The Rise of Homeless Children

          There are 1.6 million homeless children in the United States. I want to be the witness to this, to provide evidence of their bleak condition. I want to speak for the victimized children of our country who are not even fully cognizant of their own poverty. Infants, young children and teenagers are living on the streets, in hotel rooms and in their parents’ cars, forsaken by bad luck, The public does not understand why people are homeless. People are homeless for several different reasons. Some people may not be able to afford housing so there house foreclose and then they do not have anywhere to go. Another reason is the lack of income, the unemployment rates are still increasing and it is more difficult to find a job. 
          In one of my Early Childhood Education courses the class has to look up current events in education. This is great because since I want to be a future educator I thought this would be something good to discuss.There are several events that are taking place in the education field that educators need to know so they can voice their opinion, help with the situation, and do whatever they need to do to help the problem. There was current event in Kansas stating how there are more homeless students in there school districts. The name of the article is “Kansas Reports Rise in Homeless Students” by Grace Smith. This is a very sensitive topic because how a child become homeless. Where are the parents, and the families of the students? The communities should make more shelters for the students so the kids will not be on the streets. Children need to have proper meals, shelter, sleep, and love and support of their family. They cannot get any of these things if they are living on the streets. In this paper it will elaborate on kids being homeless, there behavior problems and disorders, families living in a shelter, how children have more health problems being homeless, and to try to come up with solutions and programs that can help the children that are homeless.