Did anyone watch Frontline last night? The subject was children living in poverty and the show followed the trials and tribulations of several families. Heart wrenching.
My mother was separated from my father (a drunk) by the time I was 2 and my sister was an infant. No family lived close and my father moved out of state to avoid paying child support so she had to figure it out on her own. We lived very, very close to the edge for many years but thankfully we were never homeless. The sliding scale at the United Way funded daycare we attended was critical to enabling my mom to work full-time.
At 25% of children living in poverty, the US is second only to Romania in the developed world for childhood poverty. I don't know what the answer is but it seems children in this rich country should at least have a place to live (no frills) and enough food to eat.
My mother was separated from my father (a drunk) by the time I was 2 and my sister was an infant. No family lived close and my father moved out of state to avoid paying child support so she had to figure it out on her own. We lived very, very close to the edge for many years but thankfully we were never homeless. The sliding scale at the United Way funded daycare we attended was critical to enabling my mom to work full-time.
At 25% of children living in poverty, the US is second only to Romania in the developed world for childhood poverty. I don't know what the answer is but it seems children in this rich country should at least have a place to live (no frills) and enough food to eat.