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Researchers in England recently polled children about their views on poverty, and in their eyes, what signs indicated that another child was poor. The children ages ranged from seven to sixteen, and surprisingly one in five kids reported that not having a mobile phone was a sign that other children were poor — the highest response among all the indicators. The study was used to demonstrate that school-age children are paying close attention to the most obvious signs of wealth among their peers, while ignoring the more damaging indicators like being unable to pay for food or being without a safe place to go after school. We’re not even sure a six year old should know what a cellphone is let alone make snap judgments about a person’s wealth based on it, but if you think age six is too young for British kids to have mobile phones, another country has them beat.
[Via textually.org and SMS Text News]
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Original post by Michael Caputo
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