ABSTRACT
This chapter provides some general policy recommendations for combating income poverty among children and families in Europe. It identifies which families with children are most at risk of poverty. Single parents obviously belong to this category, but -what is less well known - so do families with three or more children. A central element in the strategy would be the provision of child care at prices that every parent can afford. The chapter discusses some of the new social risks leading to child poverty, which are related to low skills and to the impossibility of many parents to combine care for children and paid work. Policies must respond to both the old and the new social risks leading to poverty. The chapter suggests some possible policy responses which would support families in meeting the direct and indirect costs of children.
