1/ Rights of children are a largely ignored civil rights issue. They have no highly paid lobbyists advocating for them, no way to lobby for themselves, no voting block & no financial leverage. Their needs are constantly undertended to by our political establishment. They need us
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2/ We have millions of chronically traumatized children. 13 million hungry kids, millions in schools where they don’t learn to read, millions with PTSD from simply living in their neighborhoods, sex trafficking, violent abuse at home etc. Current system an inadequate response.

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3/ But America does not lack the needed expertise to create community wraparound services, provide for early childhood needs and repair this awful, too often hidden psychological, physical & societal wound. We need political will to create cabinet level Dept. of Children & Youth
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It is time to adequately respond to the needs of our children... It is time for a United States Department Of Children and Youth.
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And shootings! How is it that no one fights till this guns are finally removed. It’s unbelievable. The world that these kids are growing up in. We MUST do better because we CAN. It is always a choice!
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mariannenow.com/issues/child…
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We work there every day. We love those kids like they're our little brothers and sisters. Every teacher should be able to look their student in the eye and say that!
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Now I lay me down to sleep For all these children I will weep And if I had a God to pray That they would live another day And wake up to the morning light And have their mothers hold them tight
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Reading is not an issue, we have methods and activities that we can do instead. This has always been a sticking point, but it needn't be.
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Who runs education? DeVos may currently be head of the DOE but who runs the actual schools? Hint: they’re not right-leaning
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Who Stands up for them? Only me & you? I pray America, the world, makes a stand in their heart to make some sort of effort to try to change 1 thing about this! My grandsons have been abused emotionally, sexually, and obviously, spiritually! Hope, prayer is all I have on my side!
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Arent schools run by the government?