Early Childhood Development and Social Inequalities By All families should
             have the same opportunities to live a descent life. But due to the backgrounds
             of some families, and children, they may not have a chance for this. There are
             certain risk factors that have a bearing on social inequalities in health, and
             particularly those that are prone to preventative intervention. There are many
             that I could talk about, but I have picked out four of these factors to talk
             about. They are biological factors, family and social factors, parenting factors,
             and attachment. Even these I feel that I will not be able to cover completely,
             because there is only a certain part we see, and then there is the that is kept
             hidden from all. There are many factors that influence the development and
             social inequalities in a child's life. These include biological, family and social
             factors, parenting factors, attachment, and the way non-maternal care is
             influenced. All of these are risk factors that are likely to have a bearing on the
             child's social inequalities on their health. The biological factors include
             premature birth, low birth weight, and a serious medical illness. The
             significantly influence and infants growth. "Low birth weight, less than 2500
             grams, has a prevalence of 6 percent in white middle-class U.S. women, and
             15 percent in ethnic minority teenagers. These teenagers tend to be single
             mothers." At the Infant Health and Development Project, they found that in a
             large amount of premature infants, that their IQ was less than 85 at three
             years of age. Race was the greatest factor in predicting outcome, that was
             followed by maternal education, and then medical complications. The infants
             of poorly educated African American mothers (90%) who had medical
             complications were severely compromised, while only nine percent of white
             infants with...