. It was also very saddening to see a child having to act responsible enough to watch siblings or help pay bills because of that struggle. In this video, it was heartwarming to see how much these children cared for their families and helped their parents who they knew where struggling. Kalia and Kyah's mother had been searching for a better place to live for them, but was struggling to find somewhere to stay within Kyah's school district. The COVID-19 pandemic has not been friendly to American families who have struggled in the past to make ends meet. The final family that this video filmed was a family of three living in a small apartment. A new Frontline documentary, Growing Up Poor in America, depicts three children and their families' stories as they navigate poverty during the coronavirus pandemic. Her sister Miracle helped care for her younger sister and helped with housework along with working towards her dream of going to college. Online learning for Laikyen was very difficulty because of her ADHD, and concentrating on learning on her own was a struggle for her, and her grades showed it. Laikyen, had been sent home from school because of COVID, and had been living at home with her sister and her mother, who worked all sorts of hours at a gas station. Many times, Shawn had to help with housework and watch his sister while his mom worked to receive her benefits. Many children in poverty are living with single parents, like Shawn's mom, who struggles to raise her family and pay the bills. Seeing how hard the children worked at their school work as well a helping their parents was heartwarming, but it also made me sad to see that they had to be separated from family and not given the proper childhood they deserve. It was very frustrating for me to see these children suffering and seeing how they had to struggle through learning online due to COVID. Watching this video interested me, as child poverty is what I am writing my paper on. The experience of child poverty against the backdrop of the pandemic and increasing racial tensions. His study proved how much financial stability can do for teens, as teens with financial instability tended to cause more crime than teens with that stability. He found that teenagers in high poverty neighborhoods were committing more crime than other teenagers. Results showed that teenagers were the common factor in homicides compared to other ages, but things were different when the poverty aspect was added in. In this article they summarize a study ran by Mike Males which looked at teenagers and their crime rates, specifically with homicides, and then re-examined these rates after controlling for poverty. Yes, there are different factors that assist in increasing delinquency in these age groups like peer pressure, video games, etc., but what people don't see is the other side of things, poverty. They would blame the underdeveloped teenage brain for the delinquency rates within those age groups. People used to look at teenagers as prone to committing crime, as if all teenagers were supposed to act that way. In the article "It's poverty, Not the 'Teenage Brain', That Causes the Most Youth Crime", They discuss what people tend to think the reason for crime and delinquency in teenagers is as well as what they believe it really is.
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