#RonnieandFaithPsychology

[scrumptiouslywisecowboy-blog]

This article focuses on New Zealand’s poverty issue. It talks about how we are a first world country, yet we still have serious issues with child poverty.  

[sillysueann-blog]

Our current approach is not working, we need more compassion and empathy.

Need for reference

[maddleeasternpsychology-blog]

This video has an in-depth explanation of poverty’s affects on the brain, and how exactly poverty causes underdeveloped brains, mental illness, and even obesity. It also touches on many other affects of poverty and provides ideas of how we can prevent poverty, also what the government is doing, and what is working. I found this video insightful, useful, concerning and thought provoking.

[graceamickunitec-blog]

This is a personal article that informally addresses child poverty in a relatable way. This will be especially useful in my essay because it provides a different narrative. The author describes a hospital waiting room in a low income area and this puts a visual in my head of the physical state that poverty can put people in. 

[priunitec-blog]

I chose this article because it talks about how low income contributes to poverty. It shows the statistics of New Zealand’s income, comparing the high and low income across genders, age and ethnicity.  

[alyssa-cain-unitec-blog]

New Zealand does not have an official poverty measure. However, low-income thresholds or poverty lines can be used.

Paul Bellamy, Research Services Analyst (parliament, 2011)

[goodwi01]

I chose this article because it has good facts, percentages and real examples of how bad the issue of child poverty is in New Zealand. I think that these facts are good for the readers to see because it helps them realize how serious the issue of child poverty is in New Zealand and the world.

[scrumptiouslywisecowboy-blog]

This video demonstrates how stressful dealing with living in poverty can be for both parents and their children. When this goes on for long periods of time their mental health suffers greatly, which is what can lead to problems such as alcohol and drug addictions as well as suicides. 

[sillysueann-blog]

Over 10 percent of New Zealanders living in over crowded houses in 2013. Approximatly one in seven children or 15.9%.

USE THIS ONE!!!

[maddleeasternpsychology-blog]

This graph shows the link between poverty and incarceration. Peoples median incomes who are incarcerated are significantly lower to those who are not imprisoned. I found this upsetting yet intriguing, which has made me wonder the cause of this exactly.

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/income.html

[graceamickunitec-blog]

The key findings in this document shows large scale research across all OECD countries showing child poverty rates and all correlating factors that attribute to child poverty and child health care problems and solutions.  

[vonny-pati-blog]

I chose this video because it views how so many children get sick and also ways to prevent child poverty. Also how Sweden operates with putting their children first.

[annaunitec-blog]

I chose this because it shows how hard it is for parents to earn child support, and what the benefits of child support can do towards the family and children. 

[alyssa-cain-unitec-blog]

children being deprived of the material, spiritual and emotional resources needed to survive, develop and thrive. This leaves them unable to enjoy their rights, achieve their full potential or participate as full and equal members of society.

UNICEF NZ

[goodwi01]

I chose this article because I think it’s a real eye opener to child poverty in New Zealand especially in comparison to Sweden. This article can teach the New Zealand government what they need to do and what they need to change in order to make child poverty decrease or go away altogether. Also this comparison between the two countries gives the people of New Zealand ideas on what they can do in their own lives to help make child poverty go away. 

[scrumptiouslywisecowboy-blog]

I found this TED talk insightful as I did not realise it isn’t always a lack of funds stopping some families getting things like medical care, but the judgement they receive from others when asking for it. Our society is extremely judgmental and that makes it so much harder for those people who are living in poverty.