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> This is largely because families in poverty tend to also abuse their kids at higher rates Source?
by jdc 5y ago
> This is largely because families in poverty tend to also abuse their kids at higher rates
Source?
- ironman1478 5y agoSure. A quick Google search yielded the articles below. I don't have authoritative papers to reference, so you'll have to do your own digging too. But it also makes sense when you are aware of the realities of being in poverty. You also left out what I put in parentheses. Mental abuse is abuse and many children are subject to it. I explicitly called it out because I personally feel that people underestimate the damage it does primarily because it's something that is just completely alien to many people and cannot be related to. I also think people do not tend to realize what mental abuse is and in how many ways it can take shape. https://stateofopportunity.michiganradio.org/post/poorest-children-us-are-most-vulnerable-child-abuse-deaths https://stateofopportunity.michiganradio.org/post/poorest-ch... And this https://www.nber.org/digest/jan00/poverty-and-mistreatment-children-go-hand-hand https://www.nber.org/digest/jan00/poverty-and-mistreatment-c... Also, not to make excuses but I think in the mental abuse case people don't always know they are doing it. They do what their parents did or learned from those around them who also didn't know what they were doing.
- baq 5y agoLazy?