Children are affected by poverty the most. According to another Internet article entitled Poverty In America , More children, as a percentage, live in poverty in the United States then in any Western European country. With the United States being one of the richest countries in the world, it is shocking to me that such an incredible amount of children live in poverty.
Poverty is an issue that affects our society incredibly.
Some people have themselves to blame, and other people, such as children, have their parents to blame. I believe that one cause of poverty is single parent families. It is very hard for one parent to support a whole family with one income. For example, my boyfriend has financial problems because he does not get any financial help from his son s mother. Her son is not necessarily living in poverty, but because she does not help financially, her son is living with less.