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Continue reading →: A child’s holistic development
Having an understanding of child development is extremely important for parents (Grenier and Vollans, 2023), this will enable parents to fully understand the impact that food poverty can have on their child. There are 7 areas that must be implement into a child’s learning from birth to five years (DfE,…
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Continue reading →: Free Breakfast Clubs
The Department for Education (DfE) has funded the national school breakfast programme (NSBP), selecting 750 early adopter schools for 30 minutes free childcare and free breakfast clubs before school (Family Action, 2024). The aim is to provide children with a healthy meal each morning and provide them the energy they…
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Continue reading →: Stigma and Struggles with Food Poverty
Knight (2017) states poverty has a negative impact on a child’s life and how emotional damage is an outcome for a child living in certain conditions. When children are brought up in poverty a cycle begins which can be viewed as an normal way of living, leading the child to…
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Continue reading →: What is child food poverty and why is it important?
Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of need suggests physiological needs is what drives a human to survive, Maslow explains that humans have basic needs that must be met, and these needs are what keeps a human motivated to reach other levels of achievement (Sheikh and Ameijde, 2022). Homeostasis is also another way…
