The report, Life in Low Income Families in Scotland, published last week by the Social Justice Research Programme, found that children in less affluent families were aware of the socio-economic differences from their contemporaries. However, children's perception of how poor they were in relation to the rest of society was limited, because they tended to mix with children from the same background.
Jennifer Turpie, director of research and policy at Children in Scotland, called for childcare professionals working with children in families on low incomes to be aware of how a perception of their social or financial status can affect their sense of self-worth. She said, 'Childcare workers should recognise that children are aware of their family status from a younger age than we sometimes think, and there is some evidence that this can affect their self-esteem.'
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