{"id":40,"date":"2008-04-11T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-11T14:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/hungerrumblings\/2008\/04\/11\/povery-kids-its-a-no-brainer\/"},"modified":"2008-04-11T09:44:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-11T14:44:00","slug":"povery-kids-its-a-no-brainer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/povery-kids-its-a-no-brainer\/","title":{"rendered":"Povery &amp; kids&#8230; it&#8217;s a no-brainer&#8230;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My scientist husband directed my attention two weeks ago to an article in <em>The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/em> (Feb. 29, 2008, \u201cResearchers Probe How Poverty Harms Children\u2019s Brains\u201d). In it, the author interviews neuroscientists studying the impact of poverty on the neurological development of children living with poverty. Their primary findings \u2013 that poverty (aside from hunger\/malnutrition) appears to affect a child\u2019s brain development in ways we don\u2019t quite understand yet \u2013 are both intriguing and yet somewhat of a \u2013 pardon the pun \u2013 <em>no brainer<\/em>. Poverty is complicated and complex. To think that we could easily categorize the impact of childhood poverty is to underestimate this multi-faceted problem. This research also questions the slippery integration of poverty, literacy, family stress and other socio-economic factors and their combined impact on a child\u2019s brain development. \u201cGrowing up poor is bad for your brain\u201d one researcher summarizes in the article &#8211; and I\u2019m not sure we really needed research to acknowledge that fact.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, it&#8217;s just one more reminder that children are often the most vulnerable in environments of hunger and poverty. When hunger, poverty, racism, and family systems are interwoven, we\u2019re left with complex situations that require \u2013 that deserve \u2013 our focused attention and smartest thinking\u2026 in our schools, in our public policy, in our congregations and in our community services. The solution to hunger and poverty will never be just one thing (food assistance, welfare, school lunches) but an interweaving of many different strategies.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a lot of talk about the economy these days\u2026 but what would be a better long-term investment than in strategies that could promote healthier brain development of our children? Now that\u2019s a <em>no-brainer<\/em>\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My scientist husband directed my attention two weeks ago to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (Feb. 29, 2008, \u201cResearchers Probe How Poverty Harms Children\u2019s Brains\u201d). 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