Q.4 How does poverty impact child development?

We already know some of the affects poverty can have on people but how does it affect the developing person. From birth through adolescences kids are growing and developing into young men and women. In order to develop to the best of their ability they need the proper nutrients, proteins, education, etc. So what happens when a child doesn’t get that? I think it’s important to ask this question because not only do things affect us all differently but they especially affect children differently. Since their brains and bodies are still developing they can easily get damaged. From asking this question I want to understand just how damaging this issue could be on people like me and the people of our future. 

Poverty can cause irreparable damage on the human brain, predominantly in children. There has been several scientific research done about how poverty damages the development in children. For example, on neurotoxin, neurotoxin is a substance that harms tissues inside the nervous system. Neurotoxin happens to the brain to a poverty impacted infant in the womb. Along with that, evidence tells that children who live in poverty are highly likely to have some brain differences. This is due to four factors, chronic stress, deficient emotional social relationships, lack of stimulating activity, and exposure to toxins. Exposure to toxins can cause peripheral neuropathy. That is when the nerves that transport messages to and from the brain and spinal cord and the rest of the body is diseased or damaged. Chronic stress can cause learning,  development, and health issues, weakened systems, and lifelong consequences. Childhood stimulation is key to the brains development, so a lack of stimulating activity can cause extreme damage. Deficient emotional social relationships can create a lack of social cues and impact the way kids behave in public or with others. Other issues like environment and pollution can also damage the development of children and pollution is frequently found in impoverished areas. For instance, children living in impoverished areas are constantly exposed to chemicals like lead. Lead has been proven to show damage the central nervous system in a child’s developing brain. This can cause behavioral issues like aggression. There's also, another substance called cortisol. Poverty causes extreme levels of stress and causes the body to release a substance called cortisol. This is just a few examples on how poverty can impact child development, as you can can see even one thing can do sever damage 

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I didn't mention any physical damage because it was already answered in 'the affects of poverty.'