This isn’t just a danger due to physical concerns or growth stunting.
It wires these kids brains for a resource scarce life. Which makes them think short term only.
People always talk about why everyone’s crashing out these days, this is why.
I grew up food insecure when I was very young, and you really don’t get over it. It’s been hard not to hoard food as an adult.
It’s generational too…
My mom had a very poor hillbilly childhood. My friends never understood why I have like 4-6 months worth of food in the pantry at all times instead of just buying as I eat.
Even in college when everyone was always broke, pantry just has to stay stocked. There always has to be a cushion.
I wouldn’t really call that food hoarding though, but it’s subjective
Here’s a general article, but there’s lots of academic studies available if you search:
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/how-poverty-affects-the-brain-and-behavior
It doesn’t just have to be when young, poverty fucks your brain up because for the vast majority of human evolution, if you were hungry or didn’t have shelter, that was what you needed to focus on.
It’s Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
If you don’t know what that is, that’s a good place to start. Then read up how the absence effects people.
Thank you. I’m going to take a few days to unwind before I take it all in but this looks like a solid overview. Its always better to be aware and conscious of this stuff.
This makes me SO HAPPY!
-Christ Loving Republicans who have no problem with their Tax Dollars paying for Jeff Bezos new Yacht.
Richest country in the world…
Sure.
BECAUSE OF CORPORATE FUCKING GREED.
There’s summer EBT, available nationwide for states that opt in, bringing eligible families $120 as a summer grocery benefit—which has been found to decrease by a third the number of households with children who sometimes went hungry. (But despite that, 14 states, including Georgia, Alabama, and Texas, have not opted in.)
State governments that would prefer children starve
