A good, but incomplete idea: The daily Exchange Every Day called for support for the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)’s initiative to hold a White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010. My two cents …
This excellent initiative has the opportunity to – but does not – address the serious taboo in contemporary American society against addressing issues related to parents and parenting. My sister, as a college student in 1970, was a delegate to the White House Conference held that year. Now, as a mother and grandmother, she agrees that this next gathering should be a “White House Conference on Parents, Children and Youth.” In failing to put parents first, we continue to miss the mark! However, if we put parents and parenting resources first, we will have a much better chance of achieving our common goal: increasing the well-being of our children and young people. This is an area where the U.S. is, to our national shame, last among developed countries.
Write to your Senator and Congressman or Congresswoman about this! Write to CWLA (info @ cwla.org) too. See the Ask Your Lawmaker site where I pose a question on including parenting education and support in the Affordable Health Care Choices Act.