This notice talk about how the poverty exerts a high cognitive toll on
families because children are mentally
and emotionally depleted by living on scant resources.
Andrew is a little boy that with his "singing shoes" and
he´s one of Britain's 1.6 million children living in severe poverty. Chronic poverty causes health difficulties, educational failure, mental health
challenges, and impoverished aspirations because the overexposure to
stress has negative consequences on physical and emotional development.
About the consequences, there
is a theory of causation that concerns a
kind of cognitive depletion, a sort of cognitive tax on the poor people. The
constant preoccupation with the difficulty generated as a result of not having
appropriate resources narrows down thinking, focusing attention on the concern
at hand. This intense and concentrated use of energy reduces a person's mental
bandwidth, preventing them from managing effectively other areas of their
lives, because worry is consuming them.
Some scientists believe Andrew's preoccupation with
lack of appropriate clothing could be potentially comparable to losing a
night's sleep, or the difference between the performance capacities of an
alcoholic versus a normal adult.
People who are relentlessly living in distressing
circumstances, this cognitive overload is likely to lead to exhaustion and a
sort of despair which can manifest itself in poor self-control. At some point,
Andrew may get fed up enough to finally steal a new pair of shoes.
As a summary, a toxic combination of lack of safety
and chronic poverty is depleting people (young people). They are too tired to
be good, to make an extra effort, to try harder. It is at this point that they
are prepared to discard everything.
Governments are preoccupied with lowering taxes for
the rich, while emotionally over-taxing the poor. It will cost.
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