#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.

[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

[sillysueann-blog]

Work Tax Credit claim discriminating against the most vulnerable of children. The Child Poverty Action Group  giving a voice to the children of beneficiaries but was unsuccessful with their case at High Court. Work by CPAG between 2009-2013 not in vein as four political parties in 2011 had a policy to remove the discrimination against beneficiary parents.

[maddleeasternpsychology-blog]

Underdeveloped Hippocampus and Amygdala effects on a child.

This article presents information on the effect underdeveloped hippocampus and Amygdala have on people. This is linked to poverty through prior research due to the stressful conditions children in poverty live in. The article states this lack of growth can later cause susceptibility to stress, depression and violence. This importance of this is great, as such things have great impact in later life. 

ARTICLE:

http://childhoodtraumarecovery.com/2013/03/13/neurological-effects-how-childhood-trauma-can-damage-the-developing-physical-brain/

[graceamickunitec-blog]

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; French: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, OCDE) is an intergovernmental economic organisation with 35 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.

This is important information for my essay. NZ is ranked 3rd last on the OECD list for child poverty. These global statistics put emphasis on New Zealand's neglect towards solving the poverty issue compared to other countries that found working solutions to diminish their statistics.