According to the Children Defense Fund 1 in 13 children will live in extreme poverty in the United States and a family of four is extremely poor if their income is less than 10,000 or half the threshold of official poverty. (http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/data/state-data-repository/census/census-2007-child-poverty-data.pdf,). Despite being rich, the United States. it has the highest rate of child poverty among all other countries. Poor children are more likely to go hungry and are less likely to be read to during their early years. They are less likely to have health insurance and receive needed care. Poor children are more likely to start school later than their affluent peers and are less likely to graduate from high school. They are more likely to grow up as poor adults and be involved in the criminal justice system. To reach child poverty the annual income of a family of four must be less than 23,000. (http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/state-of-americas-children/documents/2014-SOAC_child-poverty.pdf()). Children living in single-parent households are four times more likely to be poor than children in two-adult households. Nearly 70% of all children live with two parents. (http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/data/state-data). higher child poverty rate at 1 in 4 children compared to 1 in 5 children in the rest of the country. Growing up in childhood poverty can have a major effect on a child's healthy development. Children's cognitive development and their ability to learn can contribute to behavioral, social and emotional problems and poor health. Serious behavioral problems.LocationData Type20082009201020112012ArkansasNumber172000189000193000197000200.00Percent25.00 %27.00%28.00%28.00%29%LocationData Type20082009201020112012United StatesNumber 1324100014657000157490001638700016397000Percentage18.00%20.00%22.00%23.00%23 %Reference page http://www.hkpr.on.ca/InfoSet/Adults /Poverty /PovertyChildDevelopment.aspx http://www.urbanchildinstitute.org/articles/research-to-policy/research/children-raised-in-poverty-are-at-greater-risk-for-developing http://www .childrensdefense .org/child-research-data-publications/data/state-data-repository/census/census-2007-child-poverty-data.pdf, http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications /state-of-americas-children/documents/2014-SOAC_child-poverty.pdfwww.huffingtonpost.com/tag/child-poverty