Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Children born into poor families are more likely to exhibit aggressive, impulsive behaviors throughout childhood, according to a new study from the University of Georgia. Previous research connects ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. St. Louis is a poor city. Its school district serves a higher share of children living in poverty than 95% of communities ...

Researchers from Stockholm University, Bocconi University, and the Rockwool Foundation have studied poverty's lasting impact across generations in wealthy countries. By examining the United States, ...

While it’s true that children who grew up in poverty are more likely to experience the same as adults, the generational cycle of financial uncertainty and instability is often rooted in behaviors and ...

OECD data shows child poverty ranges from 4.6% in Finland to 29.6% in Costa Rica, with the US at 21.1% ...

This article titled “Throwaway Kids,” about the effects of foster care, reports survey results from nearly 6,000 prison inmates. The survey found that one in four prison inmates said they'd spent time ...

Sept. 8 (UPI) --Nearly 6 million children and young people in Latin America will fall into poverty by 2030 because of climate change's impact on their communities, a recent report predicts. However, ...

After six weeks of walking from New York City on my Walk Across America, I’ve arrived in Baltimore. This city is one of contrasts. On one side, you have the beautiful Inner Harbor with its shops and ...

ISTANBUL — In a dim one-room apartment in one of Istanbul’s poorest neighborhoods, 11-year-old Atakan Sahin curls up on a threadbare sofa with his siblings to watch TV while their mother stirs a pot ...

Some sentences are luxuries. You need a certain distance from hunger to say them without flinching. Entrepreneur Madhuri Jain Grover found hers last week on the sets of the reality show Lock Upp, when ...

Let’s face it: being the poor kid is not good. Being the poor kid surrounded by kids who live in an affluent neighborhood means you have to deal with living in a totally different reality than your ...