The U.S. ranks at or near the bottom on almost every indicator regarding governmental policies toward children. Our youth homicide rates are more than 7 times that of other leading industrialized nations. Social scientists describe “war zones”— areas in violently charged homes and communities — where levels of trauma and post-traumatic stress among children are similar to those experienced by returning vets. There is nothing “post” about the traumatic stress of our children when it is re-triggered every day. We must rescue children from such crises no differently than if we were rescuing them from natural disasters. As President, I will establish a cabinet level Department of Childhood and Youth. marianne2024.com/issues/us-d…