{"id":62546,"date":"2024-07-25T06:29:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T06:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=62546"},"modified":"2024-07-25T06:29:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T06:29:58","slug":"why-are-my-youngest-children-worth-less-how-two-child-benefit-cap-hits-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2024\/07\/25\/why-are-my-youngest-children-worth-less-how-two-child-benefit-cap-hits-families\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Why are my youngest children worth less?\u2019: How two-child benefit cap hits families"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-62547\" src=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Emma-John-4-girls-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Emma-John-4-girls-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Emma-John-4-girls-360x480.jpg 360w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Emma-John-4-girls.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dropcap-element-slot\">A<\/span>s the end of each month approaches, dread sets in. Emma John, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/topic\/single-parents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">single parent\u00a0<\/a>with four daughters, knows that her money will run out and she will be forced to visit a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/topic\/food-banks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">food bank\u00a0<\/a>to feed her children.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/familyhealth\/why-are-my-youngest-children-worth-less-how-two-child-benefit-cap-hits-families\/ar-BB1qAqsE?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=117ecb89d1a34474a32b0f6ee861ec40&amp;ei=38\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>As the end of each month approaches, dread sets in. Emma John, a\u00a0single parent\u00a0with four daughters, knows that her money will run&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62546","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cost-of-living-crisis"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/two-child-benefit-cap.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62549,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62546\/revisions\/62549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}