Kids Can't Wait

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The Evidence Is Not Neutral: Two Competing Paths for America’s Mothers and Babies
The fight is not about family values or culture wars. It is about whether we invest in babies when it matters most.
 • Bruce Lesley
The ‘SAVE America Act’ Threatens Children’s Representation
For most of American history, democracy was not designed to include everyone.
 • Bruce Lesley
Be Careful What You Ask For: The Parental Rights Trap and the Cost to Children
Professor Nila Bala Explains How Expansive Parental Sovereignty Becomes Liability, Isolation, and Organized Abandonment — and Why Children Pay the Price
 • Bruce Lesley
When "Parental Rights" Become a Shield for Child Abuse
The Texas Supreme Court case every child advocate must watch
 • Bruce Lesley
Organized Abandonment and the Measles Crisis: A Policy Disaster
This isn’t parental choice. It’s institutional failure, and a betrayal of kids.
 • Bruce Lesley
Congress Should Not Re-Impose Child Poverty on DC’s Babies and Children
Overturning DC’s budget would undo a proven Child Tax Credit, blow a hole in local revenues, and punish the children who need help most.
 • Bruce Lesley
There Is Shockingly Good News Coming Out of Texas
For a change, there is some news coming out of the Lone Star State worth celebrating, especially for children
 • Bruce Lesley
Kids Can't Wait
Kids Can't Wait
Kids Can't Wait promotes public policy change to improve the lives and well-being of our children and grandchildren in the U.S. and worldwide.
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