And I said, I want a house like that one day.. As the pandemic continues, the presidential election approaches, and America reckons with racism, FRONTLINE presents a documentary offering a powerful look at child poverty in America in the time of COVID-19 told from the perspective of the children themselves. Biden actually said he lived in a building in Claymont, Delaware, which became Section 8 housing much later.. She has re-watched the scene three or four times since. Smith died last year, after skidding across an icy bridge and crashing into a tree near the familys home in East Moline. Social mix solutions have been pursued since the 1980s in Australia. "There's just not enough money in the system to sustain even what we have now, never mind to allow that to grow," he said. 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She dreams of college and moving somewhere far, ideally New York, to become a photographer. Inside, it's hard to believe this could be a home in one of the wealthiest cities in the world. It is an outgrowth of interviews with some 900 teens in New York City, Cleveland, Louisville, and Meridian, Mississippi. It sucked having to explain yet again that no money meant no money for anything, even a ride. People tend not to expect much from the kids in the trailer park, which can make the path more daunting. And why it wasnt stopped sooner. God is there in it too, if you let him be. "If the government's going to disband everyone that lives [here, instead of] bunching everyone up in this sort of format, if they're going to move us out into places where we have to integrate into normal society I think that's going to be beneficial for everybody," he said. When they were not shown the photos depicting financial hardships, participants from poor and wealthy backgrounds didnt differ in impulsivity. On a more positive note, how once you get some money you have an iron determination to never be poor again, which can make you work harder and better than the rich kids. We just miss him, his father, Josh Smith, told FRONTLINE. Documenting evidence of potential war crimes in Ukraine. There are the obvious side-effects of growing up in poverty: deprivation, worry, and sometimes hunger and the risk of homelessness. **This is for educational purposes only,. Thinking about this now makes me upset still, but when I was a kid it was a fact of life that I was too young to embrace the burden off. Kaylie Hegwood, 18, and Tyler Clayburn, 20, first appeared in FRONTLINEs Poor Kids in 2012. My grades right now, my schoolwork is not very well, Laikyen says. What Happened to Poverty in America in 2021, Catching Up With 2 of the Kids from Poor Kids, How COVID Has Impacted Poverty in America, From the Archives: How the World's Deadliest Ebola Outbreak Unfolded, Russias Invasion of Ukraine, One Year Later, War Crimes Watch Ukraine: More Than 650 Documented Events, From the Archives: How the U.N. & World Failed Darfur Amid "the 21st Century's First Genocide". Some sections are already finished. Growing up poor has many disadvantages, being poor has led to a personal battle that has kept me sheltered and fearful of the world. "They're having to engage in all sorts of strategies, which they wouldn't necessarily do if they had plenty of money themselves, in order to just be able to come up with the money to get that housing renewed," Mr Eastgate said. But its not that easy, having no money is insidious and it affects your whole outlook and personality. With such a large family and a small budget, my family only ate out on special occasions. Heike Ignjatovic, 42, has been waiting to be relocated from her place in Claymore for 11 months. Heike's daughter Jasmine and her partner Blake moved to Claymore nearly a year ago and live nearby with their eight-month-old, Lucas, and Jasmine's brother. People who grew up with money tend to think that poverty is something they can fix with things like education, "empowerment" or initiatives that almost always have the words "community," "youth," "program," and "center" in them. The economic benefits for government receive less attention, but are arguably much more significant. June has loved her home and communityand the idea of leaving is sad and daunting. But Claymore is not unique. By 2011, it was one of Australia's poorest suburbs, with a median household income of $588 . As the Four Corners documentary showed, such a project was underway in Claymore, with almost all of the existing public dwellings earmarked for demolition. One factor at play for why poor children go on to struggle as adults is education. The 36-year-old has lived in Claymore for a decade, and he's frustrated at how difficult it can be for younger generations to break out of disadvantage there. The research center also found that black children are more likely to be poor than white children. Write an article and join a growing community of more than 160,500 academics and researchers from 4,573 institutions. In the free market place, it's not even legal. Going to Grandma's house because there's nothing to eat at your house. Don't bother reading the comments in the r/documentaries thread or youtube. The 17-year-old was supposed to start 11th grade in September. Youre all amazing. They assume I was too shy or not interested in women. Stealing food from school so you can eat and feed your hunger. "The vibe overall is very positive and people want to move in," he said. But really, it was because I didnt have money. Every dollar was accounted for. Filmed over one summer, this sensitive documentary follows three very different teenage girls all on the cusp of adulthood and dealing with the pressures of growing up with one similarity - they are all surviving on benefits. At the 2016 census, it was home to just over 2,600 people and one of Australia's poorest suburbs. "People look up to people with criminal records and it's ridiculous.". While roughly 37 percent of children who were never poor completed college by age 25, only 3 percent of children from persistently poor backgrounds were able to do the same. At home, they have fewer educational resources, coupled with higher levels of stress. Her view, like many who moved in decades ago, is different to Frank's. My mother earned a meager salary as a hairdresser. The willingness of of these folks to try to help the poor is mostly noble and . Its maintenance budget is indeed eye-watering, partly because the housing stock many a relic of that post-war boom is ageing. When work is steady, he can save about $150 per month. At the height of the recession in 2012, nearly one in four American children were living in poverty. His son Jayden was born in late November. In the summers I would just hang out in the house alone or with the other neighborhood kids while the parents were at work. Jen is a web producer at KPBS, responsible for program promotion, online membership-related activities, and is the editor of the KPBS community calendar. In Chicago, 21-year-old Johnny Davis is also adjusting to life as a new parent. Mean that you had to be the tough kid at school. Five years later, when FRONTLINE revisited the Smiths to update Poor Kids, he had graduated high school and was working with his father to support the family. We had NAPLAN scores go off the Richter scale in Minto. Filmed in Claymore (Sydney, Australia). Differing perceptions of control affected whether people were able to postpone a reward, with people from poorer backgrounds behaving more impulsively in uncertain situations than those from wealthy families, the research found. This was the interaction between eight-year-old Courtney and her mum (whose name is not revealed) on Channel 4's 2019 documentary, Dispatches Growing Up Poor: Britain's Breadline Kids. How did it come to this? She helps people that needs help, Laikyen says. Stealing so you can sell stuff so you can eat. . My husband was baffled when I looked at hookups when we were house shopping just in case. It was a moment I realized we had very different childhoods., Saving up lunch money to buy something., Thinking your parents hate you because of their short tempers, then you realize just how fucking stressful it is to raise kids with no money., Not having anything to eat except Kraft Dinner and canned soup., How you havent been more than two states away from your home state, and havent been out of the country.. My future is up to me, its not up to anybody else, Hegwood said, echoing her childhood convictions. Being poor, as you grow up, many would feel sympathy for you and would come forward to help by offering money to pay the fees, by offering part-time jobs. Her daughter, Brittany Smith, had voiced similar feelings in the updated 2017 version of Poor Kids. You dont remember, do you? He still works in building maintenance, fixing other peoples homes, most recently at an apartment complex that also employed his wife. While the redevelopment of Claymore is not without its bumps, the housing authorities are trying to show they've learnt the lessons from the disruption residents experienced in other renewal projects. When you grow up poor, you're forced to use creativity to solve your problems. Ive a friend whos parents built him a house on their land, whos income isnt needed for living expenses, hes got the freedom to quit his job and move to soemthing new without any fear of being unable to home his family. It's now a "mixed-tenure" community, where the public housing is more or less indistinguishable from the privately owned homes. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. The redevelopment of Claymore is being staged, allowing consultationwith residents and time to relocate them to a place of their choice. This would start to normalise public housing, returning it to its original intent as a mainstream affordable option for Australians. From award-winning director Jezza Neumann, who also made 2012s "Poor Kids," and producer Lauren Santucci, "Growing Up Poor In America" follows three children and their families (one mixed-race, one Black and one white) in the battleground state of Ohio for six months as the pandemic amplifies their struggle to stay afloat with schools closing, jobs lost and need rising. About 70% of them would be sold to private buyers with the remainder returned to public housing tenants. The producers are Jezza Neumann and Lauren Santucci. That was my life growing up., Collecting beer and soda cans off the side of the road to cash them in for the deposit so you could buy food for the day. One group saw photos depicting financial hardship and the other saw photos of office furniture and supplies. Overall, the Urban Institute found that only 16 percent of kids who spent half their childhoods poor were either consistently working or in school and mostly out of poverty by their late 20s. You'll receive access to exclusive information and early alerts about our documentaries and investigations. He wanted people to think his upbringing had some correlation with poverty. The amount of rent they get has gone down as their tenants become more disadvantaged, and the housing is getting older, so the maintenance has gone up," he said. I think it does make it harder to get out of poverty, Kyah says of racism towards Black people. How toxic stress effects a child may depend on their innate ability to cope with the stress, and on whether or not they have a support system, Dreyer said. Shes leaning on immediate family and close friends, determined her remaining two children will age into a life that isnt defined by poverty. The minimum wage is compulsory for all employers and while the rate for 16-17 year olds is pitifully low to live off, it's at least double what she was "making". Weve gotta go back to that beast again.. However, the constant stresses of living in an impoverished household and in some cases, dealing with abuse or neglect can create a toxic stress response.