摘要：Since 1990,South Korean children living in telative poverty have increased wheras those living in absolute poverty have decreased unil 2002 and then the decrease remained somewhat stagnant. A substantial body of research proposed a strong relations between child poverty and low quality well-being of the child. Poor children,in comparison to those of more afuent families,are more likely to have health,behavioral,social,and emotional problems. They are also more likely to grow up in families that provide less cognitive stimulations which,in turm,can negatively afet their cognitive and academic atainments. The present paper highights the trends and the consequences of child poverty and suggests policy approaches based on the premise of decreasing poverty of low income children and their families.
