A lot of the research cited in class refers to the detrimental effects of low socioeconomic status on children's literacy rates. It's almost as if poverty is a plague that, once caught, spreads to the whole family. What I'd like to know if what, precisely, is it about being poor that is so harmful? Is it the long and inconvenient work hours kept by those with low-paying jobs? Is it the lack of household stability caused by such work schedules? Is it the raised parental stress level that accompanies the uncertainty about one's financial future? Is it simply a lack of education?
Despite public perceptions to the contrary, poverty effects a wide variety of people, particularly in the wake of the economic downturn. No longer does the word "poor" apply to just the uneducated. As college debt because the unifying problem of the rising generation, "poor" may soon be an applicable term for families with highly educated parents. If that's true, what does that affect what we know about childhood literacy? Will the exact nature of poverty finally be revealed, or will the change of demographics simply yield a new set of problems?
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