ARTICLE - Child Poverty BBC News

Source: Child Poverty : Definition could include family breakdown
Recent figures showed fewer children in poverty but largely because falling wages have narrowed the gap between the poorest and average earners. Measuring income alone does little to represent the experience of those in poverty. A child is considered to be living in poverty if their household income is less than 60% of averages wages. It is said that life is unchanged for these children and a broader definition of child poverty would be needed. This would be one that looks at joblessness, educational failure and family breakdown as well as income. Building more affordable homes and reducing childcare costs were the keys to reducing child poverty, the charity added.
I believe that this matter is very worrying as it is very saddening to see children of very young age suffering due to family finance problems. Children especially of young age have the rights to have a carefree life whereby in which all they do is to eat, sleep, and play without any worries. However, if this child poverty continues, young children in the future would not know what 'real' childhood means. For this not to happen, i think that parents should work really hard to prevent their own child from suffering when born.