"Certain tax provisions account for a third of federal expenditures on children"

"an effective youth mentor does more than share their own success story"

"They appreciated how their mentors gave them space to talk and work through their problems together."

"There have been 10 instances in which entire federal social program has been evaluated" using a method of random assignment and "nine of these evalutationns found weak or no positive effects"

"Tax provisions constituted 35% of all federal expenditures on children"

"life experiences as well as those with different perspectives to build their empathy and understanding"

"Our nations official poverty rate today is 13.2 percent, higher than in 1973"

"Our government spends more than it can extract from taxpayers"

According to the chart, Federal spending on children is declining in the budget over the next 10 years.

"The American Academy of Pediatrics reports that exercising for just one hour a day strengthens the heart and lungs, regulates blood pressure and enhances well being"

" The federal tax code both requires and incentivizes our employers to transfer a bunch of what we earned directly to insurance"

"The City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department provides a free spring baseball league for all boys and girls ages 4-18"

The chart shows the average amount of money each states pays for a single student to attend public school from k-12.

"Activities ... and an assortment of after school classes centered around [the arts] ... are found throughout Iceland. This has given anxious teens a range of healthy outlets to explore themselves, simultaneously boosting their psychological and physical health."

"by the late 1900's teens in Iceland had seen some of the highest rates of underage drinking in all of Europe. Today, however you'd never even know it as the country recently topped the list for Europe's 'cleanest-living teens'"

"The small increase in U.S. spending on childhood programs comes in large from multiple expansions of the Earned income tax credit ... [which has] helped reduce child poverty in America although one in seven children -- or 11 million of them -- still remain in poverty."

"'Elderly people vote; children do not'"

Families who aren't financial eligible to provide the necessary physical activity for children's health can benefit on community support.

It can be difficult for children to prepare for their future and make big decisions at a young age; therefore, a community of adults must come in to support and pave a future for the youth.