At the height of the recession in 2012, nearly one in four American children were living in poverty. Today, five years after America went through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, ...

Some parents may struggle to provide for their kids, but the child welfare system struggles to differentiate between poverty ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Residents have “raised their children there. Now, they’re raising their grandchildren there,” she says. “It’s a great model.” A new study backs her up. Led by Raj Chetty, a Harvard economist and a ...

Bringing rich and poor together has major benefits.

Most nights, Guillermina Garcia Zarate, 40, does well if she cobbles together even three hours of sleep. In the wee hours she finds herself tossing and turning, her mind a beehive of worry: Will she ...

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. Previous research connects ...

Let’s face it: being the poor kid is not good. Being the poor kid surrounded by kids who live in an affluent neighborhood means you have to deal with living in a totally different reality than your ...

More than a decade ago, the Emmy-nominated documentary Poor Kids explored poverty in the United States as it’s rarely seen: through the eyes of children. Born Poor tells the stories of the same ...

Sept. 8 (UPI) --Nearly 6 million children and young people in Latin America will fall into poverty by 2030 because of climate change's impact on their communities, a recent report predicts. However, ...