Before many children are even born, the inequality they are being born into has already impacted them in some way.

1. How Inequality Impacts
Children
PRESENTED BY KYLE HALPERIN

2. INEQUALITY HAS NO AGE LIMIT
The old adage that life is not fair does not come with an age stipulation. While we
have a long way to go before children no longer face inequalities, America needs to
do a better job addressing the inequalities of our most susceptible citizens.

3. EDUCATION
Daycare now costs around $10,000 annually.
Those who can't afford it go without rigorous
educational activities, and sometimes without
proper care.
Children born to more affluent families learn a
second language and yoga by age 4.
According to U.S. News, disparities between
privileged and underprivileged children begin to
show by age 2.
Such disparities include a reduced receptive
vocabulary, matching, early counting, math,
color knowledge, numbers, and shapes.

4. EDUCATION CONTINUED...
Early education for impoverished and
underprivileged children is bad enough, but
things only get worse as the children age.
Schools comprised of disadvantaged students
receive less funding and employ less
experienced teachers.
Accelerated programs are far less accessible.
The path to secondary education has far
more hurdles.

5. HEALTH
Underprivileged children feel the effects of their
environments, sometimes even before they are
born.
Impoverished areas are more likely to smoke
and have poor nutrition, which leads to low birth
weight.
These babies also have higher chances of
hospitalization, growth problems, developmental
delays, childhood sickness, and learning
problems.
Children from impoverished areas are also more
prone to accidents, due to a bad neighborhood or
parents away at work.

6. CONCLUSION
Inequality impacts our children from the moment
they enter the world’s stage.
From their education to their health, more
privileged children consistently fare better than
their poorer counterparts.
For the common good, it makes sense to take better
care of our most vulnerable, our children.