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Warning: beware of organizations or individuals who believe that fighting poverty includes “population control.” They think, wrongly, that if there were LESS people, there would be MORE food & other resources available for people. They are WRONG. With more people, we have more individuals to help create & sustain infrastructures that can & will alleviate poverty, assist the disabled & elderly, & create good communities. Those in favor of so-called “population control” usually also support abortion & maybe even assisted suicide or other forms of euthanasia . It’s a slippery slope that is the EXACT OPPOSITE of God’s intention for the world.

Saturday, August 27, 2016

KIDS FROM TOUGH 'HOODS have MORE DIFFICULTY being EMPATHETIC? "How Poverty Affects the Brain"

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Early results show a troubling trend: Kids who grow up with higher levels of violence as a backdrop in their lives, based on MRI scans, have weaker real-time neural connections and interaction in parts of the brain involved in awareness, judgment, and ethical..."
http://www.newsweek.com/2016/09/02/how-poverty-affects-brains-493239.html?google_editors_picks=true

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