Remembering poverty, promising change this Christmas

I think about the poor children this time of year, kids in poverty. I won't use the word "underprivileged." That word makes it easier to ignore the physical, emotional, and spiritual suffering of children in a situation they did not construct. It's a word that falsely hints that the group specified has a few of the items your children treasure. It is easier to ignore the fact that basic human needs are unattainable when a group is defined by one sterile word with 15 letters.