(CN) - Despite the country’s low unemployment rate, 18% of U.S. children, or 13.4 million, are living in poverty and inequities among black, Latino and Native American youth compared to their white ...

Children born into poor families are more likely to exhibit aggressive, impulsive behaviors throughout childhood, according to a new study from the University of Georgia.

Written by Luke Harman, Senior Social Protection Adviser and Yolande Wright, Global Director Poverty Reduction, Climate Resilience, Gender Equality and Inclusion, Save the Children, on behalf of the ...

Despite widespread recognition of the importance of breaking the intergenerational poverty cycle, year after year, the Israeli government slashes funding for programs targeting at-risk children ...

"One hundred percent of the 18,000 New Yorkers we serve at Grand Street are low ... with two adults and two children to afford a minimal basic standard of need. The poverty threshold for a single ...

Poverty in Switzerland is not always immediately ... Someone asks you for money or you come across someone living on the street. These kinds of encounters trouble children: the experience is new to ...