Good Lifestyle

All parents want their children to be happy and healthy. However, the probability of agood childhood May depend on where you live. That's why many families seek to settle in cities with very quite listed school systems and youth programs. But others are not so lucky. Organization of humanitarian aid, Save the Children, classified theBest and worst regions for children to live, And found that this one is far from state on all fronts.

On the basis of hunger, drop-out rates, teenage pregnancy, and early death, the report concluded thatLouisiana comes last compared to the rest of the United States. The state has many factors against it. On the one hand, it has an infant poverty rate of 26.5 percent, the second highest in the country, and more than a third of the children in 28 of the 64 parishes of Louisiana live in poverty. Another 23 percent of children do not have access to healthy eating and third large meals the worst rate of hunger in America.

RELATED:For more information up to date, sign up for our daily newsletter.

In addition, Louisiana is one of the worst infant mortality rates in the country and the highest rates 10E-NOT children's homicidal and suicide to mention the third highest pregnancy rate. All these factors contribute to the deficit of equity of the massive childhood of the State, the children the meaning are more likely to be forced to adulthood at an early age or have to give up what most people consider An existence quite typical of childhood.

"This ranking is unfortunately not surprising for me,"Laura Alderman, Executive Director of STEP FORWARD in Shreveport, told theShreveport time. "Our first answer is likely to feel defensive, but rather than chatting with it, we have to face the fact that hardmany children are not booming in northwestern Louisiana. And these poor results evolve in other costly and socially negative health outcomes for adults, and for all of us as neighbors in the community. "

Meanwhile, in a neighboring state, Mississippi ranks 49th in the report, with a rate the worst child poverty of 28.2 percent in the country. A similar study, published in December 2018 by Safehome.org, has found thatLouisiana was the worst state to raise children, Followed by Mississippi, due to high levels of violence against children, poverty, homicides and shootings in schools.

Even when we look at the country as a whole, the results are still troubling. Rural counties in the United States account for 92 percent of the lowest rankings, and most of them are poor, the minority communities of the South.

"These are our youngest citizens who are in fact our greatest agents of economic prosperity," said the municipal councilorShreveport time. "Unless we recognize, and invest our resources in them, we will continue to spend money from taxpayers' money with fixes of fix that could have been avoided. And for more information about health and safety on children, consult the7 signs that your child could have coronaviruses.