In fact, there are more poor children today than there were when the House of Commons resolution was passed seven years ago. We all should care about child poverty because of its effects on poor kids and poor families, and because of poverty's effects on all of us. The effect of poverty on the poor Common sense, and numerous research studies, point to the same conclusion, lack of income hampers healthy child development. A 1996 food costing survey shows that families living in poverty cannot afford to meet the nutritional needs of their children.
Poverty is recognized as the single most significant indicator of health status.
The health problems of poor children begin before birth and continue to place these children at greater risk of death, disability, and other health problems throughout their lives. Child poverty affects all of us Children are the future work force, the parents of the next generation, and the support for an aging population. They are our future. British Columbia's high standard of living cannot be developed and maintained by an increasingly poor, unhealthy, and disruptive population of children. To stay out of poverty you need an adequate income.