Social Security Benefits for Children
Posted 06/15/09
More Social Security benefits are given to children than to any other social group. More information. Children are eligible for social security benefits under the account of a parent, step parent, or foster parent that is either disabled or retired (and therefore eligible for Social Security benefits). Children can also be eligible for benefits under the account of their guardian if he or she has died after working and paying enough social security taxes to earn benefits.
Children are eligible for Social Security benefits when they are:
• Unmarried, • Less than 18 years old, • Or, 18 to 19 years old and still attending elementary or secondary school full time, • Or, over the age of 18 and disabled before the age of 22.