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    The documentary film provides insight into the challenges of growing up in poverty during the pandemic by profiling three low-income families. It shows how pandemic-related restrictions exacerbated existing difficulties like lack of resources, isolation, and emotional problems. Children faced obstacles to continuing their education without normal school and support systems. The families also had to deal with issues of racism and feeling like outsiders in their communities. Seeing the real emotions and experiences of these children through the documentary was more powerful than just reading about the issues, according to the document.

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    The documentary film provides insight into the challenges of growing up in poverty during the pandemic by profiling three low-income families. It shows how pandemic-related restrictions exacerbated existing difficulties like lack of resources, isolation, and emotional problems. Children faced obstacles to continuing their education without normal school and support systems. The families also had to deal with issues of racism and feeling like outsiders in their communities. Seeing the real emotions and experiences of these children through the documentary was more powerful than just reading about the issues, according to the document.

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    The documentary film provides insight into the challenges of growing up in poverty during the pandemic by profiling three low-income families. It shows how pandemic-related restrictions exacerbated existing difficulties like lack of resources, isolation, and emotional problems. Children faced obstacles to continuing their education without normal school and support systems. The families also had to deal with issues of racism and feeling like outsiders in their communities. Seeing the real emotions and experiences of these children through the documentary was more powerful than just reading about the issues, according to the document.

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    The documentary film provides insight into the challenges of growing up in poverty during the pandemic by profiling three low-income families. It shows how pandemic-related restrictions exacerbated existing difficulties like lack of resources, isolation, and emotional problems. Children faced obstacles to continuing their education without normal school and support systems. The families also had to deal with issues of racism and feeling like outsiders in their communities. Seeing the real emotions and experiences of these children through the documentary was more powerful than just reading about the issues, according to the document.

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    Sultan Mohamed

    Intro to Sociology

    February 9, 2022

    Shelby Longard

    Documentary Paper: Growing up Poor in America

    The perspective of the video has helped changed the way I perceive childhood poverty.

    Reading and listening to these issues that millions of children in poverty did not have the same

    effect as seeing it in the video. The emotion of these children, who face issues that I do not even

    think about, really made the video stronger. Not only were they having these difficulties, but it

    was at the height of a pandemic, in which social interaction was limited, and that in turn, affected

    people who were less fortunate than others. Not being able to see friends in person, play sports,

    or go to school, makes life much harder for people who already have it rough. Of course, being a

    part of society, I could relate to those feelings of loneliness, but I also did not have to struggle

    with making ends meet; I did not have to worry as much about my education, nor did I have to

    worry too much about food. The three families that were selected for the video were not only

    living below the poverty line but were experiencing a pandemic, as well as having to rely on a

    single parent. Relating to the article about poor kids who do well ending up making less than rich

    kids who do not do well, the video puts an emphasis on education; of course, getting an

    education can help these kids overcome their situation, but they are in a tough spot. They must

    adjust to a learning environment without teachers and are a lot of the time, part of school districts

    that do not get treated as equally as other, more affluent school districts. For people who cannot

    get the same resources to enhance their learning like Laikyen, who suffers from ADHD, times
    like these make it incredibly difficult to further your education. Her mom cannot be the one

    tutoring her, which only gives her the internet as an option to learn; being someone who has

    ADHD, that might be a bit difficult, since it can be easy to get distracted. Growing up as a kid, I

    never experienced a lot of depression or sadness. Of course, a part of that is who I am, but

    watching this documentary shows that these kids who are dealing with poverty are also dealing

    with emotional problems, whether that is sadness, depression, or anger, and many of them hold

    those emotions to not make their moms worry. One of the kids sees a counselor due to having to

    deal with anger that he suppresses. These are the types of things that people not in the poverty

    line do not have to experience, and therefore it does not end up affecting their life. Two of the

    three families interviewed are either black or have mixed children, and the way they must live

    their life is different. I would say that not only is it different from people of other skin, but also

    from black people who may live in cities with a higher black percentage. They realize early on

    that they stand out from people around them, and plenty of times can result in feelings of

    discomfort. This was shown in one clip in which one daughter from the family in Columbus told

    a story of how she brought a Caucasian doll to school one day and was questioned on why the

    doll was not black like the color of her skin. Experiences like these affect children negatively and

    make them not feel integrated with the people around them. Overall, this documentary strongly

    showed the lives of children who experienced poverty during the lockdown, which affected their

    lives even more, and single mothers could only rely on either their parent or aid from the

    government. Seeing it with my eyes rather than reading an article strengthened the issue, as I got

    to see the actual feelings of these children, and the emotions that are expressed throughout the

    video. I can only hope that between the years 2020 and 2022, the lives of these three families
    have improved. Of course, now, the school has been back in session, and businesses are no

    longer limited by the coronavirus.

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