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U.S. one of worst places for kids BY DAVID McHUGH
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BERLIN -- The United States and Britain ranked at the bottom of a UN survey of child welfare in 21 wealthy countries that assessed everything from infant mortality to whether children ate dinner with their parents.
The Netherlands, followed by Sweden, Denmark and Finland, finished at the top; the United States was 20th, and Britain was 21st, the report released Wednesday by UNICEF said.
Researcher Jonathan Bradshaw said children fared worse in the United States and Britain -- despite high overall levels of national wealth -- because of greater economic inequality and poor levels of public support for families.
"What they have in common are very high levels of inequality, very high levels of child poverty, which is also associated with inequality, and in rather different ways, poorly developed services to families with children," said Bradshaw, a professor of social policy at the University of York in Britain.
"They don't invest as much in children as continental European countries do," he said, citing the lack of day-care services in both countries and poorer health coverage for children in the United States.
The study also gave the United States and Britain low marks for their higher incidences of single-parent families. Britain was last, and the United States was second from the bottom in the category based on the percentage of children who lived in single-parent homes or with stepparents, as well as the percentage who ate the main meal of the day with their families several times per week.
quote:Originally posted by sotckpenny: I say marry before having kids. That solves a lot of problems in the u.s.
marriage solves nothing..i think,but not sure, that women can get pregnant without being married. correct me if i'm wrong. such a simplistic answer precedes many of the problems.
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For a first rate country militay wise in the other parts of life we suck for a first world country
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What I find interesting is that the GOP has controlled the house and senate since '95 and the whitehouse since '01, all while claiming to be the party of "family values." Yet childrens healthcare and day care services have never been a big issue with them. To them, family values means hating gays and being anti choice. They have used family values to fool stupid people into voting them into office while not delivering on anything to help the children.
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quote:Originally posted by Browndog: What I find interesting is that the GOP has controlled the house and senate since '95 and the whitehouse since '01, all while claiming to be the party of "family values." Yet childrens healthcare and day care services have never been a big issue with them. To them, family values means hating gays and being anti choice. They have used family values to fool stupid people into voting them into office while not delivering on anything to help the children.
yep...
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quote:Originally posted by Browndog: What I find interesting is that the GOP has controlled the house and senate since '95 and the whitehouse since '01, all while claiming to be the party of "family values." Yet childrens healthcare and day care services have never been a big issue with them. To them, family values means hating gays and being anti choice. They have used family values to fool stupid people into voting them into office while not delivering on anything to help the children.
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Anyone who still buys ANYTHING issued by the GOP deserves exactly what they get.
quote:Originally posted by Browndog: What I find interesting is that the GOP has controlled the house and senate since '95 and the whitehouse since '01, all while claiming to be the party of "family values." Yet childrens healthcare and day care services have never been a big issue with them. To them, family values means hating gays and being anti choice. They have used family values to fool stupid people into voting them into office while not delivering on anything to help the children.
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