In the course of everyone's life, everyone faces major problems in their life. Have you ever learned how many different problems children face in their lives today? Children face many problems such as obesity, single parent families, drugs and poverty. The most important are obesity and poverty. Every child has to face these problems in their life. Obesity can cause serious problems even in childhood and later in adulthood. Poverty can affect a child's performance in school. If someone doesn't do well in school, how will they ever escape poverty? Poverty and obesity are very significant problems that children can face during their childhood, a child's life can be greatly affected by poverty, and obesity is a problem not only in terms of academic performance, but it also affects the child's health. Poverty is obviously a huge problem. in our world. Nearly 50 percent of our children live in poverty (Stanberry, 2011). If a parent they consider poor earns more than $22,050, they will not receive government assistance. This makes it difficult for the family to survive, without government assistance, earning only a little over $22,050 per year. They must also support their children (Stanberry, 2011). To take for example the children in the “Poor Kids” video, these children live the life of very poor people, they move from one place to another. They have no home to live in and moving from place to place does not allow them to go to school or stay in school (“Poor Kids | FRONTLINE | PBS,” 2012). The school is affected by poverty (Horgan, 2007). Children may want or need to do extracurricular activities, but their parents do not have the money to do these kinds of things (Horgan, 2007). Acco...... middle of article ......ons/impact-poverty-young-children-experience-schoolKamble, P., & Writer, S. (nd). Ten solutions to poverty | Arbitration Review. Retrieved May 1, 2014 from http://www.arbitragemagazine.com/features/ten-solutions-to-poverty/KET | Special offers on children's health | Prevention of childhood obesity: steps towards solutions. (nd). Retrieved May 1, 2014 from http://www.ket.org/kidshealth/wellness/obesity_solutions.htmPoor Kids | FIRST LINE | PBS. (November 20, 2012). Retrieved May 1, 2014, from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/poor-kids/Standberry, L. (July 26, 2011). Top 10 issues facing our youth today | Toptenz.net. Retrieved April 30, 2014 from http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-issues-facing-our-youth-today.php