Informative Post: What is Poverty?
What is Poverty? Poverty is the state of being extremely poor. When a family doesn’t have enough money to Supply their needs. Have you ever wondered which group of people is impacted the most by poverty? Well children in America are suffering the most from living in poverty. According to National Center for Children in Poverty (“n.d.”) “About 15 million children in the United States live in families with incomes below the federal poverty threshold, a measurement that has been shown to underestimate the needs of families. Most of these children have parents who work, but low wages and unstable employment leave their families struggling to make ends meet.” Parents who work but lack the income are considered the working poor. A child growing up in poverty face several challenges and has a lack of better opportuniti...