We’re on the rich list but have such a poor record of caring for children

So I’m reading a report. Unicef published it on Monday, and it says a lot of scarifying — even shaming — things about how children are doing in the rich countries of the world.

And of course, we’re on the list of rich countries. So I immediately wondered, how fair is that? We’ve been through a lot of hard times lately.

Our bubble burst, our economy collapsed. Even though we tell ourselves that we’re through the worst of it, how rich are we, really? How fair is it to compare ourselves to the countries that have oil, or huge economies?