In 2019, 14.4 percent of kids in this country, 10.46 million children, were living in poverty as measured by the official U.S poverty rate. This is higher than

In 2019, 14.4 percent of kids in this country, 10.46 million children, were living in poverty as measured by the official U.S poverty rate. This is higher than the share of adults age 18 to 64 (9.4%) and higher than the share of those 65 and over (8.9%) who live in poverty (see chart). https://econofact.org/child-poverty-in-the-u-s#:~:text=In%202019%2C%2014.4%20percent%20of%20kids%20in%20this,over%20%288.9%25%29%20who%20live%20in%20poverty%20%28see%20chart%29 https://econofact.org/child-poverty-in-the-u-s#:~:text=In%20.... For children in poor families, the opportunity to work is the opportunity to have a better life in the present and lay the foundation for a better future. For people being all "won't you think of the children," most of the time people up on their high horse are all for taking away options from poor people without doing anything to actually address the underlying issues. It almost always amounts to making things worse, not better, for the target demographic.