Low income children live with stresses that put them at greater risk of becoming adults permanently vulnerable to infection and disease. Poor adult health costs our nation huge sums of money. What to do?
A significant minority of children from low-income families DO become healthy adults. The big difference: MOM paid careful attention to the children's emotional wellbeing, had time for them, and showed affection and caring. These are all crucial aspects of the comprehensive services that early childhood programs need to provide for our nation's most vulnerable children. Support Early Head Start, Head Start, home visiting programs and local efforts in your community to offer parenting classes to all new parents. Conservative or liberal, hard to argue against better health & parenting skills.
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