The Approach to Child Poverty is Insufficient, The Children’s Ombudsman Concludes in a Study on How Children in Poverty Value Their Lives. Children in Poverty Structurally Give Their Lives a Worme Grade.
1 In 28 Children Live in Poverty, Accordination to the Children’s Ombudsman. This mean that Almost Every Classroom Has Someone Growing Up in Poverty.
For the Study, The Children’s Ombudsman Spoke to Nearly 10,000 Children in Total, 628 or WHOM LIVE in Poverty. About The Past Ten Years, Children in Poverty Have Consistently Rated Their Lives Lower Than Children from Wealthier families. That Figure was on Average 1.1 Points Lower.
The Only Exception is 2020, the year the Corona Pandemic Broke Out. Then the Difference in Life Appreciation was narrower: Only 0.3 points. In that period, The Differences Between the Groups Were Smaller, The Children’s Ombudsman Thinks. For Example, Children from Wealthier families Could Not Play Sports, Something Children in Poverty Often Cannot Do For Financial Reasons Anyway.
Vulnerable Children also Received More Help Duration the Corona Crisis Than Before, For Example in the Form of a Laptop. There was also more and asier talk about poverty, partly because more children were affected by poverty. Children from Catering Families, a sector that was hit hard by Corona Measures, Suddenly also had to deal with poverty.
Multiple Problems Often Play Out SimultaneUously in Children in Poverty
Since the Corona Year, The Gap Has Widend Again. Children in Poverty Give Their Grade An Average of 7. Children from Wealthier Families Give Their Lives An Average of 7.7. Yet 140 of the 628 Children in Poverty Gave Their Lives A 5 or Lower.
The Children’s Ombudsman Believes That the Difference in Appreciation is Mainly Related to the So-Called Environmental Conditions. These are conditions in The Children’s Home Situation to Be Able To Develop Properly, Such As Care, Safety, Love and Attention.
Children in Poverty Are More Likely to Deal with Multiple Problems: They Are Vulnerable Due to Multiple Factors. This may include psychological problems in the child or parent (s), or unsafe home situations. More than half of the children in poverty experience multiple problems.
Government Falls Short in Combating Child Poverty
The Children’s Ombudsman Says He was shocked by the results of the research. “The Situation of Children who Give Their Lives A Failing Grade is just even Serious,” The Agency Said. “Their Quality of Life is so low that their development and future opportunities are in danger.”
The Children’s Ombudsman States That Government Policy Falls Short. In The Fight Against Child Poverty, A Lot Of Attention, Paid to Many Financial Matters, Such As Providing School Supplies, School Breakfast or Sports Subscription is. “Such Help is not Enough.”
Instead, More Attention Should be Paid to Improving Environmental Conditions, The Children’s Ombudsman Believes. Loose Measures Do Not Tackle the Problem at the Root, Accordination to Research by the Organization. “There is no clear vision of what children really need.”