Why do people only care about the starving kids?

They care about starving people in general, but children specifically because they cannot fend for themselves. Hopefully, adults can find a way to get food, but kids usually can’t.

@chyna – You took my answer

@Tink1113 – you took my answer.

and I LOVE your icon. But you didn’t read annnyyyything.

@Bri_L – I LOVE yours too!
¿¿Read annnnyyyyything??

The premise of the question is untrue.

There are perhaps more organizations devoted to children’s interests than to adults’, but this does not mean people care about children more. Compared to adults, children are profoundly limited in their ability to take care of themselves so they receive more attention from international aid groups.

Also, starvation in children directly affects both physical and mental development, and thus affects the future of a population more so than when already developed adults are starving.

However, I do not believe we care more about starving children than starving adults. It’s just that biologically we are wired to take care of children, but not so much adults. Hence, ad campaigns for charities focus on the children as a way to reach our hearts and thus our pockets.

@Tink1113 – I was trying to spell out the way the lead penguin says it like here at 1:13.

Because there are no commercials depicting starving adults for these relief charities. Starving kids are exploited because they bring in more money for said charity because “YOU ARE EVIL IF YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT STARVING KIDS!” Heh.