It is simply not credible to tackle child poverty without acknowledging the worst issue - a lack of money.
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Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn't.
I can't solve the poverty problem, but there are things you can do to mitigate its effects on kids.
I have been very strongly advocating that poverty must not be used as an excuse to continue child labour. It perpetuates poverty. If children are deprived of education, they remain poor.
I am deeply concerned about the impact of poverty on children because poverty can destroy their future and bind them to a life of misery.
The best antidote to poverty remains simple - a paycheck. Policies like paid family leave, workplace flexibility and affordable quality childcare can make the difference for two-parent or single-parent working families who struggle to make ends meet.
U.K. welfare cuts are pushing more children into poverty; that is beyond dispute.
Remember that disadvantage is less about income than environment. The best metrics of child poverty aren't monetary, but rather how often a child is read to or hugged.
But for the children of the poorest people we're stripping the curriculum, removing the arts and music, and drilling the children into useful labor. We're not valuing a child for the time in which she actually is a child.
Clearly, children's charities struggle to find private sources of money to sustain their benevolent programs.
You can't raise the aspirations of a child and then leave them hanging. Poverty can't be solved by a project. It's solved by a relationship, collaboration.