Look What Austerity Does to a Child’s Brain
The stressful conditions of poverty—“overcrowding, noise, substandard
housing, separation from parent(s), exposure to violence, family
turmoil”—can have toxic effects on the developing brain, permanently
diminishing the ability to think clearly and calmly.
The stressful conditions of poverty—“overcrowding, noise, substandard
housing, separation from parent(s), exposure to violence, family
turmoil”—can have toxic effects on the developing brain, permanently
diminishing the ability to think clearly and calmly.
