, an advocacy group in Washington. “Half of all homeless school-age children experience depression and anxiety. The earlier and longer a child experiences homelessness, the more dangerous it is to their healthy development.”Got room on your signs to talk about that?
Alas, a full belly doesn’t always guarantee health in the world of a child. They are petri dishes and get sick a ton.So while you’re writing your congresspeople — remind them — America needs to finally mandate paid sick leave so Mom or Dad can stay home from work to care for Missy Snotsalot without missing another day of pay and spreading her germs all over the world.
Now that we’re all talking about kids, it’s time we make affordable, accessible health care a priority and not a political talking point. Once you have that baby, we have to talk about child care, which is a total patchwork system held together with Scotch tape and spiderwebs — regardless of socioeconomic status. My son, who just graduated from high school, is still on at least one nursery school waiting list.This used to work in America. We did it once before: successful, comprehensive, quality child care.