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LETTERS: There's no such thing as "child" poverty

Dear Editor Re: Hundreds of New West kids live in poverty, the Record , Dec. 3. Your headline should have read “Hundreds of New West families live in poverty.” “Child poverty” is a euphemism for “family poverty.
Andrew Phillips

Dear Editor

Re: Hundreds of New West kids live in poverty, the Record, Dec. 3.

Your headline should have read “Hundreds of New West families live in poverty.” “Child poverty” is a euphemism for “family poverty.” A child is dependent on its family for health and well-being; addressing “child poverty” means addressing societal poverty in general.

This should be obvious.

We are avoiding this reality by using this shallow pretence.

Andrew Phillips, Sapperton