Children can be the center of our world.
They receive a major share of families' resources, demanding everything from diapers to doctors' visits. But some of us do forget children when we're filling out census forms. The goal of Census 2000 is 100 percent participation of every man, woman and child in the United States. However, experience shows some people will be missed, and a surprisingly large share of them will be children. The 1990 census missed about 4 million people.