Problem: Use Poor Kids and course materials --exclusively-- to answer the questions below. The purpose of this paper is to review and process course information; as such there is no need to use external sources. Focus on the materials in the Section One and Section Five folders.
1. Provide evidence that childhood poverty is a public issue in the United States.
2. Describe the personal troubles associated with child poverty in the United States.
3. What macro-level social forces (social structures) contributes to and/or cause child poverty in the United States.
4. Lastly, use functionalism or conflict theory to explain the persistence of childhood poverty in the United States. Hint: use specific ideas from the theory to support your answer.