A Public Unconscious
The beginning of a solution to a problem begins with building support by raising public awareness. Raising awareness about issues such as child abuse and neglect is not an easy task. Child abuse is a...
View ArticleA Modest Proposal For The New Year
Three hundred years ago, an Irish Minister wrote an explosive satire that was misinterpreted by many readers of his day (printed in its entirety below). In a gruesome and widely read logical argument,...
View ArticleMaking Children Whole (with the help of the community)
I’ve recently had an argument with an otherwise reasonable and very caring person. She believes strongly that the unborn (including zygotes) should have rights that one and two year old children don’t...
View ArticleHow America Treats Its Children – foster care
The last big study on foster care demonstrated that 80% of youth aging out were leading dysfunctional lives. A 2010 Casey Family study found that one in three former foster children reported being...
View ArticleAnother Guardian ad-Litem Speaks (thank you David Strand)
David is a KARA board member, former CASA guardian ad Litem and was a public policy maker on children’s issues in Europe for ten years. He is now living and writing in Aitkin MN. I found his recent...
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