Approximately 1 in 28 children in America have a parent who is incarcerated.
Since 2018, the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center in Topeka has been providing some children and incarcerated mothers a chance to reconnect and bond at the children’s museum.
“These are children who are serving a sentence right along with their caregiver, their adult, their parent, through no fault of their own,” said Dené Mosier, President and CEO of the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center. “When we can protect those children and those children’s self-esteem and their values that helps keep that connection. So, yes, the mothers benefit, but this is about the children.”…