In a recent collection of data from over the years, it has been revealed that nearly all American children and teens, at some point in their lives, have or will live in homes where food stamps are provided regularly.

For the sale of the study, national data collected by the Panel Study of Income Dynamics for 30 years from 1968 to 1997 was looked into. It was revealed that by the time they were a year old, 12.1% of children in the US have lived in homes which receive food stamps. At the age of 5 years, the number increased to 26.1%. A rise of 35.9%, 43.6% and 49.2% was seen in the ages of 10,
15 and 20, respectively.

Further data studied during the research revealed that by the time they reach the age of 20, nearly one-third of the children have lived in homes where food stamps have been coming in for over two years, while 28.1% and 26.4% of them have lives in households where food stamps have been coming in for over four and over five years, respectively.

The study has also confirmed that food stamps are mostly used in homes with black children and in households where the adult or parent is unmarried and/or has less than 12 years of education. The shocking revelations might require authorities to pull up their socks and reach out the country's children better.