People are unfortunate for various reasons. But clarifications which put poverty down to drug and alcohol reliance, family breakdown, poor parenting, or a culture of unemployment remain not supported by the realities. Child poverty scars a child's upbringing. Being raised in poverty for say, freezing, starving, unable to link in leisure's with peers. Statistics show that 61% of families from the bottom income would like, but cannot afford, to take their children on holiday trips for one week a year (CPAG). Child poverty has lifelong effects. By 16, children getting free school meals achieve 1.7 grades lower than their wealthier peers (CPAG).
Child poverty inflicts a cost on larger civilization, projected to be at least 29 billion a year (CPAG). Governments waive future revenues as well as obligate themselves to offering services in the future if they do not bring to halt child poverty in the present and future. Child poverty dropped intensely between 1998 and 2011 when 1.1 million children were elevated out of poverty (CPAG). This decrease is recognized in large part to measures that increased the levels of single parents working, as well as real and often major increases in the level of benefits paid to families with children (CPAG). Under current government policies, child poverty is likely to increase from 2012/12 with an anticipated 600,000 more children living in poverty by 2015/16. This upward trend is expected to continue with 4.7 million children likely to be living in poverty by 2020 (CPAG).
What I have learned so far from on poverty is it does not seem to be getting any better. Several organizations out there are attempting to decrease the number of children and families in poverty but it is so much greed from the upper class I do not see a decrease happening anytime soon. It is just not fair for these children because of how the system is ran. Poverty is a huge deal and there are tons of families out there who really need assistance and guidance to a better life. I know for a fact I was in that low-income group as a child and still struggle at times by myself as an adult. I have no children and it is hard for me to make ends meet based on my salary, I know it is hard out there for single parents to work for nothing basically and try to provide for a plural amount of children. Poverty has been chopping at the bits for a while now and hopefully it will decrease as the future comes along.
Reference
Child poverty action group (2000-2013). Fighting the injustice of poverty. Retrieved from
http://www.cpag.org.uk/child-poverty-facts-and-figures
Hi Carlos I enjoyed reading your thoughts and views about child poverty. I was reading this morning concerning the topic and it does seem as if top officials and policy makers have their priorities in the wrong place. And because the issue of poverty is so vast it doesn't seem as if it is going to get any better but we as professionals have to do our part in helping our children. Thanks for the insight Carlos.
ReplyDeleteCarlos,
ReplyDeleteI do not think that poverty can be blamed on the upper classes "greed". It is unfair to say that the wealthy put the poor into poverty, when in fact many of them employ the poor. What needs to be blamed are government and workplace policies and practices that keep the poor from achieving their potential. Poverty is a huge problem and one that is going to take a long time to fix (and probably will never completely eradicated), but there are many things that can be changed if we can only start with change in the way we do business in this country.
Thanks, Carlos.
BethAnn
Hi Carlos,
ReplyDeletePoverty in this day and time can really be so many things. I do agree with you on the struggles many do face due to the economy. The cost of so many things have gone up food, clothes, gas, etc. So I do see how a lot of children can go through this do to their parents employment. Now and days having a bachelors degree might not be enough in the cooperate world.
Carlos, I had the same issue with reaching contacts and trying to use the provided website.
ReplyDeleteI agree with points that you made and the insight you provided. As a parent with two house income and two children it can still be a struggle in the United States not to mention what children struggle with in other Countries. Organizations such as UNICEF work to reduce poverty and provide better way of life for children in other parts of the world. When we look back to the 50's and 60's what was so different compared to way of life now.
-Dominique