Child Poverty? Wtf?

In 1999, Tony Blair announced a 20-year goal to end child poverty in Great Britain and he has already reduced child poverty by 17 percent [Washington Post, 4/3/2006].

Sounds a little odd when you see it in print, doesn't it? "Child poverty." Maybe we can work on "Child Unemployment"? I understand orphanages et al; but wouldn’t all the other poor children be tied into their parents’ poverty? How can these be separated – are there parents rolling their eyes “His father and I made $670,000 last year but Timmy, I mean look at him…lives in filth, has no money…what’s he eating, a pine cone?…he's 8 years old for chrissake, it’s embarrassing! GET A JOB, LOSER!!!”