What would it be like if everyone made their giving decisions with the best interests of kids in mind?
Read MoreKids are having their media moment. Although having kids in the spotlight is great, we also need to consider how they are presented. Are these issues being positioned in ways that will move our society toward considering the best interests of children in all our decisions?
Read MoreThere are thousands of amazing organizations and tens of thousands of child advocates across the country who work tirelessly to ensure that all of our kids can thrive. And yet, as important and effective that our advocacy has been, it is hard to ignore the fact that our collective efforts have not had the full impact we all hope for.
Read MoreTogether with the FrameWorks Institute, we seek to understand the mindsets we have about kids and will develop tools to help shift them to increase the salience of children’s issues and build our collective responsibility to better address them.
Read MoreWith the passage of the American Rescue Plan and the proposed American Families Plan, I am encouraged by the increasing inclusion of children’s issues in national-level policy discussions. As we begin shifting from crisis toward recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, we have an opportunity to do better by our kids—to center their needs in our policy decisions and to create meaningful opportunities for young people to have a voice in the programs that affect them.
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