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Failing Forward
Sunday, September 4th, 2011
August 26, 2011
We simply can’t keep turning to pills and prisons to solve issues of poverty and poor parenting. This is unhealthy, unsustainable and unwise… We also have to preserve women’s birth options should they become pregnant, including the option not to give birth. And, finally, for all the children who are born, we must make a valiant effort to give each and every one of them a fighting chance, which includes food and medicine when their parents can’t provide it. We must do this not as a boon or crutch to the parent, but as a selfish investment in the future of this great society.
Tags: ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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The Decade of Lost Children
Monday, August 15th, 2011
August 5, 2011
…the impact of the recession on children’s well-being has been catastrophic… As a report issued last week by the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities points out: “Of the 47 states with newly enacted budgets, 38 or more states are making deep, identifiable cuts in K-12 education, higher education, health care, or other key areas in their budgets for fiscal year 2012… We risk the creation of an engorged generational underclass born of a culture that has less income equality and fewer prospects for mobility than the previous generation.
Tags: crime prevention, ideology, poverty, standard of living, youth
Posted in Child & Family Policy Context | No Comments »
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