Providing which rights are commonly used in many countries to identify the poor. The article also provides the definition that UNICEF uses to define child poverty which covers their development, family’s income and the fact that child poverty needs to be viewed different from poverty in general. The authors state that “according to the UNICEF, over half of the children in the developing world live in poverty” (Minujin, Delamonica, Davidziuk, Gonzalez, 2006, P.481), this shows how child poverty is not only a problem in third world countries. There are various points made within this article which is relevant to child poverty, touching on the lack of knowledge on issues surrounding child poverty. Lack of knowledge makes it difficult for social policies to include everything needed to reduce child poverty. The authors reinforce the negative impacts living conditions have on children development when living in poverty as well. This article is a credible and reliable source which has many points which relate to the topic of children living in …show more content…
Chapter six: Historical Base of Social Welfare has a section dedicated to child poverty in the new century, in addition too chapter 16: Canadian Approaches to Income security which provided facts on child poverty rates. The general editors of this book are Joanne Turner a professor for Renison College and the University of Waterloo and Francis Turner a professor for Wilfrid Laurier University. Canadian Social Welfare was published by Pearson Education Canada and had multiple contributors including several doctors, professors and professionals within the social work field, majority of the statistics in this novel are taken from Statistics Canada and can be found online on their