Childhood poverty is insidious and immoral.
But those investments must happen early - early enough in a child's life to take advantage of that unique moment in human development. But we have made great strides in understanding human development, and we are now certain that those years are vital to everything that comes later. Investments made today will yield high returns to children and society in the future. Bellamy argued that investing in children aged 0-3 is the only way to ensure that every child has the opportunity to reach his or her full potential. She said investment in early childhood development is also essential to making any real gains in education, economic development, crime reduction and debt reduction.