Introduction
The article is a research report on the social economical effects on early childhood development. The grounding aim of the research was to uncover the truth behind the subjectivity of children at early age to physical health problems as a result of poverty. The researchers in their aim to understand these findings utilized the conceptual framework relationship between biomedical and behavioral. The article seeks to make an outline of this framework and make prior discussions about its legitimacy (Chen, 2013).
The article discards the long common perception of associating certain diseases and disorders to old age. Heart diseases and certain cancers that were long referred to as old age diseases are now life time diseases taking effect as early as childhood. The evidence brought forward is the results of socioeconomic factors in children (Chen, 2013). Adult health problems among them premature mortality, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases vulnerability in addition to other disorders are linked to childhood socioeconomic status.
The socioeconomic status effect on children can be interpreted in different perspectives. First, genetic make of children might have accumulated in some families hence transferring them to diseases and poverty. Secondly, prevailing illness of children might a stem cause in the socioeconomic status as it cripples their parents saving ability thus making them more vulnerable to subsequent health problems. Finally, socioeconomic status might manifest itself as a lifetime of poverty (Chen, 2013). The 2008 recession left a lot of questions that the research in the article ought to address. After this recession, the US childhood poverty rate rose by bigger margins. This was followed by increased biomedical consequences that left the question on how the biomedical outbreak was linked to the poverty level rise during the economic recession.
The poor status is transferred into the lifespan of a child through his biological genetic modification caused by the prevailing conditions. The model explains how the disadvantages of poverty are translated into the immune system of a child. The model articulates that pollutants get programmed into the inflammation regulatory immune cells called mocytes. This causes the monocytes cells being articulated with pro-inflammatory phenotype cells. Since the process occurs during immunology system development, the phenotype persists in its embodiment across the life span the child. When the monocytes encounter of macrophages and monocytes to subsequent invaders occurs, the inflammatory response is experienced. This sum up to, inflammatory responses that resist any signal attempts to end them by developing insensitivity. As a result of may be a minor health threat, the inflammatory cell mighty be responsive but at a cost (Chen, 2013).
Development psychology if focused on explaining ways by which children change over time. It is a topic has attracted attention after Industrial revolution defined social construction of childhood as a distinct stage in a person’s life. According to development psychology, the social and economic status of parents is vital in a child’s development. The social economic status of a child is highly linked with that of the parents.
According to both development psychological content and the content in the article, resilience is not born within a child. It emerges with time as the child grows. Good relationship between the parent and the child creates a proper foundation. A safe relationship exists between parent and child. There lies a great advantage of this relationship since hard times can be overcome better future. Children lack a basic need that is crucial.
Poverty and social economic status are highly linked. With poverty, it becomes hard for one to curb poor health. It occurs that those in poverty also find it hard to maintain good health (Chen, 2013). A child born in a poor social economic status family is victim of unhealthiness. Poor health at childhood affects the child all along towards adulthood. This means that the child may lead to the same life as the parent. The lifestyle becomes a chain of poverty.
With reference to resilience, development psychology states that despite lengthy exposure to hardships, one remains exposed to diseases. The article states that the poor child develops with the diseases within itself (Chen, 2013). The level of poverty determines the ability to protect a developing child from future illnesses.
There lies a difference in the upbringing of a child from a high-income family and that from a poor background. However, poor attitude from guardians can affect a child’s psychological status immensely. Poor means of disciplining a child can cause great damage to its psychological development. The article discourages poor means of delivering discipline to children.
Because of poverty, children live in hazardous areas together with their parents. They suffer from congestion of household and poor nutrition maintenance practices. Conclusively, these children are exposed to smoke, substances and organisms that are pollutant and harmful. These substances reduce immunity of the children. That is, the pollutants affect cells found in the immune system after they invasion (Chen, 2013). These invaders are the microbial invaders.
The article in question is therefore very relevant in citing psychological development of children.
Works Cited
Chen, G.E. (2013). The Biological Residue of Childhood Poverty. CHILD DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES, 67-73.
