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Poverty: ending the cycle
Sunday, December 19th, 2010
December 18, 2010
Everybody knows that poverty is tough, that it is often at the root of lack of education, drug abuse, even violent crime. But everybody doesn’t know why. Peeling back the layers of poverty has been a career’s work for psychologist Lisa Serbin and her colleagues, the drivers behind Concordia University’s 34-year Longitudinal Risk Project… “They’re without proper housing and quality of food, and there is an effect on nutrition and on brain development.”… “Parental support of children is so important for positive outcomes, as is social support of parents.”
Tags: ideology, poverty, standard of living
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