Comments on: Child Poverty in America – Blog Action Day http://discoveringdad.net/child-poverty-in-america-blog-action-day/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=child-poverty-in-america-blog-action-day Learning what it means to be a good Dad Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:55:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: bodydetoxlady http://discoveringdad.net/child-poverty-in-america-blog-action-day/comment-page-1/#comment-33379 bodydetoxlady Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:42:27 +0000 http://discoveringdad.net/?p=891#comment-33379 i think we should be more vigilant against Child Labor. child labor have an increasing trend these days specially in third world countries. i think we should be more vigilant against Child Labor. child labor have an increasing trend these days specially in third world countries.

]]> By: Chuck http://discoveringdad.net/child-poverty-in-america-blog-action-day/comment-page-1/#comment-3610 Chuck Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:12:47 +0000 http://discoveringdad.net/?p=891#comment-3610 Great post Jeremy. I have known something about poverty and do my best to not forget though I've moved quite a distance from it, personally. We contribute to organizations like <a href="http://www.compassion.com" rel="nofollow">Compassion</a> on a monthly basis. We volunteer in soup kitchens and nursing homes. This isn't just my wife and I but the whole lot of us. The kids certainly get something out of it. We help where and when we can, though it isn't enough. It never is. So many of us have no excuse for not giving back when we have been blessed so richly. Great post Jeremy. I have known something about poverty and do my best to not forget though I’ve moved quite a distance from it, personally.

We contribute to organizations like Compassion on a monthly basis. We volunteer in soup kitchens and nursing homes. This isn’t just my wife and I but the whole lot of us. The kids certainly get something out of it. We help where and when we can, though it isn’t enough. It never is. So many of us have no excuse for not giving back when we have been blessed so richly.

]]> By: VegasDad http://discoveringdad.net/child-poverty-in-america-blog-action-day/comment-page-1/#comment-3603 VegasDad Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:48:02 +0000 http://discoveringdad.net/?p=891#comment-3603 I know it's only part of the overall problem, but in my opinion the key to breaking the cycle of poverty is education. The thought of my sons attending schools where teachers are underpaid and the curriculum is substandard scares the crap out of me. Other countries make education their number one priority and they are quickly becoming better than us. I'm afraid we'll fall way too far behind to catch up. Education leads to skills and knowledge, which leads to better jobs and innovation, which leads to a new generation of children that won't have to grow up in poverty. I know it’s only part of the overall problem, but in my opinion the key to breaking the cycle of poverty is education. The thought of my sons attending schools where teachers are underpaid and the curriculum is substandard scares the crap out of me. Other countries make education their number one priority and they are quickly becoming better than us. I’m afraid we’ll fall way too far behind to catch up.

Education leads to skills and knowledge, which leads to better jobs and innovation, which leads to a new generation of children that won’t have to grow up in poverty.

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