Poor parents need jobs that pay a living wage. Today and every day 2,140 babies are born into poverty. 11.8 million children rely on food stamps for their meals. Let the little children come to me. Fourth, the children deserve a Safe Start.
Guns kill a child every two hours.
Far too many children are not preparing for their future but their funeral. Many young people in our land report that they do not expect to live past 30. And the killings that have ravaged schools in the past several years have transformed our halls of learning into high-security areas. Each and every day nearly 12 children and youths, under the age of 20, die from firearms. 547,00 children are in foster care.