The reason I feel so guided to speak on behalf of at-risk children, actually, make that all children, is because I know how it feels to be overcome with such a sense of utter helplessness. In fact, I think we all do if we were to be completely honest with ourselves.

Thousands of children die every year from abuse and neglect with the majority being killed by their own parent(s). Not a week goes by that we don’t read about this type of tragedy in national or local news. A father...

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Our country has been in the midst of an opioid crisis for the last several decades. Currently, we are facing a fentanyl epidemic which is now being considered as the next wave of the opioid tragedy. We continue to be...

Think about this quandary for a moment. If you were forced to select five people in which you would lay down your life, who would they be? I’ll bet for many of us most of those chosen individuals would not...

A healthy parent-child relationship is probably the closest thing to unconditional love anyone of us will ever experience.  It’s natural to assume that nothing will ever measure up to a parent’s capacity to show affection without limitations and to love...

It is difficult to comprehend why Congress, for the past thirty-one years, has chosen not to act in ratifying a crucial international treaty regarding children’s rights. The Convention on the Rights of a Child was actually signed by President Clinton...

No one wants to see a child yanked from his/her family, friends, school, and a life they hold near and dear to their heart without credible evidence. I honestly do not believe that sheriff investigators, dependency judges, case workers, or...

The majority of foster parents are motivated by a heartfelt purpose to give a traumatized child a safe and nurturing environment in which to thrive. Many choose to do this because it’s a heart-warming and worthy experience to make such...

The lack of adequate funding is most definitely the major reason why child welfare and more specifically, foster care finds itself in such dire straits around the country. While I have used the terms child welfare and foster care interchangeably...

Nepotism and elitism run rampant in American politics. The same individuals are re-elected over and over. In Congress, there have been hundreds of members who have served uninterrupted for 35 years or more with one representative serving 60 years! The...