“Poverty Mars Formation of Infant Brains” is an article published by the
Financial Times on February 16, 2008. This article discusses how children
who grow up in low-income households experience “unhealthy levels of stress
hormones” which affects a child’s neural development. Read the full article
here
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/62c45126-dc1f-11dc-bc82-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1.
Continuing with this theme, New York times Op-Ed columnist Paul Krugman
recently published a reaction piece to the Financial Times article titled
“Poverty is Poison”. In his article, Mr. Krugman discusses the current
state of America’s low-income families and how it relates to the information
presented in the Financial Times piece. Read the full article here
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/opinion/18krugman.html?_r=1&ex=1361077200&oref=slogin .
