The Hill News

In the story of Solomon, a mother is told she has an impossible choice: to give up her child or see him split in half. Our Children’s HealthWatch pediatricians see shades of this choice in the faces of the low-income families they treat each day.

Do they miss another month’s rent payment or buy enough food to get through the month?

Do they put their child to bed hungry again or risk having the power shut off because they spent that money on healthy food?

Do they stay home with a sick child and risk losing their job or do they leave the child alone?

These types of choices are becoming more and more common in the current economy, as people around the country face reduced wages, job loss and home foreclosure.

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