Bookmarks tagged children

"The best metric for a society’s future is how well it nurtures its next generation. So this election year, let’s look beyond the political horse race and culture war to grill candidates on their policies toward children — and thus our country’s future."

"The United States is a rich country, and it could afford to alleviate some of the challenges its parents face. Instead, the U.S. mostly regards children, and the vital task of raising them, as a personal matter. ... If you have children in America, it is up to you to keep them safe, healthy, and well cared for."

"For the roughly $12 billion a year it cost to expand the child tax credit, we ensured stability for millions of Americans.
So what did we do? We killed the program, pushing millions of kids back into poverty and more than doubling the rate to 12.4 percent."

"First, avoiding much of this human catastrophe would have cost remarkably little money. Second, child poverty is, in the long run, very expensive for the nation as a whole: Americans who live in poverty as children grow up to become less healthy and productive adults than they should be."