It is a dilemma that affects everyone, regardless of race or age. The most shocking statistic however, was the incredible large number of children that live in poverty. This is an unfortunate fact that we cannot sit idly by and ignore. We must do something to help the impoverished children in America. If we do not, I believe that we will see the poverty rate in America grow at an alarming rate.
Children are the fastest growing poverty group in America.
This is a very complicated question with a variety of factors that one must consider before looking for answers to poverty. Clearly, our society is not set up to allow many single parents to support their children. Many single parents have jobs that hardly provide enough money and are lacking proper childcare and health insurance programs. A child or parent getting sick could throw the parent and child into the poverty. However, she could not afford it and had no one to care for her children.