CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS: VIDEO - "POOR KIDS"
About 15 million children in the United States - 21% of all children - live in families with incomes below the federal poverty threshold.
Most of these children have parents who work, but low wages and unstable employment leave their families struggling to make ends meet.
Poverty can impede children's ability to learn and contribute to social, emotional, and behavioral problems. Poverty can also contribute to poor health and mental health.
This Frontline special - filmed in 2012 and updated in 2017 - follows the stories of three families told over the course of a half a decade and explores what poverty means in America.
Click here to watch the 1-hour Frontline special.
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