Brad and Stephanie married when they were 21 years old. Brad has a college degree. Stephanie completed high school. In the first five years of their marriage, they had three children, David, Jessica, and James. David was born prematurely. David's I. Q. is above average but he has been diagnosed with learning disabilities. The school psychologist said that tutoring would help David tremendously, but without it, he would not succeed academically. Jessica and James were normal, healthy babies. Jessica is a very talented girl, graceful and intelligent. She wants to dance and work in the the arts as well as study mathematics. David is exceptionally bright and wants to be involved in politics. Consider these differing income levels:
Family Income, Family Income , Family Income , Family Income
$32,000.00, $87,000.000 $1,200,000.00 $One billion
Questions:
1. What can Brad and Stephanie do for their children and their life styles if they earned these differing income levels?
2. How can they nurture the family and provide optimal opportunity to help their children succeed in life?
3. What resources will they need? How will they acquire them? What efforts will it take? (Consider variables such as health care, education, work hours, environment, relationships, etc). Please incorporate a bit of information from the article that is posted on blackboard entitled "Effects of poverty on childhood brain development: the mediating effects of caregiving and stressful life events" in order to complete your answer. In other words, create four scenarios for Brad and Stephanie. -- what if they earned 32,000; what if if they earned 87,000.00; what if if they earned 1,200,000.00; what if they earned 1 billion. How would their quality of life differ?