How can poor children fight against intergenerational poverty when they lose at the starting line?

A survey found that over 80% of poor children in Hong Kong even need to take care of their families, spending an average of 10 hours a week.

Because of their overinvolvement in housework, these children are more prone to rest, lack of energy, and lack of time for homework. When they enter school, their personal, social and emotional development, as well as communication, language and literacy skills, are higher than those of children from wealthier families Performance is usually worse.

This leaves children from lower-level families with poorer life chances in the future, and consequently poorer health.

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The research of American environmental psychologist Susan Saegert has proved that children who live in small houses for a long time will have problems such as distraction, dyslexia and other problems in learning due to the lack of privacy, relaxation and self-expression space. They will become more inferior and withdrawn, and in the long run, children are prone to psychological problems such as depression and anxiety.

If social resources are allowed to tilt toward the upper classes, intergenerational poverty will only perpetuate health injustice indefinitely.

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The Hong Kong Association of Community Organizations also conducted a survey on grassroots school children and found that nearly 70% of the children interviewed lived in subdivided rooms, plank rooms, rooftop houses or cage houses and other unsuitable housing, and 57% of the respondents did not even have homework books at home Taiwan, home-based online classes allow these grassroots children to study less time. "The quality of learning is poorer, which will affect their further studies. If there are problems in their studies, they will affect their work, which will affect their income later, and their income will affect their lives." Researched by the Institute of Health Equity at CUHK According to Assistant Professor Li Zijun, this has had a negative impact on all aspects of schoolchildren's learning, mood and behavior...

For details, please read the 301st issue of "Hong Kong 01" e-Weekly Newsletter (January 24, 2022) "

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