Kids Can't Wait

Kids Can't Wait

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New Bipartisan Legislation Takes Steps to Stop Punishing Poor Kids
Recent bipartisan bills offer real progress, but Congress must make cutting child poverty a priority.
 • Bruce Lesley
This Cannot Be Normal, This Cannot Be Okay
The federal government didn’t just orphan a child — it is walking away from the systems all children depend on.
 • Bruce Lesley
Choosing Harm Over Help: How U.S. Policymakers Are Turning Against Children
When children need investment, care, and protection, they’re being met instead with abandonment, cruelty, and systemic neglect.
 • Bruce Lesley
Big Ideas for Kids: A Blueprint for Building Government That Works for Children
From commissions to commissioners, it's time to institutionalize our support for children.
 • Bruce Lesley
Why Kennedy’s Message on Parental Rights, HIPAA, and Kids’ Medical Records Misses the Point
Parents have rights under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), but so do kids.
 • Bruce Lesley and Dr. Charlene Wong
From Victims to Offenders: How the Justice System Fails Traumatized Children
A new report exposes the devastating truth: America is prosecuting the most abused and neglected children in adult courts and locking them up instead of…
 • Bruce Lesley
Organized Abandonment: How Attacks on Public Systems Are Harming Parents and Children
Thanksgiving is a holiday rooted – at least aspirationally – in family, community, gratitude, and shared commitment.
 • 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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