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Action for Children
Deprivation and Risk: the case for early intervention
Estimates suggest that up to 1 million children are at risk of being trapped in the same cycle of deprivation and neglect as their parents, especially if other risk factors such as violence, drug or alcohol misuse, mental ill-health and child neglect are involved. The report examines how inequality, health and wellbeing, education, housing and social mobility influence social deprivation.
Action for Children argues that what's needed is much earlier intervention, particularly with very young children, not least because children living in deprived families have less support and fewer resources from outside the family and struggle to build up resilience and self-esteem.
All very valid points, but in an era of swingeing cuts, it's hard to believe that arguing for spending money now to help ease costs further down the line, when children are older, will curry any favour with cash-strapped finance departments.
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