How One Teacher Taught The Class: A Powerful Lesson About Privilege
What we think about least may be the place from which we can do the most good. Each of us has some form of ordinary privilege or even...
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The Sam Vimes Boots Theory of Socio-economic Unfairness
Poverty is like being caught in a trap and it is expensive to be poor. Illustration inspired by 'Stop blaming the poor for being poor' by...
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Childhood Emotional Abuse
The signs and symptoms of emotional abuse from parents can be a lot more difficult to detect by an outside observer. Even though the...
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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: Dignity For All in Practice
Not all giving is the same, there is a right way and a wrong way to do it. There is giving that diminishes the receiver. They are made to...
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The Travel Effect for Children
Trips makes us happy and our kids happier. As much as we love taking our children on vacation for a weekend out because we know how...
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Empathy Vs Sympathy
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, it is a quality of a character that can change the world.
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Toxic Stress Associated with Poverty
In small amounts, and when children have the right support, stress can be a positive boost. It can help children rise to a challenge. It...
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How to Talk About Poverty to Our Children?
Poverty is a complex issue that can stem from a variety of reasons that are too difficult for young children to understand. But even...
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Women Unpaid Labor
We may have different socioeconomic status.. But at home..we are all the same. We spend an average of 4.5 hours a day on unpaid labor...
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Children in Poverty Hears 30 Million Words Lesser
One influential studies found that in the first 3 years of a child’s life, those in wealthy families they have heard around 30 millions...
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Giving Moms Money Can Boost Babies’ Brain Activity, Study Finds.
Big scientific finding shows that by just giving the families more money, even a modest amount of more money leads to better baby brain...
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