Global Children

In the article "U.S. kids worse off than many of their western counterparts" published in The Washington Post, in April, 2013, has Caitlin Dewey and Max Fisher giving specific information as to just how bad the well-being of American children is. This article specifically points out that the United States is in the bottom third on all five measures of well-being and particularly low on education and poverty. "One of the report's more alarming findings for the United States is the degree to which income inequality has increased the population of children who grow up in relative poverty, meaning that America's famously abundant wealth does not equally benefit all children. Economists rate the U.S. economy as one of the most unequal in the Western world." This clearly explains that not everyone is being treated equally and not everyone is benefiting from it so many American children are suffering from it. The ranking they gave the U.S. is 26th. Third lowest out of the 29 western countries that have been compared. The chart clearly shows that the U.S.  is indeed in bad shape and that the American children are falling behind. 

"American kids get more exercise than almost any others studied in the report, but they’re still, by far, the most overweight." You would think that if we are the most active, how can we be the most overweight? We eat anything that appeals to us and we don't worry about the health risks that go along with continually living that way. The fact that we are the most active is something we should acknowledge ourselves for but knowing that we are the most overweight too just cancels out the good about that statistic. It is apparent that there isn't one country that can be at the top of everything but we would think the U.S. would be better off than many other countries. With the amount of poverty we have too really brings your attention to know that we take what we have for granted. We live in an unfair world and for those who make a lot of money who can go blow it on all this high end stuff don't realize that there are people who could only dream of being able to afford the basic needs to get them through the day. It seems that we are unhappy with and feel we want the newer version of it or what we don't even really value, other people would die to have. We don't realize just how good we have it and that others are suffering just to find food and shelter. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/04/18/unicef-u-s-kids-worse-off-than-many-of-their-western-counterparts/