2. What could have caused the U. S. to become one of the worst places to be a child? Write complete sentences using your own words to state the answer?

Some things that may have caused the US to be a place where people have bad childhoods could be racism, homophobia, and the fact that our society encourages those beliefs. Another thing could be how our school systems also seem to be relatively messed up given we have an excessive amount of bullying and harassment within them.