This is the longest and most powerful and articulate suicide note I've ever read and it has great meaning to me for its power to relate these two incomprehensible sorrows (abuse & suicide). The post Suicide, Child Abuse and Christmas first appeared on INVISIBLE CHILDREN. The post Suicide, Child Abuse and Christmas appeared first on INVISIBLE CHILDREN ..read more

a short story shining a light on child advocacy, the importance of second chances for youth, and the value of schools and teachers. The post Thank You Cyndy Etler (don’t lock them up) first appeared on INVISIBLE CHILDREN ..read more

This Thanksgiving, over 13 million American children are living with their grandparents (four times what this it was in 1970). It is estimated that for every child in foster care with relatives, there are 20 living outside of care with relatives (usually grandparents). The post Fosters, Grandparents & Thanksgiving Hunger first appeared on INVISIBLE CHILDREN ..read more

Peter Hutchinson's recent Star Tribune article  points to how the current MN budget surplus could fully fund programs that would make children healthier, better educated and (ALL OF US) safer.  The post Budget Surplus Fund For Children (how to make a Christmas Miracle) first appeared on INVISIBLE CHILDREN ..read more

Mandated Reporting, or Basic Responsibility (it’s absence is killing Wisconsin & Pennsylvania children) Facebook Replacing Mandated Reporters for Child Abuse? Don’t Blame The Mandated Reporter (why child abuse reporting is sporadic) Fear and Firing of Mandated Reporters of Child Abuse Being A Mandated Reporter (and what it means) Reporting Maltreatment Of Children; How Minnesota Does… The post Why Children Need Mandated Reporters first appeared on INVISIBLE CHILDREN ..read more

Mandated Reporters genuinely fear for their safety and reputation and regularly fail to report (or, "see") horrific child abuse to avoid potential damage to themselves. The post Realities of Mandated Reporting (why child abuse reporting is sporadic) first appeared on INVISIBLE CHILDREN ..read more

Abolishing CPS Kills Children & Ruins Fosters The post Abolishing CPS Kills Children & Ruins Fosters first appeared on INVISIBLE CHILDREN ..read more

Children, Institutions, and Politics The post Children, Institutions, and Politics first appeared on INVISIBLE CHILDREN ..read more

COVIDs Impact on CPS, CASA volunteers, & Guardian ad Litem Staff The post COVIDs Impact on CPS, CASA volunteers, & Guardian ad Litem Staff first appeared on INVISIBLE CHILDREN ..read more

Child Protective Services (CPS) can't keep children safe (or alive) in opposition to State and Federal law. The post Making CPS Work For Everyone (parental/religious rights) part 2 first appeared on INVISIBLE CHILDREN ..read more