Comments about ‘In our opinion: Child poverty research shows how much kids really do count’

["A low-income child living in a nourishing community — with good schools, safe streets, strong civic institutions, positive role models and connections to opportunities — is more likely to thrive and succeed," according to the report.]

I guess Hillary Clinton was right, it really does take a village?

In fact, some of the happiest, healthiest kids are found in liberal bastions like San Francisco.

Mukkake,

Would like to see your evidence for this— "In fact, some of the happiest, healthiest kids are found in liberal bastions like San Francisco."

But, what is extremely evident is the value of both parents. I have some strong anecdotal evidence to back this up.

On of my sons recently was gone from Monday to Friday from home to learn from a co-worker how to do installs "out of town". His one child, a son, age 15 months, on the 2nd day he was gone, for 4-1/2 hours, kept on saying "Dad, Dad, Dad", hoping to hear his father answer back. When I visited this grandson on Thursday of that week, he was not his usual self. His father would call home in the evening, and talk with his son. But it was not the same thing. His son was moping around.

Its so hard to convince politicians that investing in education saves money in the long run. I also agree that parents need to be involved in the child's education. One of the dirty little secrets of State Government is the degree to which funding for higher education has been cut. Utah used to pay 80% of the cost of college. That has dropped to below 50% over the last generation. Everyone complains about rising tuition, not realizing that's its really the withdrawal of taxpayer support, not the overall cost going up dramatically.