https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:22:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/study-poverty-bigger-influence-on-kids-outcome-than-crack-use-while-pregnant#post-954100 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 19:27:40 +0000 LaineysMom 954100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePeony: I went to school in the "bad" area of Philly too.. Was it north Philly? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/study-poverty-bigger-influence-on-kids-outcome-than-crack-use-while-pregnant#post-953992 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 18:31:30 +0000 dagret 953992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: I know, isn't that terrible? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/study-poverty-bigger-influence-on-kids-outcome-than-crack-use-while-pregnant#post-953798 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 16:44:43 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 953798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good news the crack baby stigma is found to be untrue.</p> <p>Bad news many, many childrennlive in high stress, violent, poverty-ridden communities. </p> <p>@PurplePeony: I went to undergrad in Philly. Parks and the burbs were everywhere, but so many low income locals just stayed in their concrete neighborhoods. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/study-poverty-bigger-influence-on-kids-outcome-than-crack-use-while-pregnant#post-953730 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 16:19:39 +0000 Maysprout 953730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePeony: Yeah, we have friends and family there so we visit regularly. I really don't love it, I was out for a run during the day by myself in not a bad area but still the city, I run all over the place when I travel and never had a problem. I crossed paths with these two huge unfriendly looking guys so gave them a smile, but that seemed to provoke them even more and just gave me a horrible stares and acted like they were coming towards me, I pulled out my cell phone, picked up the pace and headed back to a more populated area, it's probably the most intimidated I've even been while running. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/study-poverty-bigger-influence-on-kids-outcome-than-crack-use-while-pregnant#post-953690 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 16:07:39 +0000 PurplePeony 953690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: In some ways, Philly has gotten a lot better since 1989, but can still be a very scary city. It's also not that big, geographically, so "nice" areas and "rough" areas are pretty close together. I was the victim of random street crime when I lived there (in my "good" neighborhood) and went to school in one of the "bad" areas...and I have no doubt that the numbers today would be fairly in line with the numbers cited there (maybe somewhat fewer or more varied, i.e. not as much cocaine but more meth or other drugs in the drug category?? But definitely similar in the violence category). There are large swaths of the city that have to be seen to be believed, let alone understood. But the same can be said for lots of cities -- just look at Chicago's shooting and murder rates. It's truly horrible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/study-poverty-bigger-influence-on-kids-outcome-than-crack-use-while-pregnant#post-953251 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 14:21:24 +0000 immabeetoo 953251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>coming back to read later... yikes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/study-poverty-bigger-influence-on-kids-outcome-than-crack-use-while-pregnant#post-953195 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 14:06:55 +0000 Maysprout 953195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>"A 1989 study in Philadelphia found that nearly one in six newborns at city hospitals had mothers who tested positive for cocaine."<br /> "35 percent had seen someone get shot; and 19 percent had seen a dead body outside - and the kids were only 7 years old at the time."<br /> Wow. Poor babies. That's a lot for kids to have to deal with at such a young age or any age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/study-poverty-bigger-influence-on-kids-outcome-than-crack-use-while-pregnant#post-952859 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:50:24 +0000 edelweiss 952859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm not surprised. it's very sad how debilitating socioeconomic factors are, and it's hard for people (public and policymakers) to fully appreciate the effects. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/study-poverty-bigger-influence-on-kids-outcome-than-crack-use-while-pregnant#post-952847 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:46:55 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 952847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Poverty is truly debilitating. In the new study of epigenetics, it has been recognized that poverty and stress have the ability to change gene expression. We really do need to get serious about addressing poverty, the way it was focused on by Bobby Kennedy and LBJ.</p> <p>Edited to add that the story about the Drakewood family brought tears to my eyes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/study-poverty-bigger-influence-on-kids-outcome-than-crack-use-while-pregnant#post-952826 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:41:45 +0000 kml636 952826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>just have to say... yowzas! Who would have thought! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/study-poverty-bigger-influence-on-kids-outcome-than-crack-use-while-pregnant#post-951942 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 08:50:20 +0000 dagret 951942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Interesting - long term study in Philadelphia of "crack babies" showed that poverty has more of an impact on children than exposure to crack during pregnancy.<br /> <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/health/20130721__Crack_baby__study_ends_with_unexpected_but_clear_result.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.philly.com/philly/health/20130721__Crack_baby__study_ends_with_unexpected_but_clear_result.html</a> </p>