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 How children’s well-being hindered by Poverty


Children are our future! Every child deserves to have all needs by having healthy development in all areas such as cognitive, social, emotional, and physical that will create a successful path to have well-being for children. Poverty hindered children from well-being by the lack of access to education and poor health; these caused challenges to children to maintain a healthy start to life and education. Poverty and health are strongly linked. When children suffer from disease because of lack of health insurance, treatment, and health facilities this will deny children from having a healthy start. Improving children’s health is the key to well-being. On the other hand, children get affected by their families’ economic status and employment.

In the United States, one child in every seven will be born into poverty even though the U.S. is a rich nation. However, the childhood poverty rate is actually much higher than in other developed countries. 



The realities of poverty for American kids become clear when you know the facts.
  • The federal “poverty line” in 2014 for a family of 4 (2 adults + 2 kids under age 17) is about $24,000. But social welfare researchers say it would take an income of about twice that amount to achieve basic financial security. — U.S. Census Bureau
  • 1 kid in 5 lives in poverty compared to 1 in 8 adults. That’s 15.5 million impoverished kids in the U.S. — U.S. Census Bureau
  •   Almost 40% of American kids spend at least 1 year in poverty before they turn 18. — Urban Institute
  • Between 2012 and 2014, federal spending fell for kids’ education, nutrition, social services and early education and care. The government spends just 10% of the national budget on kids — a fraction of what other developed countries spend. — Urban Institute
  • Poor kids are more likely to experience hunger. And food insecurity has a lifelong effect: lower reading and math scores, more physical and mental health problems, more emotional and behavioral problems and a greater chance of obesity. — Feeding America
Look at all these facts! How as a professional in the early childhood field can I help these children and their families to have access to many government agencies to get help which reduces poverty effects and how can I get plans for tackling poverty issues?





 References

Children’s Defense Fund. (2016). Ending Childhood Poverty Now. Retrieved from 
http://www.childrensdefense.org/library/PovertyReport/EndingChildPovertyNow.html


CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL [US] Retrieved from  
https://www.children.org/global-poverty/global-poverty-facts/facts-about-poverty-in-usa



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