Your answer to this will of course depend in part on your own life and the policies that have impacted it. However, I am happy to provide you with some thoughts to help you reflect on this!

A social policy is a policy that is created to respond to a wide range of social problems. For example, social policies tend to address issues like housing, education, and public health. When reflecting on what social policies have impacted your life, consider some challenges or situations you have faced that have been affected by social policy. For example, in the United States, the Social Security Act of 1935 established unemployment insurance, which helps people who are unemployed by temporarily replacing some of their income. If you or someone you know has ever been unemployed, this social policy might have had a significant impact. Another example of a social policy that has had a positive impact on many people is the Paid Parental Leave that the Australian government introduced in 2011.

It is also important to note that social policies do not always have a positive impact. This is in part because social policies tend to reflect the values and ideologies of those who make them. For example, in the United States, there are limitations in some social policies that limit access to health benefits or resources. This may make it difficult for people, often low-income people, to access healthcare.