Look at Utah children by the numbers:
• 263,177 Ages 4 and under
• 575,230 Ages 5 to 17
• 515,457 Enrolled in Utah public schools
• 13,000 Substantiated child-abuse victims in 2007
• 981 Babies born to teen mothers in 2006
• 85,446 Living in poverty
• 76,912 In families receiving food stamps
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