A Child's Stressor

Child neglect is the only child stressor that I am familiar with. The situation occurred at work that consisted of a single mother who had four years old twin girls. Most of the time the girls would come to school without clean clothes, uncombed hair, hungry, dirty shoes. The girls would never bring back homework or papers that needed a parent signature. When the teacher asked the girls, where are your homework folders? The girls would say " we lost it". The girls never brought money to school to buy snacks, take pictures, or pay for a school t-shirt. One day, I caught one of the girls stealing out of the classroom, and the other girl was caught eating a snack out of the garbage can. This just broke my heart. I told the teacher what happen. She went to the school counselor. The counselor called Department of Family and Children Services. The Department of Family and Children Services told the school counselor to schedule an appointment to talk to the mother. The mother came to the school and the counselor told her about the situation concerning her twin daughters. The mother told the counselor, "she was a single, unemployed mother with three other children, living on welfare assistance". This is the best she can do. The school counselor told her" she understood her situation, but it is important to provide quality care for all your children." The counselor let the mother know that; the Department of Family and Children Services,  could come and take all her children. The mother agreed to let the counselor and the Department of Family Services help her to provide quality care for all her children. After that day, the girls came to school well dressed, brought back homework, stop stealing, and the mother signed papers and attended parent conferences  and other school events. All this mother needed was support and understanding from the teachers, school counselor, and the Department of Family and Children Service.

Child Poverty in Canada

Child poverty in Canada has gone from bad to worse. According to UNICEF's report on child poverty in Canada ranks near the bottom for children's well-being. This is unacceptable because Canada prides itself on being the best place in the world to live. Eight-one percent of single mothers with children under the age of seven live in poverty. When children grow up in poverty, they have more illnesses, perform poorly in school, have more mental problems, and earn less money when they become adults. The United Convention on the Rights of the Child obligates Canada to provide sufficient standard of living to all children. Unfortunately, this is not enough because thousands of Canadians children rely on food banks to have enough to eat. In order to provide help to overtake child poverty is to learn more about child poverty during research, write to the president and government to help end child poverty, and speak up for all children (Kielburger, 2010).

Reference

Kielburger, C. (2010), Free the Children -Child Poverty, Retrieved January 14, 2111, from

http://www.freethechildren.com/getinvolved/geteducated/childpoverty.htm