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If you have any test reviews, homeworks, guides, anything school related that you think can be posted on this website, reach out to me at makingschooleasier@gmail.com   Families and Poverty: Why is poverty “as American as apple pie?” Theories of families in poverty : Cultural deficiency model: A belief that there are distinct values, aspirations, and psychological characteristics that restrict their abilities and foster behavioral deficiencies which keep families poor from generation to generation Culture of Poverty – Poor values are passed on. Ex) spending majority of your money on clothes and foods, oppose to books.  This is bad and problematic because it’s blaming poverty on the person and not society.  People don’t stay in poverty for too long Problems with Cultural model : high turnover in individual families in poverty Blames poverty on the person rather than society. Individual motivation and characteristics are not a sociological explanation for gro