A community’s first responsibility is to keep its children safe. Every young person deserves the chance to learn, to play and to trust that the adults around them are looking out for their wellbeing.
When that promise is broken, the consequences echo far beyond childhood. Trauma caused by abuse, instability and violence can alter a young person’s development and health for decades to come. And yet, time and again, children are put in harm’s way by the very people and systems that are supposed to protect them.
Those consequences aren’t hypothetical…