Explain Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs Pyramid

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There are many things I will focus on throughout my assignment. One of the theorists I will be focusing on is Maslow and his hierarchy of needs pyramid. Maslow’s pyramid is a structure of how children progress when their needs are being met. Maslow argued that humans have a variety of needs which he then put into his pyramid which included basics i.e. food, water and shelter (Beith K, et al, page 265). Children who are living in poverty may never reach the top of Maslow’s pyramid because their parents/family don’t have the money they would need to provide the child with the resources/equipment that is needed in order to achieve and/or maintain a healthy lifestyle.
However all children have rights which are the UNCRC articles (united convention of the rights of the child) which embraces over 40 different rights that children have no matter of their social status, financial status, race, gender or disability. An example of one of the rights linked to my theme is article 2 which states that no child should be treated unfairly …show more content…

This is a four year curriculum plan for children which is also statutory for children of the ages 7-11. However during this stage of education children become more aware of their surroundings and what people have that they don’t. This could have a negative impact on children who are living in poverty because they would be wanting what other people have and not understanding that their parents don’t have the correct financial state to continuously buy the up to date toys. However those children may also miss out on school trips because their parents don’t have the money to provide to pay for school trips. This could have a negative effect on children’s emotional and social development because they are being left out. However in the setting I am currently in, during Christmas time of the year the children went on a school trip and the school provided for one of the children to go on the trip so he wasn’t left

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