Blog Post on Child Poverty

I recently read an article about child poverty in the United States. The main idea of the article was that child poverty is a big issue in the US, and that children are the poorest age group. The author talked about how child poverty is an issue that needs to be resolved immediately and actions are already being taken to prevent child poverty. Some facts and details the author included are,"14 States saw statistically significant increases in their child poverty rates." She wants us to realize that child poverty is all over the US and that it is increasing at a very high rate. Some other facts and details she included are,"16.1 million children are poor" and,"with more than seven million children living in extreme poverty". The author uses these facts to convey the large amount of children that are in poverty and how enormous child poverty is. The author also includes the name of the states that have 25% or higher child poverty rate, in which there are more than 13 states. This connects to the main idea because the main idea is that child poverty exists in the US at a very high rate and needs to be stopped through action.
I think the author wants us to feel bad for the children living in poverty and to want to try and help. When she mentioned all the states that had high percentages of child poverty, I think people who lived in the states that were named would want to take action and lower their child poverty in their state. One direct quote is,"These shameful child poverty levels call for urgent and persistent action." As I read this sentence I felt pretty ashamed too  Adults should be able to care for her kids, and the author did a good job using facts and her opinion to make a plea for a lower poverty rate for children in all of the United States.
Some things I will take away from this article is how big child poverty is of a issue. I knew very little of the facts, and because I am a teenager I feel this issue relates to me a lot. New York wasn't on the list of states with a 25% or higher of child poverty, and this makes me happy because it shows how our city has been doing a good job dealing with kids in poverty. I think we could do more, however. We could have fundraisers for homeless shelters and have programs that deal with kids that may not be able to afford after school activities.  Some other things I want to know are, what can we the kids do to help? This article did a good job fully explaining the issue, but left the ending open-ended. I think that people understand and are very concerned about this issue, but don't know how to help. Indeed, it is something very difficult to help, because if you don't a kid in poverty, what could you do? I think this issue needs more recognition in government because it is very important. Plus, the kids today are our future. Don't you want to make sure they have a future?