“One in every four people standing in a soup kitchen is a child,” (Patterson, 2002). The future for many children is to stand in the long lines of soup kitchens. In order to survive they must settle for food of the soup kitchen. Child hunger is when a young person is unable to have sufficient access to good quality food. This is the problem for many American children that have an affect on their life.
Child hunger is an issue hat affects childhood outcome. Hunger is not a new problem that remains a threat to children’s life in the long run. An article stated that 10% of the American people whose children can’t wait for long-term solutions such as jobs and education (Fersh, 1992). Which means that this problem affects them in those factors that can lead them to be unsuccessful. Children make u the largest poor population in the United States (Patterson, 2002). Children who are in poverty and unable to make money for their food are suffering the consequence of something they can not change.
The outcome of the people not having enough money to get food is children going hungry. According to the article Hungrier in America, people who need emergency food are employed. In fact, over 35% of people who get help are employed (“Hungrier in America,”1996). The misconception made about people that are going through hunger is that they do not have jobs, which is the cause to their misfortune. According to a survey on hunger and homelessness conducted by the United States Conference of Mayors, 88.5% of cities participating in the survey cited unemployment as one of three major causes of hunger in their city. The main cause proven by the article is poverty, and people not having money to get food. People commonly have a misconception of people who are going hungry are being lazy which is not the case for many people. Children are going hungry to. Children are unable to get jobs which means he misconception is incorrect.
Money is the issue to hunger happening. In New York, a survey was done to show the causes of the increase in hunger are because of poverty and more specifically unemployment (“Hungrier in America,” 1996). The main cause proven by this article is money. If parents are unable to have a job to be able to provide for their children can impact children being able to get food. This evidence proves how there are large amounts of people that do not get enough income to support their families. The most important thing to people is having shelter, which is where the income goes instead of food.
Programs being unavailable to help gain access to food can cause hunger more. In 1990, 20 million Americans received food stamps (“Hungrier in America,” 1996). The number of people getting federal help may be a big number of people who get help, but not everyone gets the help they need. This means if people do no have the help they won’t have food to have a better life. The fact of the matter is the food children are not getting is in the country. The issue is not having enough food the issue is not giving food to these children who are starving. Also, not giving the children the help they need. Food stamps are a way to get help, but if the food stamps are not getting money to give help there will be no help to turn to. Food in the country being evenly distributed to the country can help the children that are going hunger and are not getting enough vitamins to be healthy. There are people in the country that are obese while there are children in the country that cannot get a meal to eat.
Insufficient access to programs that help child hunger hurts the ability to improve hunger. Congress proposed cutting the Federal allocation for food stamps by $30 billion over a seven-year period (“Hungrier in America,” 1996). This shows that even if people try to get access they will not be able to because the budget for the help will be cut. The number of people who get help will decrease which means the child hunger rate will increase. They will not be able to survive on just food stamps so depend on soup kitchens after they do not have the sufficient access.
The amount of children who actually eat has decreased. 18.4% of clients of hunger relief agencies said their child or children had skipped meals within the last 12 months because there was not enough money for food (Patterson, 2002). A child skipping a meal is bad for their health. This proves that there is a he problem that needs to be addressed so that children will not be skipping meals. Skipping a meal throughout the day can impact how a person feels. A child who skips meals will not have energy to be able to put in as much effort in school as oppose to a child that does not skip a meal who does have energy to participate at full effort. The reason why child hunger is an important issue is because a child worrying about having to skip a meal through the day really does impact a child’s life mentally and physically.
The amount of children that have full access to eat has decreased. A 2000 UNICEF report puts the child poverty rate at 22.4%, the highest rate of most industrialized nations compared to Sweden, France, Germany, and Czech Republic (Patterson, 2002). The statistic proves that children are in poverty and since they are unable to work they cannot come out of the poverty. A child being in poverty means they do not have money to sufficiently buy food. The United States which is believed to be one of the richest countries has problems within the country that are worse than other countries. A child not being able to have access to food in the richest country compared to a child in Germany, not as rich as the United States that is able to have food must mean there is a problem Children should be able to have access to food especially in a rich country like the United States.
Food Pantries have too many people going to them and are not the best solution to get food. Food banks in all five boroughs were compelled to turn away over 50,000 people per month (“Hungrier in America,” 1996). The fact proves food pantries are not the best solution. If food pantries are the country’s way of addressing the problem of hunger it is not helping the issue. The number 50,000 is not a small number; the number is only the people turned away in five boroughs which can be implied is a bigger number throughout the rest of the country. The people who seek help will not be able to even if they want to because food banks turn some away. Child hunger has an effect by this problem because the number 50,000 is not only children but adults as well which means children do not have the help they need to be able to eat well.
Children do not have access to food including the option of food pantries. More families with children are served by them and providers of these services are overburdened and see no end in sight (Fersh, 1992). The people serving in these places saying that is important because even the help children are getting is not sufficient because people do not want to help them. Also, people do not want to get help where they are a burden to people. Getting help is supposed to make the problem better, but if the help is not helping correctly how are these children going to get a plate of food to eat. The solution to the problem addressed in food pantries not helping correctly is being able to find help that will not be bothered by the people that need help. Money spent on programs to help child hunger correctly will put an end to the many children starving because money spent on programs like food pantries that turn people away or that think the people getting help will never come out of the need for help is not really making the issue better.
The topic of child hunger is important because children who are unable to make their own income to support themselves are suffering. This makes people weak because they are unable to move up in the world or to make a better life for themselves. Going hungry makes people crippled to improve in school since they cannot concentrate on the important things to better themselves. Being unable to have good access to sufficient good food has an effect on the American children’s life. Child hunger is an issue that has a big impact on everyone in the country. The future to the country are these children if the children are not fed properly or not living in good conditions can make the future to the country bad.
Child hunger is an issue hat affects childhood outcome. Hunger is not a new problem that remains a threat to children’s life in the long run. An article stated that 10% of the American people whose children can’t wait for long-term solutions such as jobs and education (Fersh, 1992). Which means that this problem affects them in those factors that can lead them to be unsuccessful. Children make u the largest poor population in the United States (Patterson, 2002). Children who are in poverty and unable to make money for their food are suffering the consequence of something they can not change.
The outcome of the people not having enough money to get food is children going hungry. According to the article Hungrier in America, people who need emergency food are employed. In fact, over 35% of people who get help are employed (“Hungrier in America,”1996). The misconception made about people that are going through hunger is that they do not have jobs, which is the cause to their misfortune. According to a survey on hunger and homelessness conducted by the United States Conference of Mayors, 88.5% of cities participating in the survey cited unemployment as one of three major causes of hunger in their city. The main cause proven by the article is poverty, and people not having money to get food. People commonly have a misconception of people who are going hungry are being lazy which is not the case for many people. Children are going hungry to. Children are unable to get jobs which means he misconception is incorrect.
Money is the issue to hunger happening. In New York, a survey was done to show the causes of the increase in hunger are because of poverty and more specifically unemployment (“Hungrier in America,” 1996). The main cause proven by this article is money. If parents are unable to have a job to be able to provide for their children can impact children being able to get food. This evidence proves how there are large amounts of people that do not get enough income to support their families. The most important thing to people is having shelter, which is where the income goes instead of food.
Programs being unavailable to help gain access to food can cause hunger more. In 1990, 20 million Americans received food stamps (“Hungrier in America,” 1996). The number of people getting federal help may be a big number of people who get help, but not everyone gets the help they need. This means if people do no have the help they won’t have food to have a better life. The fact of the matter is the food children are not getting is in the country. The issue is not having enough food the issue is not giving food to these children who are starving. Also, not giving the children the help they need. Food stamps are a way to get help, but if the food stamps are not getting money to give help there will be no help to turn to. Food in the country being evenly distributed to the country can help the children that are going hunger and are not getting enough vitamins to be healthy. There are people in the country that are obese while there are children in the country that cannot get a meal to eat.
Insufficient access to programs that help child hunger hurts the ability to improve hunger. Congress proposed cutting the Federal allocation for food stamps by $30 billion over a seven-year period (“Hungrier in America,” 1996). This shows that even if people try to get access they will not be able to because the budget for the help will be cut. The number of people who get help will decrease which means the child hunger rate will increase. They will not be able to survive on just food stamps so depend on soup kitchens after they do not have the sufficient access.
The amount of children who actually eat has decreased. 18.4% of clients of hunger relief agencies said their child or children had skipped meals within the last 12 months because there was not enough money for food (Patterson, 2002). A child skipping a meal is bad for their health. This proves that there is a he problem that needs to be addressed so that children will not be skipping meals. Skipping a meal throughout the day can impact how a person feels. A child who skips meals will not have energy to be able to put in as much effort in school as oppose to a child that does not skip a meal who does have energy to participate at full effort. The reason why child hunger is an important issue is because a child worrying about having to skip a meal through the day really does impact a child’s life mentally and physically.
The amount of children that have full access to eat has decreased. A 2000 UNICEF report puts the child poverty rate at 22.4%, the highest rate of most industrialized nations compared to Sweden, France, Germany, and Czech Republic (Patterson, 2002). The statistic proves that children are in poverty and since they are unable to work they cannot come out of the poverty. A child being in poverty means they do not have money to sufficiently buy food. The United States which is believed to be one of the richest countries has problems within the country that are worse than other countries. A child not being able to have access to food in the richest country compared to a child in Germany, not as rich as the United States that is able to have food must mean there is a problem Children should be able to have access to food especially in a rich country like the United States.
Food Pantries have too many people going to them and are not the best solution to get food. Food banks in all five boroughs were compelled to turn away over 50,000 people per month (“Hungrier in America,” 1996). The fact proves food pantries are not the best solution. If food pantries are the country’s way of addressing the problem of hunger it is not helping the issue. The number 50,000 is not a small number; the number is only the people turned away in five boroughs which can be implied is a bigger number throughout the rest of the country. The people who seek help will not be able to even if they want to because food banks turn some away. Child hunger has an effect by this problem because the number 50,000 is not only children but adults as well which means children do not have the help they need to be able to eat well.
Children do not have access to food including the option of food pantries. More families with children are served by them and providers of these services are overburdened and see no end in sight (Fersh, 1992). The people serving in these places saying that is important because even the help children are getting is not sufficient because people do not want to help them. Also, people do not want to get help where they are a burden to people. Getting help is supposed to make the problem better, but if the help is not helping correctly how are these children going to get a plate of food to eat. The solution to the problem addressed in food pantries not helping correctly is being able to find help that will not be bothered by the people that need help. Money spent on programs to help child hunger correctly will put an end to the many children starving because money spent on programs like food pantries that turn people away or that think the people getting help will never come out of the need for help is not really making the issue better.
The topic of child hunger is important because children who are unable to make their own income to support themselves are suffering. This makes people weak because they are unable to move up in the world or to make a better life for themselves. Going hungry makes people crippled to improve in school since they cannot concentrate on the important things to better themselves. Being unable to have good access to sufficient good food has an effect on the American children’s life. Child hunger is an issue that has a big impact on everyone in the country. The future to the country are these children if the children are not fed properly or not living in good conditions can make the future to the country bad.