" IF YOUR NOT PART OF THE SOLUTION, THEN YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM"

The Future of Children: Policy Brief 2007

This article gives you an in depth overview of how the skills, values, and knowledge installed in children at a young age, reflects their abilities once they get older and go out into the world. In order for us to have and sustain a productive future, we must invoke adequate knowledge into our children, even the ones who reside in urban/poor areas, in which we tend to look over in society. As the article points out, this means we need well-trained teachers who are adequate in technical subjects such as math and science. The article also speaks of poverty and the economy. The article introduces three factors that affect poverty. These factors include the economy, changes in family composition, and changes in government spending. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that the government does not spend much money on social issues, such as poverty and welfare as they do on war and other non-important entities. Poverty in female headed- families is four to five times higher than that of married families. It is a proven yet interesting fact that if American children were living with their married parents, then poverty would decline. The article also speaks about the welfare system in American society and the inequalities that are present within the system.