A classic public service ad showed a man holding an egg and saying, “This is your brain,” and then dropping its contents into a sizzling frying pan and saying, “This is your brain on drugs.”
Today, it may be time to come up with an image for an even more damaging social time bomb: “This is your brain on poverty.”
Click here to read full article Growing up poor can affect brain development Pitt Study Article
Declining Prospects for Middle Class Kids Will Be Worsened by Budget Cuts
NEW YORK, NY – America’s middle-class children have been steadily falling further behind their more privileged peers for the past quarter century – but the worst of the fallout has been held in check by essential policies and programs that could be unraveled, depending on key budget decisions, according to a new study released by the Foundation for Child Development. These findings arrive in advance of President Obama’s February 14 budget announcement — and what is likely to be a charged debate in Congress that will determine the future of these programs against other priorities.
http://www.fcd-us.org/resources/declining-fortunes-children-middle-class-families
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