The poverty rate of children living in the United States is growing rapidly. There are about fifteen million children living in families where the income does not reach the needs to cover the cost of basic needs (“Child Poverty” 1). Poverty can interfere with kids ability to learn and also can lead to some social, emotional, and behavioral problems that will stay with them for the rest of their lives. Unless the amount of children living in poverty begins to decrease, more and more children each year will continue to face the struggle of obtaining a quality education. “Children are among the poorest populations in the U.S. with more than 21 percent living in poverty as of 2014” (Krisberg 1) and that rate keeps growing each year. This speed
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“Each year the lost productivity and extra health care and crime lost from adults who grew up poor add up to $500 billion—six times more than the $77 billion investment we propose to reduce child poverty by 60 percent” (Edelman 1). Edelman proposes different ways to fund the seventy seven billion dollars to end the poverty rate. He states that once we lower that total, people can begin to focus more on the basic needs of the kids. By providing communities with the supplies kids need, the percent of children in need would start to decrease. Because the rate of children in poverty is so high in the United States, it has lead to the country being the thirty-fourth ranked country in the world for most children in …show more content…
He explains a story about the Fontaine family who has to live in their car. The family of six wake up early every morning in order to drive to the public recreation area so they can have the ability to use the bathroom. The principal at their grade school noticed their position and offered to help them out. She gave the Fontaine family, along with 80 other children and their families, the ability to receive hot meals a couple times each week to ensure that they were eating properly. He also tells about children who had nowhere else to go so they found an abandoned building to live in. These kids were living on their own and had nowhere else to turn to. Meltzer claims that more children die from poverty than from traffic accidents and suicides
“Each year the lost productivity and extra health care and crime lost from adults who grew up poor add up to $500 billion—six times more than the $77 billion investment we propose to reduce child poverty by 60 percent” (Edelman 1). Edelman proposes different ways to fund the seventy seven billion dollars to end the poverty rate. He states that once we lower that total, people can begin to focus more on the basic needs of the kids. By providing communities with the supplies kids need, the percent of children in need would start to decrease. Because the rate of children in poverty is so high in the United States, it has lead to the country being the thirty-fourth ranked country in the world for most children in …show more content…
He explains a story about the Fontaine family who has to live in their car. The family of six wake up early every morning in order to drive to the public recreation area so they can have the ability to use the bathroom. The principal at their grade school noticed their position and offered to help them out. She gave the Fontaine family, along with 80 other children and their families, the ability to receive hot meals a couple times each week to ensure that they were eating properly. He also tells about children who had nowhere else to go so they found an abandoned building to live in. These kids were living on their own and had nowhere else to turn to. Meltzer claims that more children die from poverty than from traffic accidents and suicides