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December 14, 2024
Why the Riskiest Situation NYC Foster Kids Can Face Is Visiting Their Birth Parents
…sight of this maxim. Foster kids being hurt while spending time with their families is not a new phenomenon. A 2018 report by New York City’s Department of Investigation found that a…
December 11, 2024
The Often Overlooked Link Between Drug Use and Family Decline
…sake of their family’s economic prospects and safety, it was important to have a man who was sober most of the time. He would support his family and he would…
December 3, 2024
The ‘Fentanyl Election’ Is Over. Now What?
…a woman whose son died of a drug overdose. She recalled the third time he was revived with Narcan. His 14-year-old sister was making him a sandwich and walked into…
November 14, 2024
The Rotting of the College Board
…secondary educational institutions serving the Baby Boom generation. Standardized tests were designed to help solve this problem. And the College Board was, after a time, not the only third-party group…
October 14, 2024
Another Terrible Idea: Abolishing Child Welfare
…children are experiencing longer periods of time living with abusive and neglectful families. These effects—unlike, say, the crime and disorder caused by defunding the police—are largely hidden from public view….
September 27, 2024
Justice at Any Cost?
…limitations on such claims, putting insurance companies on the hook for decades-old incidents. In fact, they may not have even been responsible for insuring the parties at the time but…
September 21, 2024
Why Is Race Still a Factor in Adoption?
…As Tucker notes, “I do not view my work as passing judgment or merely having an opinion. Instead, I view it as preserving Blackness.” Maybe it’s time Tucker found a…
September 9, 2024
The Nanny State Is Not the Answer to Parents’ Challenges
…our lives with greater purpose. Sacrificing our time and resources for our children may improve our sense of well-being. Data reflect this. According to a recent YouGov survey, 83 percent of…
July 14, 2024
Fostering Normalcy for Foster Kids
…is not just that kids would have a hard time getting jobs, or that they would have to explain their personal situation to their bosses. It is also that kids…
June 26, 2024
Reducing Racial Disparities in Foster Care Might Endanger Black Children
…of “reasonable efforts” to keep the children with their families. And finally, caseworkers will have to take into account “social and cultural values at all times” in making such decisions….