Impacts of Childhood Poverty on Children's Well-Being

Poverty is not only considered as the lack of money but rather the absence of choice and possibilities. Socially, physically and mentally children growing in low socio-economic background lack positive development. Poverty deprives children from proper parenting. It increases conflictual social relationship and impact the cognition about future contributing to poor socio-emotional development. Children suffering from poverty are affected by material deprivation, poor health and weaker educational achievement because of which they are likely to perpetuate poverty throughout their life.