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2026 · 242 articles
- Remembering Young LGBTQ Lives & Moving Interview (guest post)
- Punishment Does Not Heal Childhood Trauma, Trauma-Informed Care Does
- The Economic Cost of Childhood Trauma in America
- A Modest Proposal (satire & similarities)
- Yesterday’s State Of The Child Summit (Children In Legal Proceedings) at Hamline University
- What Attorneys General Can Do: Champion Child Safety, Systemic Reform, and Lasting Accountability
- What Governors Can Do: Executive Leadership for Child Safety, Healing, and Systemic Change
- City and County Lawmakers: Local Government as a Child Protection Engine
- What Mayors and County Administrators Can Do: Building Safer, Healthier Communities for Children
- What State Lawmakers Can Do: Turning the Tide for Children’s Safety, Healing, and Well-Being
- Why Police Can’t Fix Toxic Homes: Rethinking How We Protect Children
- How I Can Help At-Risk Teens Where I Live
- How I Can Help: Protecting At‑Risk Children in My Community
- What the Future Holds For At-Risk Children In America
- What Psychiatrists Can Do: Restorative Practice in Children’s Mental Health
- The Child Placement Crisis: Why Kids Are Living in Hotels Instead of Homes
- How I Can Help: CASA Guardian Ad Litems (in their words)
- Children Are Dying On Your Watch (said the judge to CPS)
- If Lawmakers Only Knew: Why CPS Needs De‑Identified Longitudinal Family Records
- Update: Minnesota’s Supreme Court Council on Child Protection and Maltreatment Prevention
- Project 2025 and Children: How Federal Cuts Are Dismantling Supports Kids Need to Survive and Thrive
- What Physicians Can Do: Healing, Preventing, and Championing Child Safety
- A CPS Reality Check (good for admin – bad for children)
- Closing Group Homes, Child Sex Abuse, Suicide & Costs (where you live)
- Fixing Non Transparency in Child Protective Services (& why we should)
- What Childcare Workers Can Do: Building Safety, Trust, and Resilience from the Earliest Years
- What Mandated Reporters Can Do: Turning Knowledge Into Protection, Action, and Healing
- Making CPS Work For Everyone part 2
- What School Boards Can Do: Trauma Informed Policies That Protect Students and Improve Schools
- What Teachers Can Do: Trauma Informed Classrooms That Transform Students’ Lives
- Working With Childhood Trauma (what parents can do)
- America’s Child Brides: Jerry Lee Lewis, Legal Loopholes, and the Rights We Deny Our Children
- Efficiency vs. Children’s Lives: How Ned & KARA Expose Failures in Child Protection
- Rana Plaza, Children, and Corporate Responsibility – KARA
- Rana Plaza Disaster: Factory Collapse, Child Labour, and Corporate Responsibility
- What You Can Do Series – School Principals
- Youth Tried as Adults: Life Sentences, Trauma, and the Failure of America’s Juvenile Justice System
- Family Assessment and Child Death from Star Tribune Child Abuse Reporting
- Who Will Speak For Abused & Neglected Children? video
- KARA Conversations – Growing Childhood Trauma Awareness Where You Live
- United Nations Youth Conference (2007 – what’s changed for abused children?)
- Parental Drug Use Killing Children in Pennsylvania at High Rates (investigative report)
- What Mandated Reporters Can Do: Turning Knowledge Into Protection, Action, and Healing
- Global Value Chains and the Power of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs)
- Corporate Power, Global Value Chains and Child Labour in Bangladesh
- Child Protection in the Dark: How Our Blind Spots in CPS Are Costing Taxpayers, Children, and Communities
- Childhood Trauma, Suicide, and a CPS System Flying Blind
- Arizona’s Hidden Child Trauma: KARA Deep Dive Into Child Abuse
- Alaska’s Hidden Child Trauma: Beyond CPS Number
- When Trauma Walks Into Class: Student on Teacher Violence, ACEs, and the Cost of Ignoring Childhood Abuse
- Invisible Hours: Child Labour in Bangladesh’s Toxic Informal Economy
- Resources and What You Can Do For Foster and At Risk Children
- Ending Meaningful Child Protection in America
- Foster Care Realities, Problems, and Solutions
- Child Labour in Fast Fashion: How Our Clothing Choices Harm Children
- KARA's Invisible Children Traveling Community Conversations
- Join KARA's Children’s Crusade: Making Life, Liberty, and Happiness Real for Abused and Neglected Children
- What Happens When Foster Teens Get Punished Instead of Treated? A CASA’s View From the Front Line
- Self-Destructive Habits of Institutions
- Minnesota Children Killed By Caregivers While Known to CPS (& how to stop it)
- Overwhelmed Institutions & Public Policy
- Building KARA’s National Child Abuse Data & Solutions Platform: Why We Need Your Help
- Leadership and Child Protection
- Kudos to Wisconsin for Tracking Child Death and Egregious Harm
- Only One Country Denies Children Basic Rights: The United States
- Why Every State Needs a Foster Led Child Welfare Promise
- Child Abuse Prevention In America (videos & articles)
- Best and Worst States for Very Young Children in CPS: New Data on Risk, Failures, and Hope
- Childhood Trauma and Lifelong ACES Impact
- Mandated Reporting and Why We Don't
- CASA Minnesota Guardian ad Litem Opportunities
- Fixing CPS - (35 Minute Podcast)
- Thank You Cyndy Etler (don’t lock them up)
- 2 year-old Lylah Koob's Death & Why (from the Safe Passage Report)
- Child Abuse and Child Protection Stories & Statistics Arizona & Arkansas
- 2 Year-Old Sophia O'Neill Death & Why (from the Safe Passage Investigative Report)
- International Rights of the Child Treaty (& why jails are full)
- Adoption & Foster Care In America – (their stories, your state)
- Impossible Questions & Painful Statistics
- CPS Intake Notes (what it's like from the inside)
- Politics & Children - A Zero Sum Game
- Arming Teachers/Shooting Students (advocating for less violence and a more civil society)
- MN Has 3rd Highest Sex Trafficking Cases in U.S.
- Best & Worst States For America's Children
- Childhood Trauma Is a War Injury: How ACEs Rewire the Brain and Fuel Crime
- Anna's Story (Transgender Youth Interview & Statistics)
- KARA Podcasts: Powerful Conversations About Interrupting and Ending Child Abuse
- The Real Cost of Child Maltreatment, CPS, and Recidivism
- Misconceptions About CPS and Child Welfare: What the Research Really Shows
- Invisible Children: The 200 Lives Lost in Child Protective Services
- Fear and Firing of Mandated Reporters (KARA podcast)
- Why America’s Child Protection System Is Failing—and How to Fix It
- How One Letter Saved a Child (KARA Podcast)
- When Is Child Abuse a Crime
- KARA Digital Toolkit: Free and Low Cost Tech for Traumatized Children and Teens
- How Foster Care and Group Homes Fail America’s Most Troubled Children
- How Alcohol, Drugs, and Poverty Drive Child Abuse: From Fetal Alcohol Syndrome to Criminal Neglect
- “Safety” at Home, Rape in Secret: The Long Shadow of Caregiver Sexual Abuse
- America’s Child Abuse Emergency: 546,000 Victims, 2,000 Deaths, and a System That Chooses This
- The War on Fosters: How America’s Foster Care System Fails Youth
- What School Counselors Can Do: Protect, Heal, and Empower Children
- Alex Miller’s Leadership Is Rebuilding Minnesota’s CASA Program
- Child Endangerment (Star Tribune "IN HARM'S WAY")
- Silent Crisis - Child Protection & Systemic Reform KARA Podcast
- Part 3: Scaling the "Minnesota Model" for Maximum ROI Impact
- All About Adverse Childhood Experiences: Trauma, Testing, And Resilience (podcast)
- Part 4 of 5: Why Early Childhood Investment Outperforms Remedial Spending
- Tip of the Mental Health Iceberg (podcast)
- Northeastern University Study on the Child Welfare Crisis With Projections
- Foster Child Self-Harm & Suicide June 2025
- What Teachers Can Do: Trauma‑Informed Classrooms and Child Protection
- Very Young Children, Suicide, and Abuse: What We, CPS, and Lawmakers Must Do
- In Custody, In Crisis (podcast episode #1)
- Why We Hide Child Abuse Data
- Recruiting Child Soldiers (yes, we do)
- Part 2: The Science Behind Early Childhood Returns (ROI)
- KARA's Plea For Children (a call to action)
- How Child Abuse and Trauma Sabotage Education, Public Health, and Public Safety
- Invisible Cost Child Abuse ACEs Healthcare Impact
- Extended Foster Care: Problems and Solutions (podcast #2 in foster care series)
- Deep Dive Into Northeastern University Child Welfare Crisis Research
- Part 5 of 5: Crime Dollar ROI From Early Childhood Programs
- Foster Care Mental Health Needs, Costs, and Facts for Minnesota & The Nation
- If You Live In MN You Should Do This
- International Rights of the Child Treaty (& why jails are full)
- State of Foster Care In America
- Family First & Child Neglect Studies and Reporting
- 2. How Colorado Hid Child Abuse Behind FAR Policy Changes (thank you Marie Cohen & Child Welfare Monitor)
- "Kids Are Slowly Being Neglected To Death" - Hennepin County Judge Jane Ranum (Thank You from the children in my caseload)
- The Foster Care Data We Don’t Track – And How This Hurts Children
- Adverse Childhood Experiences: Trauma, Testing, And Resilience (KARA podcast)
- Creating Local Events For Child Advocacy
- Child Sex Abuse & The Most Powerful Suicide Note Ever (Bill Zeller from 2011)
- Children Are Under Attack: How Federal Funding Cuts Are Dismantling Kids’ Lifelines
- Child Abuse & Prosecution in Texas: Kids, Courts, and a Broken System
- School Performance, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow & What To Do
- Sometimes People Get Shot
- How Missed Medical Red Flags Failed Baby Eli Hentges in Minnesota
- Essential Foster Care Videos and Podcasts: Powerful Resources for Foster Youth and Families
- What Foster Parents Can Do: Healing, Advocating, and Transforming Lives - 3
- Isabella's Story
- Numbers Too Big To Believe (the cost of untreated childhood trauma)
- A New Kind of Child Neglect
- KARA Deep Dive Research
- Minnesota’s new Supreme Court Council on Child Protection and Abuse Prevention
- Advocating for Child Protection in Everyday Life
- Federal Chafee Changes vs. Minnesota Reality: Are Foster Youth Getting What They Need?
- Family First & Child Neglect Studies and Reporting 2
- Where to Find the Best Child Abuse Data and Help for At Risk Kids
- Modern Slavery in the UK: How the Law Still Fails Children
- From Reporting to Preventing: Community Action for Child Abuse Prevention in Minnesota
- Foster Facts and Resources For Families: Healing, Advocating, and Saving Young Lives
- Cost Neutral Child Protection: The Deadly Lesson of Gabriel Fernandez
- “Illiteracy and Incarceration: What Ruben Rosario Got Right”
- Ethan’s Story: How Foster Care Failed a Traumatized Child
- Trauma Breathing for Kids: A Practical Toolkit for Caring Adults
- Child Abuse and the Domino Effect: Why Lawmakers Need Real Data
- Tracking Foster Youth Into Adulthood: What Leading States Already Know
- Best and Worst Hospitals For U.S. Children (Beckers Hospital Review)
- What Principals and Administrators Can Do to Keep Children Safe and Help Them Heal
- What Social Workers Can Do: Reclaiming Hope and Safety for At‑Risk Children
- One Safe Adult, One Stable Place: The Hidden Power of Stability for Children
- Why Minnesota’s Youngest Students Are Turning Violent: Childhood Trauma in K–3 Classrooms
- Five Daily Habits That Help Traumatized Children Feel Safe at Home
- National Volunteer Week: Why CASA/GAL Volunteers Matter for At‑Risk Kids in Minnesota
- What Foster Parents Can Do: Healing, Advocating, and Transforming Lives
- Children Watching War: The Hidden Trauma for Kids
- Support KARA’s Child Abuse Information Platform
- The Youngest Children Face the Highest Risk — And Many Deaths Aren’t Counted
- April and Preventing Child Abuse in a Time of Rising Risk
- CASA Volunteers & Child Abuse Prevention Month: Building Protective Factors for Children
- Cash vs. CPS: What $14 Million Really Buys
- Be a Tester: KARA’s Interactive Child Abuse Information Hub
- Hungry Like a Wolf
- Nation Out of Step: An Early Childhood Education Manifesto for 2026
- From Classrooms to Homeless Shelters: How Our Choices Hurt Children
- Pediatric Clinicians Needed to Guide KARA’s National Child Abuse Platform”
- What You Can Do Series - What Social Workers Can Do
- “What We Do to Our Children” Is What We Do to Our Future
- Missing Information: How Deleted Federal Data Blinds the Public
- When Your Anxiety Becomes Your Child’s Anxiety: What Parents of Traumatized Kids Need to Know
- Fosters and the Orphan Tax: How States Take Social Security from Foster Youth ________________________________________
- Why Teaching in America Is Harder: Poverty, Trauma, and Turnover vs. Northern Europe
- Child Abuse in America: Statistics Every Parent and Policymaker Should See
- America’s Child Protection Crisis: Last Week’s Most Alarming CPS Cases and Reforms
- LGBTQ Children, Even More Miserable Foster Care, and Suicide
- Growing KARA's International Child Abuse Hub To Amplify Children's Voices Worldwide
- What You Can Do Series - What Therapists Can Do
- Child Abuse, Foster Care, and Youth Self-Harm and Suicide
- The Physics of Child Protection in America
- A Closer Look At Child Fatality and Egregious Incident Reporting
- Smoke‑Free or Hooked for Life? Selling Nicotine to Children and Youth (w/videos)
- All Adults Are the Protectors of All Children (Don Shelby)
- What You Can Do Series - School Counselors Can Do
- Child Abuse Sad Stories & Statistics (1ST 45 days in 2026))
- Marketing Harmful Products to Children
- Education 2026 - Educating At Risk Children (what tomorrow looks like)
- In 2007, 23.2% Uruguay's 13 to 15 year-olds used tobacco products
- Essential Foster Care Videos and Podcasts: Powerful Resources for Foster Youth and Families
- The Quantum Mechanics of Childhood Abuse & Trauma
- INVISIBLE CHILDREN CAMPUS PROGRAM (Minnesota Colleges)
- COVID + ICE RAIDS Impacting America's Schools
- Texas Child Abuse Reporting
- Florida Child Abuse Reporting
- CASA Volunteers Are Coming Back: Why Minnesota Children Need Them
- Sweden vs United States: What Child Abuse Data Really Shows
- New Jersey Recent Child Abuse Death, Egregious Harm & Child Protection Issues
- LGBTQ Foster Care, Suicide, & Ground Truths (podcast #3 in KARA's foster care series)
- Minnesota’s Children and Federal Policy: Local Pain For Children From National Decisions
- Universal Rights Of The Child; All Talk No Action
- Habits and Needs of High ACEs Children
- Aaliya Goodwins Death & Why (podcast)
- Short Powerful Videos on Child Abuse Issues (20-30 seconds) - 2
- California Recent Child Abuse Death, Egregious Harm & Child Protection Issues
- Thank You for Being Part of the KARA Community
- Extended Foster Care: Problems and Solutions (podcast #2 in foster care series)
- Child Death and Public Non Disclosure (podcast)
- INVISIBLE CHILDREN (their stories) audiobook - listen free here
- Free and Discounted Resources for Foster Youth
- The Cost of Children Waiting for Their Voice In Court (Guardian ad Litem)
- Revisiting the Death Of Eric Dean (& where we are today)
- Child Abuse Statistics (and the best resources)
- Can Our Relationship Survive This Debate About Child Safety? - CPS reform and racism
- What You Can Do Series - School Boards
- Child Safety and MAAFPA Tensions
- He Carries His Passport Everywhere Now (from a Minneapolis Teacher)
- Child Death and Public Non Disclosure (podcast)
- Minnesota Family Preservation Law and Child Safety: When “Keep Families Together” Puts Children at Risk
- “Child Labor in Cocoa Farming in West Africa: How Chocolate Fuels Abuse—and How We Can Help
- Redefining Normalcy In Child Protection (from orphan trains to protection to ?)
- Direct & Collateral Damage of ICE Raids on Schools and Daycare
- The Multiple Meanings of Child Neglect in Law (& what it means to families)
- Deregulation & the Child Abuse Abolition Movement
- Holding the Line For Children In Need of Protection
- Deep Dive Into "Child Neglect" & CPS Deregulation
- Dissecting President Trump's Child Protection Executive Order (share this widely)
- Children & War Winter 2026
- Child Neglect & Substance Abuse Study
- Child Well-Being in the U.S. vs Other Rich Countries: Poverty, Mortality, and Violence
- Every State Has Child Death by Abuse/Neglect, Only a Few Make the News
- Balancing IP Rights and Children's Right to Health
- Happy New Year - 2026 Projections & Plans + Meet KARA People (short videos)
2025 · 135 articles
- MN Children, Institutions, and Politics
- Millions of Abused Children, 2 Powerful Programs, 1000's of Volunteers—and Little Public Awareness”
- WHY DO YOU GIVE?
- When Family Preservation and Deregulation Kill Children: Safe Passage Fatality Data
- What Happens if "Child Neglect" In Child Protective Services Is Removed or Diminished
- Weaponizing of Trump's Presidential Order
- Responding to Richard Wexler's Child Neglect Imprint News Article
- Christmas Wish From a Child Protection Worker
- Mental Health Video & Podcast Resources for Abused & Neglected Children & Trauma Survivors
- Free & Near Free Mental Health Resources For Abused Children & Trauma Survivors
- Enhancing Child Protection Awareness on Wikipedia: Cavendish University Uganda
- Free and Discounted Resources for Youth (+ Holiday Gifting)
- In Texas 2024, only 10 Children Died of Abuse (248 died of neglect)
- Child Protection Podcast Series (part 2)
- What Child Neglect Does (and how long it lasts)
- Why the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) Organization Is So Successful (calling all volunteers)
- Trump's Child Protection Order & "NEGLECT"
- Labor Laws (Netherlands) & Civil Rights For Children
- KARA's Resource Page & Future Collaborations
- International Child Abuse Reporting
- Supporting Local Nonprofits (how should you?) part 2
- Supporting Local Charities (why would you?)
- KARA Concerns About Trump’s Child Protection Order (short version)
- KARA Concerns About Trump's Child Protection Order (deep dive)
- Child Protection That Works Better
- Short, Powerful Social Worker Interview (Podcast)
- Why We Are Failing To Save At Risk Children
- What You Can Do Series - Foster Parents
- Why Saving CASA Matters: The Revival of Child Advocacy in Minnesota's Courts
- Minnesota Foster Resources
- The Netherlands Child Labour Due Diligence Act
- Fixing CPS - A Meaningful Conversation (35 Minute Podcast)
- Personal & National Level Child Advocacy (guest post)
- School Counselors & Why We Need Them
- Making Life More Miserable For the Most Vulnerable Children In America
- When Is Child Abuse a Crime ?
- Generous Entrepreneurs
- Foster Informed Resources (from Foster Advocates)
- Manner of Child Death Unknown (State by State)
- The Importance of Foster Youth Rights (find your State here)
- What Happened To Portia?
- Sad Stories About Child Abuse in America Today
- Egregious Child Death in America Today
- Top Child Abuse - Child Protection Podcast Series For Fall
- Ethan's Story
- Fixing a Public Health Emergency
- Child Abuse Sad Stories (4 days in October)
- Resilience in Black and White
- Isabella's Story
- CASA Volunteers Save Money (Multiple State Investigation Results)
- International Visitor Leadership Program & Guardian ad Litems (Leadership Series Part 4)
- No More Punishment Please
- The Value of Shared Information (share this with your State Representative)
- Child Endangerment (Star Tribune "IN HARM'S WAY")
- Child Friendly Models That Work Series (part 3)
- Domestic Violence to a Five Year Old (living in a house of terror)
- Part 2 CPS Models That Work & Models That Don’t
- KARA's Plea For Children (a call to action)
- Part 1 CPS Models That Work & Models That Don’t
- High Cost of Ignoring Childhood Trauma (Podcast)
- What's It Like Being A Foster Child In Child Protection? (podcast/video)
- What Makes a Good Guardian ad Litem Program Leader (part 3)
- America's Childhood Trauma and ACEs Impact (podcast)
- Recent Compelling Child Welfare League News
- What Makes a Good Guardian ad Litem Program Leader? (part 2)
- All About ACEs (Podcast)
- What Makes a Good Guardian ad Litem Program Leader? (part 1)
- Child Suicide Reporting July & August 2025
- Join KARA's Child Advocacy Team (& make your community's children safe)
- KARA is Unable to Directly Respond to Requests For Help.
- KARA UPDATES
- Podcast - What Happened to You? Understanding ACEs & Childhood Trauma
- All Adults Are the Protectors of All Children (Don Shelby)
- Terminating the CASA Volunteer GAL Program Will Cost Children's Lives and Taxpayers Money
- ACES Economic Burden on Healthcare (PODCAST)
- All Talk and No Action (podcast #2 in KARA's Child Welfare Series
- Things I Know at 77
- A Closer Look At Child Fatality and Egregious Incident Reporting
- Free and Discounted Resources for Foster Youth
- How Media Shapes Child Welfare Perception (#1 in KARA's Child Welfare Series)
- Struggles for Foster Care Children in Education (podcast #4 in Foster Series)
- KARA Nonprofit Fully Funded Programs
- The Assault on Child Protection Part 4 (Racial Disparity)
- The Assault on Child Protection PART 3 (what this will cost)
- The Assault on Child Protection - Part 2
- The Assault on Child Protection PART 1
- LGBTQ Foster Care, Suicide, & Ground Truths (podcast #3 in KARA's foster care series)
- Worker Bees Speaking Out
- Part 1: The Unmatched ROI of Early Childhood Programs
- What Child Protection Means in Minnesota (KARA Podcast)
- This year’s Budget, Bills, and Abused Children
- What Happened to Aaliya Goodwin (a KARA Podcast)
- A Win For Abused Children of Minnesota
- The Beatings Will Continue (KARA Podcast)
- Politics, Religion, and At-Risk Children
- MN Guardian ad Litem Program by the Numbers
- Numbers Too Big to Believe (KARA Podcast)
- Powerful Stories From The Atlantic Journal
- 8 Year-old Tayvion Davis (Podcast)
- Domestic Violence and Child Death at the Hands of Caregivers
- Other Perspectives Podcast
- It Can't Happen Here (Sally's Story - Podcast)
- Seeking Stories About Childhood Trauma
- KARA's Foster Care Podcast Series
- Vulnerabilities in the Foster Care System (podcast)
- Kids At Risk Action History
- The End Of Child Protection
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Links to Facts and Happenings in Child Protection and Public Health
- The Critical Need for Child Advocacy Centers (podcast)
- National CASA Federal Funding Terminated - Share this with your lawmakers
- Care Giver Retreat for MN Adoptive, Foster, & Kinship Caregivers
- Best and Worst Practices in Minnesota CPS (part 4 of 4)
- Best and Worst Practices in Minnesota CPS (part 3 of 4)
- Best and Worst Practices in Minnesota CPS (part 2 of 4)
- Best and Worst Practices in Minnesota CPS (part 1 of 4)
- Doing the Math in Child Protective Services (podcast)
- 77 Years of Child Abuse (podcast)
- Share these MN Child Friendly Bills With Your State Rep
- Be a Voice for MN Children at the Capital April 1 and 7
- Hidden Crisis of Child Abuse and Trauma During the COVID Lockdown KARA Podcast
- Be a Voice for MN Children at the Capital in April
- No More Punishment Please
- Ethan's Story
- What Happened To Portia?
- The Beatings Will Continue
- Parental Drug Use Killing Children in Pennsylvania at High Rates (investigative report)
- (CASA Guardian ad Litem) Be a Voice For Abused Children Where You Live
- There Is No Constituency For Abused & Neglected Children
- Child Death and Public Non Disclosure (thank you Marie Cohen)
- 77 Years of Child Abuse
- 200 Child Deaths In CPS Deserve To Be Recorded In CPS
- The War On Fosters
- Reckless & ill-Advised Public Policy For Endangered Children
- Tip of Children's Mental Health Iceberg
2024 · 65 articles
- 2025 - A Happier New Year For At Risk Children
- The Ghost of Christmas Past (the value of healthy children)
- Child Abuse Articles December 2024
- Suicide, Child Abuse and Christmas
- Thank You & Happy Holidays
- Management Not Fit For Purpose
- Child Abuse Sad Stories (4 days in November)
- Fosters, Grandparents & Thanksgiving Hunger
- Budget Surplus Fund For Children (how to make a Christmas Miracle)
- Why Children Need Mandated Reporters
- Realities of Mandated Reporting (why child abuse reporting is sporadic)
- Abolishing CPS Kills Children & Ruins Fosters
- COVIDs Impact on CPS, CASA volunteers, & Guardian ad Litem Staff
- Making CPS Work For Everyone part 1
- If I Only Had a Brain
- Child Abuse Investigations & Reforms
- Child Protection In America Today
- Expecting Different Results From Prison for Kids
- One Question KARA Survey
- KARA - CASA Google Ad Grant Initiative ($120,000 annually)
- Human Services - Beyond Crisis
- Child Welfare News Fall 2024 (compiled articles)
- America's Children In 100 Charts (draft preface)
- Don Samuels' Story (from KARA 2014 archives)
- Thank You Ann Ahlstrom (MN Guardian Ad Litem Board Chair)
- Schools, Child Suicide, Nurses, & COVID
- What Teachers Are Facing Today and Tomorrow
- AMERICA'S CHILDREN IN 100 CHARTS (read book draft)
- Fear and Firing of Mandated Reporters of Child Abuse
- Thank You Highland Banks
- Fetal Alcohol Births (and a very big policy change)
- Child Protection Intake Notes (through the eyes of a child)
- Recent Child Suicide and Self-Harm Articles Around the Nation
- KARA Presentation Janesville CASA (heart of the matter)
- Non-Transparency In Child Protective Services (find your state here)
- Parsing the Data (how child abuse impacts your community)
- Child Suicide - Quick Facts
- Minnesota Child Protection News May 2024
- KARA - CASA and Child Advocacy Support Program
- U.S. Child Welfare Articles May 8 & 9 2024 - (From the Children's Bureau)
- New Child Fatalities Database (thank you Safe Passage for Children of MN)
- MN Child Abuse Reporting April 1 - May 9 2024
- Send Your Senator a Message Today (Safe Passage For Children of MN)
- The Best Interest of Children
- CASA of Rock County's Break The Cycle Luncheon
- DATA WORTH HAVING (for making informed decisions)
- Keep Minnesota children safe in Child Protection
- Education in 2024 - Educating At Risk Children (what tomorrow looks like)
- Celebrating Minnesota's CASA Guardian Ad Litem Progress
- KARA - CASA Ad Grant Initiative ($120,000 annually)
- Thank you to the Edina Federated Women's Club!
- 200 Child Abuse Calls Each Day (76,000 calls / year)
- America's CHILDHOOD TRAUMA and ACES Impact
- KARA Videos on Child Abuse
- New Linked In Group For Volunteer CASAs & All Guardian ad Litem (interactive)
- Don't Leave It To the Professionals (thank you Naomi Schaefer Riley)
- Leadership and Child Protection
- Professionalism In Child Protection
- A COVID WAVE? (the double whammy of 2 years of ACEs on children and community)
- America's Crazy World of Child Protection (find your state here)
- Lies We Tell Ourselves About Child Sex Abuse
- HUGE NEWS: Former Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz Appointed to MN Guardian ad Litem Board
- A Courageous Vote! Thank You Minnesota Guardian ad Litem Board For Saving CASA Volunteer Program
- Saving Minnesota's Vulnerable Children
- Were Governor Walz State Board Members Misled About Volunteers (and what it could mean)?
2023 · 51 articles
- Thank You & Happy Holidays
- CASA MN Newsletter (Guardian ad Litem News & Updates)
- I Could Never Do What You're Doing (thank you Laurel Ferris & Women's Press)
- Have Governor Walz State Board members been mislead?
- Child Death, Employee Burnout & Guardian ad Litem Volunteers
- KARA Videos of the Week
- MN Children, Institutional Regression and Brain Surgery
- Rich Gehrman Rebuttal of MAD Volunteer Guardian ad Litem Report
- Save MN CASA Community Volunteers With Your Public Comment Today! (takes just a minute)
- Saving the MN CASA Volunteer Guardian ad Litem Program (1 easy important thing)
- Children & Gun Violence (as American as Apple Pie)
- Saying Goodbye to the CASA Guardian ad Litem Volunteer Program
- We're Doing It Again - Doubling Childhood Poverty
- Inside the Henn Cty Guardian Ad Litem Office Today
- Is Child Abuse a Crime (and why not?)
- Saying Goodbye to the CASA Guardian ad Litem Volunteer Program
- Child Protection Stories Wanted
- Hennepin County Child Well-being Advisory Committee Meeting Summary (with KARA notations)
- A short video
- Hospital Mental health services closing across America May 12 – June 16 2023
- Vulnerable, Abandoned Children. It's Who We Are.
- Rebuttal to Prior Post (rebuttals are encouraged)
- Minnesota Children Killed By Caregivers While Known to CPS (& how to stop it)
- Why Things Get Worse
- Striking Foster Care Articles & Policies (find your state here)
- 73% Increase in Suicide Attempts by Suicide 10-12 Year-Olds
- Visit KARA's INVISIBLE CHILDREN Conversation in St. Paul Next Week
- Saving the CASA Volunteer Community Guardian ad Litem Program
- 5 Month Old Aaliya Goodwin Death & Why From Safe Passage For Children Investigation
- Eli Hentges - 1 of 88 Stories of Child Death at the Hands of Caregivers
- 8 Year-Old Tayvion Davis Death & Why (from the Safe Passage Investigative Report)
- Child & Youth Suicides Feb 2023 (find your state here)
- If You Live In MN This Simple Act Can Help At Risk Children
- Alito's Story
- Do Kids Count? (it depends on where you live)
- Impossible Questions & Painful Statistics
- Safeguarding Gun Rights & Abortion vs. Safeguarding Children
- The Real World of Child Abuse (statistics)
- MN Child Fatalities From Safe Passages Reporting
- Math For Legislators (cost of youth crime) Part 1
- Statistics, Books, Videos & Articles of, by & About Fostered and Adopted Children
- Tracking Success (and Failure) in Child Protective Services
- Minnesota children killed due to maltreatment (NEWS RELEASE)
- 49 % of America's Black Youth Arrested Before Their 23rd Birthday (40% of White Youth)
- Grace's Story (Thank you ChildrensRights.org)
- Metrics of Minnesota's Child Protection (what does your state measure?)
- Policing Abused Children & How Not To
- Minnesota Child Fatalities (thank you Safe Passage for Children)
- Measuring What's Important
- Kids, Race & the Supreme Court
- Juveniles In Justice
2022 · 51 articles
- Year End Giving for KARA
- For Profit Youth Prisons
- Thank you Spire Credit Union, Highland Banks,Sunrise Banks and participating Rotaries
- Today's Tip of The Tip of Children's Mental Health Iceberg
- Pay It Forward
- Criminalizing Elementary School Children
- Juvenile Injustice In MN (thank you KARE 11)
- If You Knew (what would you do?)
- MN Child Abuse News Week of 11.30.22
- Let's Stop Counties Stealing Money From Foster Children
- Al McFarlane Conversation With Mike Tikkanen and Oliver Williams
- Fosters, Grandparents & Thanksgiving Hunger
- Childhood Trauma + Historical Trauma = Generational Trauma
- TRAUMA EMPOWERMENT (what I've learned)
- Give To the Max Day for KARA
- The Cost of Tough on Crime (in tax dollars and public safety)
- Tennessee’s Child Marriage Bill & Taliban Doctrine
- LGBTQ Foster Care & Ground Truths
- Saving Vulnerable Foster Children - Saving the Volunteer Guardian ad Litem Program
- If You Knew (what would you do?)
- Foster Care vs Dog Care (Reimbursements)
- 30.2 % of America's Youth Arrested Before Their 23rd Birthday (25% of us are state wards & special needs people)
- Is This About Child Protection or Something Else?
- When Hope Dies (child self harm & suicide part 2)
- When Hope Dies (child suicide & self harm - part 1)
- Happy GrandParent's Day (volunteering, kinship & raising a grandchild)
- If You Knew (what would you do?)
- Recent Child Welfare Articles & Statistics
- FREE COLLEGE FOR MN FOSTERS (Village Gathering Info Session 9.9.22)
- Self-Destructive Habits & Institutions (Professionalism – Part 5)
- Tasered and Tried as Adults
- What 1.3 Million Dollars Could Provide At Risk Children (Arianna-Hunziker Settlement)
- Self-Destructive Habits & Institutions (Guardian ad litem program in MN Today - PART 4)
- Self-Destructive Habits & Institutions (Predicting the future – Part 3)
- American Crime Costs & Statistics
- Support / Invite a KARA Initiative To Your Campus or Community
- Why Finland's Schools Outperform All Others
- Child Welfare Articles and Statistics For Week of 6.10.2022
- Financial Literacy GRANT & Training for Foster Youth (free)
- Removing 100's of Community Volunteers from Child Protection (why?)
- COVID & Child Abuse in Minnesota
- COVID-19 Impact on Child Welfare in Colorado
- April is Financial Literacy Month (Fostered/Adopted Youth Invited)
- COVID IMPACT ON AT RISK YOUTH
- Virtual Child Advocacy Week in MN (Making a difference quickly & effectively)
- Free Financial Literacy Program for MN's Fostered & Adopted Youth
- CHILD WELLBEING NEWS FEB 11-18 2022
- Other People's Children Are Not Society's Problem - Senator Ron Johnson
- Sex Trafficking & LGBTQ Children & Youth
- Child Trafficking: Singular Story and Global Perspective
- BY ANY MEASURE
2021 · 62 articles
- Child Rights, Religion & the United Nations Rights of the Child Treaty
- Domestic Violence Around the World
- Grace's Story (Thank you ChildrensRights.org)
- Financial Literacy - The Gift That Keeps on Giving
- Children Living & Dying As Martyrs to a Parents Religion
- I tried to kill myself in the third grade
- IT'S NOT A CRIME TO ABUSE YOUR CHILD
- Child Abuse Stories, Statistics & Politics In America Today
- Human Rights and the Psychotropic Medicating of Children
- Foster Care, Adoption & the Catholic Church
- Covid Related Youth Mental Health Crisis
- Why We Hate Lawsuits (Eric Dean’s grandmother sues county & social workers for his death)
- Helping Homeless Kids In Minnesota
- National Adoption Month (statistics, books, videos & articles of, by & about foster and adoptive children)
- Parental Rights & Child Wellbeing
- Child Protection Activists
- Arresting Sobbing Eight Year Old Children In Tennessee
- October Is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Minnesota Child Abuse + Child Protection (fall 2021)
- Foster Care Day Rates vs Dog Care Day Rates (it just doesn't seem right)
- It Can't Happen Here (Sally's Story)
- The School Safety Net
- KARA Is Unable to Respond To Requests For Child Protection Issues
- 58 Miles
- Mental Health Help
- CDC Charts Mental Health & Child Suicide Pre COVID
- Our Creeping Mental Health Crisis (& statistics)
- KARA Financial Literacy Program
- Recent Child Self-Harm & Suicide (state reporting summer 2021)
- Minnesota Child Protection (thank you Safe Passage for Children)
- Domestic Violence Report August 2021
- Domestic Violence Resource Guide (National & International - share this widely)
- MN Child Protection Reality Check (thank you Safe Passages for Children)
- Supporting Parents of Disabled Children (guest post)
- THE COST OF PUNISHING DAMAGED CHILDREN
- Child Welfare Information (find your state here)
- ACE Study, Crime & Ramsey County (reprinted from 2006)
- Self Destructive Habits & Institutions (CASA guardian ad litem program in MN Today)
- Pounding On At Risk Children
- Free Bikes For Kids Needs Help (to give away bikes)
- For Profit Youth Prisons & False Imprisonment
- Trauma & Child Self-Harm
- COVID Complicates the Mental Health of Traumatized Children
- Congratulations Rich Gehrman and Safe Passage For Minnesota Children
- Child Abuse News & Statistics In Your State
- Why Children Are Abused (chapter 3 overview)
- Juvenile Injustice, Race & the Supreme Court
- Children & Gun Violence (as American as Apple Pie)
- Post COVID Juvenile Justice Trends (Casey Foundation Surveys)
- Aged Out Foster Youth Urged To Return (new federal benefits)
- Draft KARA Book Chapter 1
- Child Abuse & the COVID Lockdown
- It's Inevitable (police shootings)
- The Calculus of COVID, Domestic Violence and Child Abuse
- Child Protection/Unassigned CASA Guardian ad Litem Cases
- A Marshall Plan For Traumatized Children Post COVID
- Collateral Damage - ACEs - Education - COVID
- We Are A Nation of Child Abusers
- Child Abuse & Soul Murder (chapter 2)
- Aging Out of Foster Care In the Time of COVID
- Havoc In Texas & Florida Child Protection Services
- Youth Worker Podcasts (thank you YIPA)
2020 · 69 articles
- Holiday Best Wishes To Everyone & the Best Foster Child Blogs
- Thank You & Happy Holidays
- Christmas for Adult Survivors of Child Abuse (NAASCA radio talk show)
- A Free & Powerful Mental Health Resource For Minnesota Children
- COVID Burnout; Health Care, Teachers, Law enforcement, Social workers & what we could do
- Tasered and Tried as Adults - Police Training, Resources & Courts Meet America's At Risk Children
- Good Bye David Strand - Founding KARA Board Member and Best Friend
- COVID & Child Suicide November 2020
- Lawsuits and the Death of Two Year Old Arianna Hunziker
- Schools Closed - What We Need to Know
- Goodbye Joe McCarthy - Founding KARA Board Member & Best Friend
- Winning the War Against At Risk Children (& saving our city)
- Children, Politics & Voting On Tuesday
- Restorative Justice - Veterans & Children (saves money and lives)
- New CDC Youth Data - STD's, Mental Health, Drug Use & Suicide
- Child Suicide Reporting (3 weeks ending 10.17.20)
- Fetal Alcohol Babies (FASD) & the Harm in Minimizing Realities
- Policing, COVID & Abused Children (share with your law enforcement contacts & save a child)
- International Child Well-Being 9.16 - 9.30 2020
- Children & The Supreme Court (from the Children's Defense Fund)
- Abused Children, COVID & Law enforcement
- Criminalizing Elementary School Children (policing our schools & punishment)
- What Child Abuse Looked Like in America Last Week (a snapshot)
- Police vs Social Worker and what happened to an autistic child when the wrong one showed up
- This Saturday (9.19.20) KARA's Twin Cities NonViolent Event (2pm)
- Signs That You Are a Mental Health Worker
- Kids At Risk Action August Update
- COVID Child Abuse Update for July - August 2020
- MN Foster Care During COVID
- Peter Hutchinson's School Fix Is Easy and Overdue (share this)
- MN Child Abuse/Child Protection Summer Update
- Facebook Replacing Mandated Reporters for Child Abuse?
- Minnesota Child Protection Stories, Statistics & COVID - June 2020
- Minnesota Child Protection Stories, Statistics & COVID - May 2020
- For New Mexico's At Risk Children - Life is Very Hard (find your state here)
- Domestic Violence Statistics, Covid & Child Abuse Trends June 2020
- Child Abuse, Covid & What We Know (stress and domestic violence)
- Policing Abused Children & Why It Can't Be Done
- Giving Voice to At Risk Children - it's easy
- Being a Voice For an Abused Child - CASA guardian ad Litems speak for the child
- COVID and Foster Care
- The Pandemic Impacting Child Abuse and Foster Care (state by state)
- Poverty, Structural Racism and Children (thank you Safe Passage for Children of MN)
- You're Hurting Me - Children Living In Toxic Homes During The Covid Lockdown (domestic violence statistics)
- Posts & Video From ACEs Connection (+trauma informed resources for Covid19)
- International Child Protection News for April 2020 (the COVID Impact)
- What's It Like?
- Violence Against Children & Covid19 – (it’s own pandemic) part IV
- Violence Against Children & Covid19 – (it’s own pandemic) part III
- Violence Against Children & Covid19 – (it’s own pandemic) part II
- Pandemic Weakening Child Protection Safeguards (thank you Safe Passage for Children of MN)
- Violence Against Children & Covid19 – (it’s own pandemic) part I
- Supporting People Doing the Work of Keeping Children & Workers Safe & Healthy
- Preventing Child Abuse During the Lockdown of Covid19
- Trauma-Informed Resources during COVID Quarantine (thank you ACES Connection)
- Foster Care News 2019
- A Critical Look At Foster Care
- MN At Risk Children News 2.28.20
- Tortured Twice In Louisiana; A Sad Abused Ten Year Old Boy Facing Prison For Escaping His Abuser
- Making Minnesota A Trauma Informed State (trauma informed resources during covid 19 quarantine)
- Child & LGBTQ Suicide & Self-Harm (stories, statistics & trauma informed resources)
- Beat Up, Dead & Prostituted - Kids In CA's, Florida's Privatized Foster Care & Juvenile Systems (videos)
- Domestic Violence to a Five Year Old (living in a house of terror)
- Child Homicides & A Week After Redlake (from 2005 - what's changed?)
- Join KARA Tuesday (January 21, 6pm) Think Again & Brooklyn Park Human Rights Forum
- International Child Protection Stories, Statistics & Articles January 2020
- Revisiting the Tragic Abusive Death Of Eric Dean (& the legal non requirement of "due care")
- KARA's Sad Stories, Statistics and Articles State By State & International
- A Christmas Gift From KARA
2019 · 65 articles
- Sad Stories Child Abuse - Child Death Articles & Statistics
- Early Education (return on investment)
- Thank You Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota
- Guardian ad-Litem Blogs & News
- Draft KARA TEDx Talk (14 minute video)
- Child Abuse & the LGBT Community
- Group Home's (the nightmare of mental health services for abused children)
- Minnesota's Children 2017 (compiled statistics, facts & stories)
- MN Child Abuse/Child Protection Articles, Statistics & Events 2019
- Contact Your Member of Congress Today (thank you Safe Passage For Children of MN)
- Invisible Children Around the World; Japan
- Speak For An Abused Child in Court (short video) WE NEED YOU!
- KARA & 4th Annual Law Enforcement & Social Services Conference
- CASA MN Trivia Night & Silent Auction (Oct 17)
- Minnesota Child Abuse & Child Protection Sept 2019
- Infant Death Stories & Statistics October 2019 (find your state here)
- Healthy Students - Healthy Schools
- Recent Stories, Statistics & Articles About Adoption & Foster Care
- Killing Your Parents is Against The Law
- The Cost of Saving Money
- American Crime Costs & Statistics
- It Didn't Start In a Vacuum (crime - impact & statistics)
- CASA Guardian Ad Litem Activity Around the Nation (where you live)
- The Data Is In - Child Abuse is a Public Health Crisis
- Wow - Thank You Amy and Friends
- Recent Foster Stories & Statistics
- INVISIBLE CHILDREN Book II - America's Public Health Crisis (why we should care)
- Hard to Watch; Immigration & Children as Political Footballs
- MN Mesabi Academy, St Cloud Group Home & Florida (privatized group homes in America)
- Be A Voice For a Child In Court (July 24th 630 pm refreshments served)
- Ensuring Children Will Die Lawsuit in Indiana (the other way of getting better public policy)
- Sad Stories June 2019 (III - child suicide)
- Taxes 2 Year Olds (what the feds know that we should)
- June Child Abuse 2019 (find your state here)
- KARA Needs Your Videos & Stories
- Be A Squeaky Wheel For Children
- FREE BIKES FOR KIDS (volunteers needed this coming Saturday)
- Blog Talk Radio Mike Tikkanen 7PM Friday
- Recent International Child Protection News
- Recent Child Suicide & Self-Harm Reporting & Statistics (Part III)
- KARA’s Top Stories The Week of 5.17.19
- Early Learning Scholarships (thank you Safe Passage for Children)
- Canada's Injustice to Indigenous Children (statistics & solutions)
- Child Abuse - Minnesota's Public Health Issue
- It's Enough To Make You Sick
- Advocacy For Children Day (3.28.19) Give Voice to Minnesota Children
- Preteen Moms & Why (stories & statistics)
- Trauma Awareness and Resilience Training in a Single Day
- What It's Like Outstate For At Risk Children - Ogema Today
- Mistaking Childhood Trauma for ADHD
- Minnesota's At Risk Children's News, Stories & Statistics Part II
- Minnesota's At Risk Children's News, Stories & Statistics Part I
- National Workshop On Adult & Juvenile Female Offenders
- Is There a House of Horrors Where You Live?
- USA, Give Children the Rights EVERY Other Nation Has
- International Child Well-Being (stories, statistics and videos)
- Helping Vulnerable MN Children; just a minute to send this message (thank you Safe PassageMN)
- Give A Child A Voice (save the date)
- Prevention - Early Intervention - thank you Safe Passage for Children of MN
- Recent Child Burns/Torture Reporting & Statistics
- Recent Child Suicide Reports & Statistics (part IV)
- Recent Child Suicide Reports & Statistics (part III)
- Recent Child Suicide Reports & Statistics (part II)
- Recent Child Suicide Reports & Statistics (part I)
- Recent Infant Abuse Death Reports & Statistics
2018 · 126 articles
- Recent Child Sex Abuse Reports & Statistics
- The Ghost Of Christmas Future
- Child Care Torture & Murder in MN (Safe Passage for MN Children)
- The Cost of Doing Nothing (happy holidays)
- Teachers Are People Too
- Teachers As First Responders
- California Child Protection Updates thru May 2017
- Going Backwards on Child Safety? (thank you Safe Passages for Children of MN)
- Almost 80 & Still Terrorized by Childhood Trauma
- Response to Our Friend Hector
- September 2018 Child Sex Abuse & Trafficking (I)
- Child Rape & Sex Trafficking - Church vs. Family (stories & statistics)
- Valuing Other People's Children
- Judge Kavanaugh, The Catholic Church, Statistics & Child Sex Abuse
- The Economics of Mental Illness (from KARA 2005)
- Child Abuse Death & Suicide August/September 2018 page 2 (sad stories)
- Child Abuse Death & Suicide August/September 2018 page 1 (sad stories)
- KARA Needs a Few Hours/Week Donated by a Volunteer Coordinator
- Drugging Children (August Sad Stories 2018)
- Taxes, Children & a Guardian ad Litem's Perspective
- August 2018 Sad Stories (child trafficking & sex abuse)
- National Suicide Prevention Month and Children
- Only Evil Governments Torture Other People's (Immigrant) Children
- TC NonViolent Event - Invisible Children September 25th
- How Church & State Bigotry Hurts Abused Children
- Catholic Charities of Boston vs. The Vatican (from 2012)
- Child Trauma and Abuse; A Quick Study & Resources
- July Child Sex Abuse/Child Trafficking (part 4)
- Medicating Very Young Children July 2018 (part 6)
- BE A Child's Voice In Court (learn about being a CASA guardian ad Litem (August 20th)
- Child Trauma and Torture Reporting for July 2018 (part 5)
- Child Welfare Survey Responses (thank you Safe Passage for Children of MN)
- Child Sex Abuse for July 2018 (part 4)
- July 2018 Child Abuse / Child Protection (part 3)
- National Center For Youth Law (highlights)
- Infant & Child Death July 2018 (part 2)
- July Domestic Violence & Violence Against Children (part 1)
- Part 2 Child Abuse & Trauma in America (Sarah Westall & Mike Tikkanen video interview)
- KARA Video Interview (compelling stories & perspectives)
- Articles, Stories & Statistics About Adoption and Foster Care for June 2018
- Child Abuse & the Developing Brain (thank you Sonya Sasser)
- Fixing MN's Broken Mental Health Systems (thank you Sue Abderholden)
- Child Burns, Torture and Trauma for June 2018
- An Important Survey About Child Welfare (thank you Safe Passage For MN Children)
- CASA Guardian ad Litem News for Summer 2018
- Reported Child Sex Abuse for June 2018
- Child Abuse & Child Protection for June 2018
- Speaker's Bio
- Child & Infant Death June 2018
- Domestic Violence & Violence Against Children for June 2018
- Child Welfare State By State for May 2018 (8)
- Child Death & Sex Abuse May 2018 (7) find your state here
- Criminalizing Mental Illness (statistics & stories)
- Child Trauma & Torture, May 2018, find your state here (6)
- Child Abuse & Child Protection May 2018 (5)
- Prozac, Poison & Children (May 2018)
- Domestic & International Violence Against Children (May 2018) 3
- Children at the Border "Torture; "extended exposure to violence and deprivation" (World Health Organization's definition of torture)
- YAY Teachers (running for office)
- Child Burns, Sex Abuse & Beatings May 2018 (find your state here) 1
- KARA TV Ignite a Nation Television Interview with Rabbi Eric Walker
- Child Welfare by State (statistics & news April 2018 (9) child death
- Live KARA Interview (join me - noon Central Time)
- Child Welfare by State (statistics & news April 2018 (8) neglect
- Child Welfare by State (statistics & news April 2018 (7) child sex abuse
- KARA Coastal Daybreak Radio Show (8 minutes)
- Child Welfare International April 2018 (6) violence against children
- Stealing Candy From Minnesota Babies (thank you Safe Passage for Children of MN)
- Abused Children’s Issues in the State Where You Live
- A great night of fun supporting a great cause
- Child Welfare by State (statistics & news April 2018 (5 - foster child)
- Child Welfare by State (statistics & news April 2018 (4)
- Minnesota's At Risk Children Stories and Statistics 2018
- Child Welfare by State (statistics & news April 2018 (2)
- Child Welfare by State (statistics & news April 2018 (1)
- Police & Lack of Coordination (thank you Safe Passage for Children)
- CASA Trivia Night & Silent Auction (May 31)
- Child Suicides - what's left unsaid
- Child Abuse & Trauma March 2018 (XI)
- Child Friendly / Less Friendly Candidates For Governor (thank you Safe Passage For Children MN)
- Child Well Being State by State March 2018 (X)
- Child Abuse, Death & Trauma March 2019 (IX)
- Child Abuse & Trauma State by State (March 2018) VIII
- What's a Well Trained Social Worker Worth?
- Child Abuse & Trauma (March 2018) VII
- Child Abuse & Well Being State by State March 2018 (VI)
- Death of 6 Year Old Justis Burland Arnett
- Child Well Being Statistics, Stories & Trauma March 2018 (V)
- Child Well Being & Child Abuse State by State (March 2018) IV
- International Visitor Leadership Program & Guardian ad Litems
- Child Protection & Volunteer Guardians ad Litems
- Tolerating Child Death in Minnesota (thank you Safe Passage for Children of MN)
- Child Well Being & Abandonment March 2018 (III)
- Child Well Being State By State March 2018 (II)
- Child Well Being & Trauma March 2018 (part I)
- Sad Stories Part VIII Feb 1-13 (child protection - find your state here)
- Sad Stories Part VII Feb 13-28 (child protection - find your state here)
- You're Six and On Your Own in the Court System (not having an advocate leaves abused children even more vulnerable)
- Sad Stories Feb 2018 Part VI (foster care stories and statistics)
- Sad Stories Feb 2018 Part V (child abuse and mental health)
- House of Horrors (not investigating child abuse = not caring for abused kids)
- Good Governance, Betsy DeVos & Education For the Rest of Us
- Child Abuse &Trauma - Oprah & Sixty Minutes
- Child Safety Legislation in MN (a small effort can make a big difference for abused children)
- Sad Stories Feb 2018 Part IV (child abuse & trauma articles and statistics)
- The Language of Child Abuse (& why it is critical)
- Prosecuting Legislators (can this work?)
- Sad Stories Feb 2018 Part III (child abuse articles, stories & statistics)
- Sad Stories Feb 2018 Part II (child abuse articles & statistics)
- Sad Stories Feb 2018 Part I (child abuse - child death stories & statistics)
- Faith Healing Child Death (more common than you think)
- A #ProtectChildrenToo Movement? (Thank You Safe Passage For Children of MN)
- Cry Me A River (but let's not change anything)
- January Sad Stories 2018 Part III
- Friends of Hennepin & Ramsey County Foster Children
- Expression (the suffering is immense - anonymous)
- January Sad Stories 2018 Part II
- Learn About Speaking For An Abused Child In Court (HELP Save a child - save the date - Thurs Feb 8th 630pm)
- January Sad Stories 2018 Part I (find your state here)
- Child Welfare Training Academy - A Great Resource (thank you U of M & Safe Passage for Children of MN)
- MN At Risk Children's News July - September 2017 (V)
- MN At Risk Children's News July - September 2017 (IV)
- MN At Risk Children's News July - September 2017 (III)
- MN At Risk Children's News July - September 2017 (II)
- Interrupting Child Abuse (1 Year Ago - thank you Commissioner Jan Callison & Star Tribune)
- MN At Risk Children's News July - September 2017 (I)
2017 · 121 articles
- International Child Protection News October thru December 2017
- Sad Stories December 2017 Part III (child abuse stories & articles from your state)
- December 2017 Sad Stories Part I (child abuse stories & articles from your state)
- December 2017 Sad Stories Part II (child abuse stories & articles from your state)
- Child Abuse Statistics (and the best resources)
- Child Abuse Statistics and Facts December 2017
- Children As Political Chips - how bad can this get?
- Child Abuse/Child Protection By the Numbers (Thank You Safe Passage for Children of MN)
- Safe Passage for Children of MN Advocacy (shining a light on at Minnesota's at risk children)
- November Sad Stories Part II (1000 stories)
- November Sad Stories Part I (find child abuse stories in your state here)
- America's Adoption Issues (300 new stories & articles)
- Speaker Mike Tikkanen
- A Governor's Discussion About The Politics Of Children - December 6th 4:30 (be there)
- Kids At Risk Action INVISIBLE CHILDREN College Program
- Statistics & Data About America's Abused Children
- Share Your Views On Child Protection (thank you Safe Passage for Children of MN)
- Sad Stories October 2017 Part II
- October Sad Stories 2017 Part I
- Critical Perspectives On Child Abuse (updated regularly - send KARA your insights)
- Foster Mom Charged With Breaking Bones of 7-Week Old Foster Boy (thank you Brandon Stahl & Star Tribune)
- A Note to Brandon Stahl & the Tribune (abused children still need you)
- Sesame Street Teaching Coping Skills & Trauma Healing
- International Child Protection News August & September 2017
- September Sad Stories 2017 Part II
- September Sad Stories 2017 Part I
- Traumatized Children - Nurturing vs. Punishment (Hooray Wisconsin)
- The Beatings Will Continue Until the Morale Improves (it's all your fault)
- Gun Violence & Children In Your State (8369) kids were killed or injured by gunfire in 2015)
- Bringing Transparency to Child Trauma & Abuse Ending Child Abuse Where You Live
- August Sad Stories Part II
- August Sad Stories Part I
- A Star Tribune Mistake (impacting millions of children each year)
- Snapshot of Child Abuse News Headlines August 2017 (thank you Eileen King & Child Justice)
- International Child Protection News June & July 2017
- Risky Child Protection Practices In MN Persist (thank you Safe Passage For Children MN)
- Minnesota's At Risk Children's News (first 6 months of 2017)
- The Problem With Accommodating Hate (& hateful people)
- Mental Health Service Calls Police & Health Care (thank you Minnetonka Officer Scott Marks & HCMC)
- The Best Article On Child Protective Services Ever (this is worth the read)
- KARA Radio Interview National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse (Bill Murray/Mike Tikkanen)
- Your Tax Dollars At Work (why profit driven schools fail our children)
- July 2017 Sad Stories Part II
- July Sad Stories Part I
- Your Tax Dollars At Work (child welfare vs. corporate welfare - who wins?)
- Resurgence Of Child Fatalities In Minnesota (thank you Safe Passage for Children of MN)
- June 2017 Sad Stories Part II
- Send KARA Links to Articles/Video, TV/Radio Shows About Child Abuse & Contact Us To Find Out More About This Exhibit
- Guardian ad-Litem Child Advocacy Learning Session (with treats)
- Minnesota At Risk Children's News June 2017
- June Sad Stories 2017 Part I
- A Brief History of Four Year Olds and Prozac
- Save the Date (CASA guardian ad Litem event) August 3rd 630 pm
- If We Only Knew
- High Hopes For Hennepin County's New Child Protection Model (keeping up with reports of abuse)
- CASA guardian ad-Litem News Feb Thru May 2017 Part III
- CASA guardian ad-Litem News Feb thru May 2017 Part II (be a voice for children)
- CASA guardian ad-Litem News Feb -May 2017 Part I
- International At Risk Children's News May 2017
- International At Risk Children's News April 2017
- May Sad Stories Part I
- Children Paying For Daycare
- May Sad Stories Part II
- Thank God For Lawyers, Lawsuits & the Star Tribune
- Minnesota Child Protection News April/May 2017
- Canada Child Protection & U.S.
- Advocating For Minnesota Children Right Now (thank you Safe Passage for Children)
- Tax Cuts To Children (thank you Safe Passage for Children of MN)
- Sad Stories April 2017 Part II
- Sad Stories April 2017 Part III
- Guardian ad Litem Volunteer Recognition Event - Could Not Have Been Better
- Call For Minnesota Children (pick up the phone - write something) PreK, school readiness, early learning, things kids need
- Sad Stories April 2017 Part I
- Florida Child Protection News for March 2017
- Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota (and how lawsuits help two year olds)
- Child Abuse - Numbers & Why They Matter (thank you Chris Serres & Star Tribune)
- International Child Protection News March 2017
- Invisible Children Around the World; United Kingdom
- Being A Mandated Reporter (and what it means)
- SAFE PASSAGE FOR CHILDREN MN (Federal audit of MN child welfare shows inadequate metrics, resources, quality assurance & training)
- Sad Stories March 2017 Part IV (child protection news from around the nation)
- Sad Stories March 2017 Part III
- Minnesota Child Protection News March 2017
- Wanting To Know (caring enough to know)
- Parental Leave In Canada & the Rest of the Industrialized World (be nice to your baby - 18 months)
- Sad Stories March 2017 Part II
- It Cant Happen Here
- Friends of KARA - A Favor (watch this video)
- March 2017 Sad Stories Part I
- Florida Child Protection News February 2017
- Child Death and County Transparency (not) From Safe Passage For Children MN
- Recent KARA Media
- Making America Safe & Happy Again (investing in people)
- International At Risk Children's News February 2017
- Minnesota Child Protection News January & February 2017
- February 2017 Sad Stories Part IV
- February 2017 Sad Stories (part III)
- Social Work (from the smartest person in the room - Dee Wilson from the Casey Foundation)
- Child Protection & PizzaGate KARA Interview (troubled children in a troubled society)
- Protecting Children From Bad Politics (a note from the Child Welfare League of America)
- What's Wrong With School Choice? (from GADFLYONTHEWALLBLOG)
- February Sad Stories Part II
- February Sad Stories 2017 Part I
- Black Children Matter (and child protection systems)
- Punishing Traumatized Children (the beatings will continue until the morale improves)
- International Child Protection News January 2017
- Serving Children (“What we do to our children, they will do to society”) Pliny 2400 years ago
- CASA Guardian ad-Litem News Around the Nation December 2016 -January 2017
- CASA Guardian ad-Litem News Around the Nation October/November 2016
- Support KARA Pages & Projects
- January 2017 Sad Stories Part II
- Donate Books For African Children (no better way to part with old friends)
- Florida Child Protection News for January 2017
- Compelling KARA Videos (3 & 4 Minutes each)
- Teaching In a Strange Land (mental health workers without training)
- January Sad Stories Part I (thru 1.13.17)
- Better Futures for Minnesota Children (from Safe Passage For Children MN)
- Dear Elementary School Teacher (I'm sorry for being such a problem)
- Body Memories - Why Child Sex Abuse Never Ends (letters from survivors and non survivors)
- Pennsylvania Child Protection News December 2016
- Minnesota 7 Year Old Dies as a Martyr to a Parents Religion
2016 · 140 articles
- December Sad Stories Part II
- Minnesota At Risk Children's News December 2016
- International Child Protection News December 2016
- Dear At Risk Kids Army (part of the plan for 2017)
- Transforming the System: A Call For Action
- Minnesota's Mental Health Problem (probably your state's mental health problem too)
- KARA Is Unable To Provide Services
- December 2016 Sad Stories Part 1
- Pennsylvania Child Protection News Sept - November 2016
- Minnesota At Risk Children's News November 2016
- International Child Protection News November 2016
- November 2016 Sad Stories Part II
- The Election & Children (from Safe Passages For Children of Minnesota)
- Minnesota At Risk Children's News October 2016
- Celebrating KARA’s New Website (check it out)
- November 2016 Sad Stories Part I
- 200,000 Youth Tried As Adults Each Year; Temple University
- Children’s Mental Health, Prozac and You (suicide & other self-harming behaviors)
- International Child Protection News October 2016
- Raise Your Voice For At Risk Children (Give to the Max Day November 17th)
- October Sad Stories Part II
- October Sad Stories Part I
- Go To Jail Go Directly To Jail (and be branded for life)
- Minnesota Child Protection Stories September 2016
- Unintended Consequences (KARA & abused children thank you Brandon Stahl & Star Tribune)
- CASA guardian ad-Litem News Around the Nation for September 2016
- International Child Protection News September 2016
- Child Abuse A National Overview (Sarah Westall Radio Show - Share This Widely)
- Speak For a Child October 26th at Hamline (Great People, Great Cause and Great FUN!)
- Child vs Family 2 (thank you safe passage for children of MN)
- September Sad Stories (part 1 through September 15)
- August 2016 Sad Stories (Part 3 through August 31)
- September Sad Stories Part II (through September 30)
- CASA guardian ad Litem News & Stories for August 2016
- Best ACEs Articles for August 2016
- Remembering Mark Proctor
- Minnesota Child Protection News August 2016
- Child Death & the Definition of Child Abuse (thank you Safe Passage for Children and DR Mark Hudson)
- Deliberate Burns Make Up 10 % of All Childhood Burn Cases
- Pennsylvania Child Protection News July & August 2016
- International Child Protection News August 2016
- Using Bibles In Defense of Child Abuse (not the Jesus I knew)
- Children Feeling Betrayed (thank you Safe Passage for Children & PBS)
- Children Locked Up in America (Radio Interview)
- Drugging Our Kids
- August Sad Stories 2016 (part II)
- Let Me Show You The Money
- Police Shootings & You and Me
- August Sad Stories (part 1)
- CASAMN October 26th Fundraiser (save the date & help us find sponsors)
- Important Child Protection News From Safe Passage For Children - Outside Review Needed
- CASA Guardian ad Litem News From Around the Nation July 2016
- We Are All Nuts (the costs and dangers of undertreating and ignoring mental health - thank you Star Tribune)
- MN Child Protection News July 2016
- International Child Protection News July 2016
- Minnesota’s Back Story; Treating Children’s Mental Health
- I’ll Be There Next Year Too (CASA Cares Golf Tournament for Foster Children)
- Best ACEs Articles for July 2016
- Why Schools Fail (another year of bad results)
- Let's Make Child Protection Great Again (thank you Safe Passage for Children)
- July 2016 Sad Stories Through July 15-29 (part 2)
- July 2016 Sad Stories (part 1)
- June 2016 Sad Stories (part 2)
- International Child Protection News June 2016
- CASA guardian ad-Litem News Around the Nation for June 2016
- Minnesota At Risk Children's News June 2016
- June 2016 Sad Stories (part 1)
- Pennsylvania Child Protection News May & June 2016
- A Wish List For At Risk Children
- CASA guardian ad-Litem News April & May 2016
- Gender Pay Gap & How it Relates to Child Well - Being (see where Minneapolis ranks)
- KARA Friend Dan Stewart & Go Corps
- I'm Not The Crazy One (20,000 one & two year old's on Prozac - now that's crazy)
- Minnesota's Mental Health Crisis (spot on reporting by our Star Tribune - Many Thanks)
- Texas Child Protection News For April
- New York Child Protection News April - May 2016
- May 2016 Sad Stories
- Minnesota Child Protection News April & May 2016
- Interviewing Abused Children in Front of Their Alleged Perpetrators Is Wrong (thank you Rich Gehrman & Safe Passage for Children)
- Federal Lawsuit Brought Against County in Suicidal Death of 6 Year Old Kendrea Johnson
- New Jersey Child Protection News October 2015 through April 2016
- Changing Laws (thank you Rich Gehrman and Safe Passage for Children)
- April 2016 Sad Stories
- MN Suicide – Child Suicide - What We Don’t Know
- KARA Readers Reminder
- Sad Stories California - March & April 2016
- The Teachers Dilemna (and what is not talked about in education)
- The Importance of Performance Measures (from Safe Passage for Children)
- ACES Connection (articles from April)
- Pennsylvania Child Protection News For March & April 2016
- Child Abuse & Child Protection Around the World (January 2015)
- Child Abuse & Child Protection Around the World (April 2016)
- Another Guardian ad-Litem Speaks (thank you David Strand)
- Yesterday's Child Protection News (state's & governments needing special scrutiny for failing their youngest citizens)
- Mental Health, Prozac, Holding Pens, Children & Sheriffs - (why nurses, teachers, social workers & foster / adoptive parents need to speak out)
- Colorado Child Protection New March 2016
- New York Child Protection News Feb - March 2016
- Child Sex, Child Mortality, Education, Prozac & Guns (how we value children)
- Reducing Child Fatalities (from Safe Passage for Children)
- CASA Guardian ad-Litem News Through March 2016
- More Actions You Can Take for At Risk Children (this is the week) From Think Small MN
- Vote For Minnesota's At Risk Youth Here (today)
- Trauma Informed States (how to make child protection, education & health care work for children)
- Child Protection in Arizona; 12,000 Cases Ignored For 60 Days or More
- Improving the Process of Child Protection & Saving LIves
- If You Don't Do This, Who Will? (children can't stop child abuse)
- Minnesota Child Protection News For March 2016
- March Sad Stories (2016 KARA reporting)
- Child Protection - What Needs To Change
- Pennsylvania Child Protection News For January & February 2016
- Eric Dean's Death (from Safe Passage for Children of MN)
- February Sad Stories (2016 KARA reporting)
- More Americans Killed By Toddlers With Guns Than Terrorists
- Recent MN Child Abuse In The News (would daycare or crisis nurseries have prevented these sad stories?)
- Child Protection and Appreciating Social Workers (we really should)
- CASA guardian ad-Litem News Around The Nation 1.1.16-2.13.16
- CASA guardian ad-Litem News Around The Nation 10.1.15 Through 12.31.15
- Progress & Next Steps in County Child Protection (thank you SafePassageForChildren)
- New York Child Protection News December 2015- January 2016
- Pennsylvania Child Protection News December 2015
- Think Again MN Feb 16 (includes KARA presentation)
- Public Records (the mystery of child abuse and child protection)
- Pennsylvania Child Protection News November 2015
- January Sad Stories (2016 KARA reporting)
- Mental Health Shortages, Sheriffs & Children
- Violence Against Children & Policing
- CASA MN News (help KARA find volunteer guardian ad-Litems for MN's abused children - share this)
- Important Information About Child Protection in MN (from Safe Passage For Children)
- The Administration That Poisoned the Children of Flint Michigan
- Child Death & Drugs (send KARA your stories)
- Talking About Gun Safety Is Now A Punishable Offense For Doctors & DHS (in some states)
- Minneminds Policy Principles For Early Learning & Child Protection Strategy Work Group Recommendations
- Children, Trauma & School (what's it like to teach tortured children?)
- America's Science Phobia Ravages Children
- Florida Child Protection News October 2015
- Recent MN Child Protecton Stories
- Pennsylvania Child Protection News Sept - Oct 2015
- Brandon Stahl Sets A Precedent For Excellence In Reporting (share this with your local newspaper - it could be repeatable & help children)
- KARA Presentation January 10th 10am St Paul
- 5 People / Week Accidentally Shot By Children (thank you Wayne LaPierre)
2015 · 139 articles
- Join KARA on Facebook
- December Sad Stories
- San Francisco Chronicle Article Rob Waters (it's been 10 years and not much has changed)
- Laurie Kusek Awarded Rotary's Highest Honor Given To A Non Rotarian (for her volunteer work with CASA MN)
- Thank You Canada (for your clear speaking about child protection)
- New York Child Protection News October - November 2015
- Babies, 2 year old's & Antipsychotic Medicines
- Newborns, Death and Drug Addiction (preventable deaths of drug-dependent babies)
- Minnesota Still Screening Out Twice the National Average of Child Abuse Reports (thank you Safe Passage for Children)
- Gun Safety - 18,270 Children Killed or Injured By Gunfire in 2010 - at least 200 have died by accidental gunfire since NewTown
- Bringing Child Trauma to National Policy
- Worthy Reader Questions
- Sad Stories November 2015
- What Do You Wish For Today?
- Child Protection Oversight Committee Meeting Nov 23rd
- A New Disease of the Wealthy & Powerful
- New Book Beginnings
- Safe Passage For Children Forum; Early Childhood Development & the Child Welfare System (11/23 6pm)
- ALERT For MN Child Protection - Rolling Back Child Protection Reforms (from Safe Passage for Children MN)
- CASA guardian ad-Litem News Around The Nation
- KARA's Website Is Now Mobile Friendly (the pesky pop up is gone)
- MN Child Protection Stories
- Help KARA Spread the Word - 3 Simple Things
- Sad Stories October 2015
- Nov 12 is Give To The Max Day - Make KARA Part of Your Year End Giving
- Institutional Argle Bargle - Paperwork vs Meaningful Relationships
- Join The KARA Conversation on Linked In
- What's It Like?
- Survivors Of Childhood Trauma Videos by Dr Vincent Felitti & ACES
- Brandon Stahl’s investigating and Safe Passage’s volunteers are changing lives
- Dirty Little Secrets
- Child Death and Child Abuse Articles (for September 2015 – find your state/country here)
- Minnetonka Pedestrian Safety at Plymouth Road near Byerly's
- Big Pharma vs. 5 Year Olds (and the loser is,)
- Thank You Prairie Care & Washburn Center For Children's Mental Health (the uphill battle in addressing children's mental health in Minnesota)
- Fines and Judgements For Child Protection Failures (millions of $ badly spent)
- Child Death and Child Abuse Articles (for August 2015 - find your state/country here)
- MN CASA Guardian ad-Litem Program Needs Volunteers (do you know someone?)
- The Power of Coping Skills & Life Without Them
- Imprisoned Judges & Police Officers In Pennsylvania (still sending innocent people to jail - by the thousands)
- How We Punish - And What It Does To Children & Our Community
- CASA guardian ad-Litem News (find your state here) August 2015
- Help KARA Build An Online Community That Learns & Speaks About Child Abuse & Child Protection (just 1 step - 1 minute)
- NO DEMAND, NO SUPPLY
- Child Death and Child Abuse Articles (for July 2015 - find your state/country here)
- Indiana Sued For Making Child Protection Almost Impossible
- All Talk & No Action - Do We Value Children or Just Talk About It?
- Dear Social Worker (a note from the Casey Foundation, KARA and Daniel)
- Make A Mess, the Pope's Message to Young People - but help us clean it up (Paraguay speech)
- Child Abuse by Judge In Michigan (9 year old jailed for failing to speak with violent wife beating father)
- Minnesota's Child Protection Problem ("the deeper you get into it, the worse it is" Hennepin County Commissioner Mike Opat)
- Mark your calendar for a Wine & Cheese Event
- Childhood Disrupted (the book)
- Child Abuse & Child Welfare Stories For June 2015
- Growing Up In America (do we value children?)
- Are You An Out of State KARA Follower?
- Want To Know More About the CASA guardian ad-Litem Program?
- Minnesota's Child Endangerment Model (from the Casey Report briefing for Hennepin County commissioners today)
- Grandparents; Counties & States Can’t Live With Them, Children Can’t Live Without Them.
- The Only Nation in the Developed World (American Exceptionalism)
- The Sadness Of Child Protection - 2 Year Old's Murdered by Caregivers
- Child Welfare News Through June 9, 2015 - Sad Stories - Glad Stories (15 days)
- To KARA Followers - KARA does not offer services
- Virginia Abandons Abused Children To Death (200 unanswered calls never reported)
- Child Protection News Gathered Nationally (find your state here)
- Standing In A Soviet Bread Line (thank you James Eli Shiffer)
- The Unspoken Truth (from Kristin Rode)
- Expanding KARA Board (seeking committed & talented people to accomplish our mission)
- Why CASA Guardian ad-Litem?
- Child Protection Stories Around the Nation (find your state here)
- KARA Child Abuse Reporting This Spring (March, April, May)
- Growing Up In Baltimore (it's really hard)
- Monday May 4th KARA Talk Roseville Rotary Noon
- NonProfit CPA Needed For KARA (will need to attend 2 Minneapolis area board meetings annually)
- Sherriff's For Pre K (save our children)
- 18 Months Old, Sexually Abused (allegedly) & Beaten To Death In Maplewood
- Without Understanding Core Issues, Better Answers Are Hard To Come By (or why legislators need more information to do their jobs well)
- CASA News Around the Nation for April (what do guardian ad-Litems do?)
- Mental Health - Connect The Dots (the hidden dangers of antidepressents and children)
- What's Wrong With Kansas Part II (how the state values its children)
- April Is National Child Abuse Awareness Month (use these posters to start the conversation)
- Child Protection - The Big Lie (don't blame the service providers - its the lawmakers)
- CASA News
- Help KARA Do Something About Drugging Foster Kids (invitation to action)
- Drugging Our Kids
- "Police & Sheriffs More Concerned About People's Mental Health Than Advocates Are" (thank you Senator Barb Goodwin)
- Minnesota's Chance To Invest In Children & Families (from Governor Mark Dayton's office)
- Cars With 3 Wheels (From Our Friends At Safe Passage For Children Of Minnesota)
- For The Record; Oklahoma's Response To Suspected Abuse Of Children In the Care of Human Services
- Where Bad Laws Come From (& why it's not fair to blame the worker bees)
- Psych Drugs Action Campaign (from the National Center for Youth Law)
- Four Year Key'Ontay Miller-Peterson Murdered - Two & Three Year Old's Starved (2 families reported by the Star Tribune today)
- Wow & Thank You For Supporting CASA Minnesota
- Join Me Tonight at Surly Brewing for CASA MN Auction & Fundraiser (it's gonna be great fun)
- Hiding Child Suicide Hurts Everyone (until it exists - nothing will change)
- Small Friday Favors (2)
- CASA guardian ad litem News Around The Nation (find your state here)
- SMART JUSTICE - Mental Health Police in Texas
- DR Felliti Explains The Effects of Child Sexual Abuse (read and listen)
- Sad Children Stories From February
- Important Points By Brandon Stahl (Star Tribune) Today On Pope County
- Beer, Music, Fabulous Trips (Africa/DisneyWorld) Join CASA MN March 9th at Surly Brewing 530pm (our annual fundraiser)
- 1% of U.S. Family Courts Are Safe Baby Courts
- Common books Symposium Century College (KARA 1 of 5 panel members) 2.25.15 10 am (free)
- Substance Abuse & the Cycle of Family Abuse (from Steps to Recovery)
- How We Treat Women and Children in America
- KARA Talk - March 1, Mike & Tiffini -Pilgrim House 10:15 Arden Hills
- Child Abuse - Trauma TED talk (the video)
- Beer, Music, Fabulous Trips (Africa/DisneyWorld) Join CASA MN March 9th at Surly Brewing 530pm (our annual fundraiser)
- KARA Conversation With A Minnesota Police Chief
- Nothing Just Fine About It
- Epigenetics & What It Means To A Child
- Maplewood Toddler Molested & Murdered (7th MN child death since Eric Dean's)
- Celebrate & Continue the Good Work of CASA Minnesota (March 9th 530 - Surly's Brewery)
- Official Launch of KARA's TPT/ Television Expose Fundraiser
- Being An Abused Child In America (the impact of language)
- News From Safe Passage For Children of Minnesota & The Child Protection Task Force
- Overwhelmed Child Protection Workers (redefining what is manageable)
- Are Class Action Lawsuits The Future For Child Protection? (Just filed in Arizona)
- Writers/Researchers Wanted (child protection information in your state)
- Join Kids At Risk Action On Facebook (& make change happen)
- Toddler Shoots Both Parents (becoming a commonplace event)
- Dear State Representative Lohmer
- Sad Stories; How America Values Its Children (a national disgrace)
- Conversation at ACEs Connection (We Are Paying For This)
- The State Of Child Protection in Texas (655 under-reported deaths of abused children)
- KARA Update & 2015 Children & Youth Issues Briefing Friday January 23rd
- Child Protection - Research - Transparency & Safe Passage For Children (Rich Gehrman)
- Child Abuse - Society Is Paying For This (Hank Marotske today's Star Tribune)
- Join Kids At Risk Action (Take Action)
- Child Protection, Kendrea Johnson & The Information War
- Falling Through the Cracks (NYTimes) 786 Children Die While in Child Protective Services
- Minneapolis 6 Year (Kendrea Johnson) Old Hangs Herself? (police left to ponder - I don't) Star Tribune Today
- Why Teachers Quit - 2 Perspectives (Finland & Harvard)
- Powerful Video Expose On Drugging 5 & 10 Year Old State Ward Children
- Minnesota Can Set A National Example Of How Child Protection Works (Bravo Task Force and Governor Dayton)
- Yesterday, Don Shelby, KARA & An Expose That Grows Awareness & Concern For Abused and Neglected Children
- KARA Presentation Sunday January 11th, 9:30 am, Holy Nativity Church New Hope
- Looking For CASA guardian ad-Litems To Help With Reporting On Children's Issues
2014 · 154 articles
- 2 Year Old Shoots Florida Mother To Death (more common than you think)
- On The Death Of 6 Year Old Kendrea Johnson (another perspective)
- Kids At Risk Action TV Interview Shorts (for the record)
- Nancy Zupfer Has It Right (Governor’s task force should represent children - not agencies and parents)
- Abused To Death While Child Protective Services Observed - 1000+ American Children in six years (AP report)
- Minneapolis Public Schools - Ready To Learn Has Real Meaning For At Risk Youth
- Is Minnesota Setting A "Great" Example For Dealing With Child Protection Issues?
- Support MN CASA Guardian ad-Litem Program (with a year end gift)
- Comment on Brandon Stahl’s Friday article on uninvestigated child sex abuse cases 12/5/14
- Child Death Reviews Thwarted in Edmonton (council chair quits in protest)
- It Happens Over and Over (profound child abuse - child death - inadequate reporting & response)
- Recent Mental Health Guidelines For Psychotropic Medications and Three Year Olds (I certainly don't like them)
- Dear Governor Dayton's Task Force On Child Protection (for the record)
- 7$ Child Daycare? (hint - gotta go north)
- 5 Worst States For Child Homelessness (35% of Mississippi Children Are Impoverished)
- We’re Number One (America leads the world in the wrong things)
- KARA’s Brandon Stahl Reader (compiled and annotated Star Tribune articles by Brandon Stahl on child abuse & child protection for the record)
- Child Abuse Stories Across the Nation
- Elephant In The Room (Mitch Pearlstein PAST Star Tribune)
- The Week In Toddlers Shooting People (Huffington Post Article)
- Send KARA Your Stories
- Child Protection News - Your State Here (Texas and Florida are tied once more)
- RECENT DOCUMENTARY INTERVIEWS (David Strand)
- RECENT DOCUMENTARY INTERVIEWS (Brandon Stahl)
- TPT/KARA Movie Trailer (2 minutes)
- Children and Youth, Front and Center (great child protection online resource)
- For The Record (Toni Carter's Comments on the Death Of Eric Dean + my response)
- Thank You Ruben Rosario
- Child Protection News (gathered nationally - find your state here)
- It's Worse In Texas
- Thank You Governor Dayton (shining a light on Minnesota's Child Protection system)
- Privatized Juvenile Prisons - Kids For Cash The Movie (watch the trailer)
- Eric Dean Is One Of Many (child protection is failing children in most states)
- Admitting I Have Problem Is The Hardest Part (thank you Brandon Stahl for identifying the problem)
- WCCO / KARA Radio Interview (Jordana Green Show)
- Changing A Bad Law (thank you Brandon Stahl & Star Tribune)
- Brandon Stahl Reports (reporting on the reporter)
- Another Avoidable Child Death
- Why Are So Many Six Year Olds On Prozac?
- Guardian ad-Litem News
- Almost Half The Children Dying From Abuse In Colorado Were In Or Known To Child Protection Workers (72 of 175)
- This Week's At Risk Children's News
- Founder of ACEsTooHigh and ACEsConnection Jane Stevens
- KARA -TPT Television Documentary Update
- What's The Difference? (and why we should care)
- The Most Important Child Friendly Sites of This Week
- This Week's Child Death Reporting
- Guardian ad Litems Exchanging Stories & Ideas
- About Women In Prison (most are primary caregivers, many lose their children forever)
- KARA tpt Progress Report
- Most Interesting Child Abuse Articles Of The Week
- Powerful Stories From The Atlantic Journal (here's a preview)
- We Could Do Better (lowest of the 38 states offering 4 year olds ECE)
- It Could Be Worse (Virginia screens out 83% of all child abuse complaints)
- New Video From Safe Passage For Children (it's a Wow)
- State Ward Children As Medical Guinea Pigs (or parents withholding medical treatment for religious reasons?)
- This Is Happening (KARA's Public TV Documentary Project)
- What Does America Have In Common With Oman & Papua New Guinea?
- CASA Guardian ad-Litem News (updates from around the nation)
- Brutal Truths and Worst Practices (America's injustice System)
- Listen To Invisible Children Book (for free)
- KARA Brooklyn Park Think Again Presentation, Pizza and Social - June 17, 6pm
- Child Welfare In The News (find your state here - some international)
- Tuesday, June 17 6pm KARA Brooklyn Park Think Again Presentation, Pizza, and Social
- Help KARA Accomplish Its Mission (volunteer & support our documentary project)
- Kilah's Law
- Celebrate Safe Passage Child Friendly Legislation Signed Into Law
- Fumbled Child Protection Warnings Cost Children Their LIves (thank you Brandon Stahl- Star Tribune)
- 10,000 Two and Three Year Olds On Psychotropic Meds (we will pay for this)
- Goodbye Friend Of Children Dennis Jay Schapiro
- MN Public TV / KARA Partnership (bringing attention to the issues of abused & neglected children)
- How America Treats Its Children
- Children In The News (update)
- Speaking For The Weakest & Most Vulnerable Among Us - Star Tribune Articles
- Listen To The INVISIBLE CHILDREN Book (better than talk radio)
- Another Happy CASA Story
- Great News For Colorado's At Risk Children (child abuse data is now public - people will become aware)
- Responding To Toni Carter's Star Tribune Article Yesterday (County Commissioner & Pres MN Assoc. of Counties)
- More Attention To Children's Issues (the only way to make their lives better)
- Snapshot On Florida's Child Protection System (or what's not working)
- Please Sign Our Petition For Safety, Education, & Health Care For MN Children
- Years Of Ignored Child Abuse In Arizona (why should we care?)
- This Week's News For At Risk Children
- Tip Of The Iceberg - Medicating Six Year Olds
- See No Evil - 90% Of Child Abuse Reports Screened Out In Minnesota Counties (Red Lake, Wilkin, LeSeur, Waseca)
- From Our Friends At Safe Passage For Children (today's Safe Passage message)
- CASA Guardian ad-Litem Distinctions (clarity on different kinds of guardian ad-Litems)
- In Defense Of People Doing The Work
- CASA Guardian ad-Litem Stories
- KARA Talk Monday Night In Stillwater (7pm)
- Help Wanted Volunteer Staff Writer (for Sad Stories and CASA pages)
- Making Children Whole (with the help of the community)
- Why Teachers Quit Teaching
- Thank You Safe Passage For Children
- Bad Day In The News For At Risk Children
- KARA TV Interview Mike & Tiffini
- Thank You Ruben Rosario (for today's powerful Pioneer Press article supporting our Invisible Children Petition)
- Suspending 3 Year Olds (race matters)
- Sign Our Petition For Child Rights, Safety, and Healthcare
- Beyond Capacity; Arizona's Child Protection System (not the only state)
- Last Night's Blog Talk Radio Interview With Bill Murray
- 477 Child Deaths In FL (preserving families but costing lives)
- Violence Against Children - A family Tradition (TEDx, Robbyn Peters Bennett)
- Spanking Babies & Jailing Juveniles (Linked In Conversation)
- Great Discussion On Privatized Foster Care In Georgia (Linked In)
- Join Our INVISIBLE CHILDREN Linked In Discussions
- Daycare In America (more sad stories)
- Here's Something Easy You Can Do To Improve The Lives Of At Risk Children
- It's How You Frame The Issue
- Single Mom Survival (most moving story on the web today)
- A Modest Proposal & The Kansas State House (special thanks to Jonathan Swift & Gail Finney)
- Comment Thread On The Child Beating Bill In Kansas
- Children In The News - read about your state here (thank you child welfare.gov)
- GOP Is Right; We Are Spending Too Much (because we invest too little)
- Safe Passage For Children Of MN (unintended consequences of legislation)
- Paranoid Golden Valley Residents Drive Children's Mental Health Services Out Of Town
- Another Screened Out Of Child Protection Baby Dies In MN
- Snakes In Guatemala vs Guns In America
- Best Videos From The ACE's Study (short & long)
- 70 Child Abuse Deaths In California's Child Protection System
- Faith Healing & Another Child Death In Philadelphia
- Hitting Children & Leaving Bruises On Kansas Children Could Be The Law Next Session
- Another Failed State (no protection from child rape and no foster parents in Montana)
- Childhood Trauma & Psychosis (another study; University of Liverpool)
- For The Record - Minneapolis Arrests 44% Of Its Black Adult Male Population (2001 was not that long ago)
- Drilling For Mass Murder & Arming Teachers Institutionalizes Fear and Insanity In Our Schools (please stop)
- Abused and Neglected Children's News (thank you Child Welfare In The News)
- Euthanizing Children (the right to die)
- Beaten Child Verdict $166M In NJ The Largest Ever
- Support Safe Passage For Children (abuse continues when it is not investigated)
- In Whose Best Interest (MN courts returned this child to an abusive father 6 times)
- INVISIBLE CHILDREN Book Accepted Into Public Library Today
- KARA's New Website (Thank You August Johnston)
- A Glimmer Of Hope (push for preschool)
- Inside AZ Child Protection Politics
- KARA planning a course for Continuing Legal Ed; For the attorneys, how many of you would consider attending?
- Growing Up In An Abusive Home (the ACE study) Dr Felitti
- The Race To Incarcerate Women (this does not bode well for children)
- Child Abuse In Your State (recent news from across the nation - thank you Child Welfare in the News)
- Send A Message For Early Learning In MN (only 9% of MN kids get early learning scholarships today)
- Florida, The Land Of Oranges & Prosecuting 14 Year Olds As Adults (sentenced to 70 years - for robbery)
- Executing Nine Year Olds (the best TED talk ever - or why I like lawyers)
- The Gift Of A Good Start (the one thing I like about the military)
- Outcomes - Not Reorganization - Safe Passages For Children
- Eliminating Child Protection Services In Arizona (will its replacement save the children?)
- Autism; From My Cousin (Thank You Debbie)
- Land Of The Free?
- Safe Passage For Children Of MN
- California Children's Report Card
- Register For Beyond Consequences Training & Support MN Adopt
- A Fantastic TED Talk (learn a whole new perspective on healing)
- Child & Family Advocacy (a new resource)
- What We Can Learn From Kentucky (kinship rules)
- Improving State Child Protection Systems In 2014 (whatever it takes)
2013 · 115 articles
- Email Glitch On Wednesday Dec 18 (has been fixed)
- Punishing The Mentally Ill (Minnesota is not alone)
- Bad Day In The News For Children In Need Of Protection
- What Makes Us So Mean? (just wait til you're in diapers)
- Hana's Story
- Pope Blasts Capitalism
- 6000 Child Abuse Cases Not Examined In Arizona (putting AZ in 48th place for child well being)
- Thank You Critical Thinking Club Of Minnetonka
- Big Pharma - Who Do We Blame?
- How We Treat Children
- Children's Survival Network (watch this)
- The Science Of Neglect (Harvard University 6 Minute Video)
- KARA's Rare Annual Request
- It Has Always Been Hard For Poor Children
- KARA Invisible Children Presentation Saturday Nov 23, 10AM Minnetonka
- Join Me & CASAMN Nov 15, 6-930 For Silent Auction, Great Food & Wine Tasting
- What We Think Of Children In America
- Crisis Nurseries & Colleges
- Important News From Safe Passage For Children
- Join Us - Corks For CASA, Nov 15th 6 - 930 Wine Tasting, Hors d'oeuvres, & Silent Auction
- Let's Start The Conversation
- Mental Health Public Policy - Seeking Your Input
- Tracking America's Most At Risk Children (through the media, the states & CASA)
- Reading Test Scores & Prison Populations
- KARA's June Presentation to the DFL Education Foundation (video - 20 minutes)
- Century College Luncheon Series KARA Talk (video - 20 minutes)
- Pope Francis Has Joined Our Cause (yea for the Catholic Church)
- I Wish You'd Never Been Born & Other Adverse Childhood Experiences (Videos)
- Zero Kids Waiting September Newsletter
- Child Sexual Abuse, Alcohol, & Help
- Schools Criminalizing American Children
- Support Safe Passage For Children - Children Are Not Burgers
- Thank You Century College
- America’s Amazingly False Answers To Mental Health Issues
- November 15th, Friday Evening - Save The Date For CASA MN Annual Fun & Fundraiser
- Century College Luncheon Speaker Series - Kids At Risk Action Sept 11th
- CASA & GUARDIAN AD - LITEM NEWS (for August)
- CHILD WELFARE NEWS STATE BY STATE (for August)
- Fetal Alcohol Update (from Safe Passage For Children)
- Sept 11th, Century College Luncheon Speaker Series - Mike Tikkanen INVISIBLE CHILDREN
- Committed To Children's Issues - Aitkin DFL
- Massachusetts Child Abuse Up - 30% Fewer Petitions To Remove Children From Abusive Homes
- Punishing Mental Health Problems With Horrid Juvenile Justice; In Many States, This Is The Rule, Not The Exception
- Child Welfare In The News (find your state - nation here) 100+ articles
- Anoka MN - Saying Yes To Childhood Obesity & Smoking (not great public policy)
- More Daycare & Crisis Nurseries = Fewer Tortured & Murdered Babies
- Thank God For The Teaching Militia (arming Arkansas teachers)
- Making It Happen - Safe Passage For Children
- The Accountability Gap in Child Protection (Thank you Safe Passage For Children)
- Criminalizing The Reporting Of Sex Crimes Against Children (Vatican City News) KARA Reporting Mistake (fake news source)
- Mental Health & Education (thank you Star Tribune for this honest conversation)
- Reporting Maltreatment Of Children; How Minnesota Does It (State Statute - 626.556)
- Riverside CA, 6 Investigations - Case Workers Find The Abuse Allegations "Unfounded" (but the 8 year old boy is dead)
- Zero Kids Waiting (lifelong nurturing families for children needing permanency)
- Justice For Children In Atlanta Is Suffering Under Judge John Goger
- A Big Step For Mental Health In Minnesota (and hopefully your state next)
- Sex With Children Not A Serious Crime In South Carolina
- Children Of The Incarcerated; Collateral Damage
- Repeal The Decision to Aware Elizondo Custody Of His Child; Sign This Petition
- It Can't Happen Here
- How Things Get Worse
- Join The PeaceMaker Walk in the South St. Paul Parade Friday, June 28th 6pm
- Most Recent KARA Presentation (video)
- Minnesota's Gaps & Mitch Pearlstein's Room Full Of Elephants
- From Finland; Babies In Boxes
- Stone Arch Foundation Audio Presentation - 30 minutes + questions (recorded by iDream.tv)
- Twin Cities Marathon & CASA MN (a great combination)
- Connect To CASA's (Court Appointed Special Advocate's) Around The Nation (300)
- San Francisco: 1 in 3 Gay School Youth Attempt Suicide & 1 in 2 Transgender Students (Center for Disease Control)
- Kids At Risk Action Discussion Saturday, June 8, 8 - 930am Gardens of Salonica Restaurant, Minneapolis
- CASA guardian ad-Litem News From Around The Nation
- Religious Freedom In Philadelphia Kills 2 Young children (4 years apart, same home)
- Stone Arch Discussion Group KARA Discussion June 8th 8 - 9:30
- Mental Health Month (we all have nutsey behaviors - let's talk about it)
- Camp Out For Essex County CASA
- Bill Murray Stop Child Abuse Now Radio Interview
- How To Sell Guns To Five Year Old's (yes we do)
- Judges Jailing Children For Money In America (yes it happens)
- CASA Clarification - Mike's Mistake
- State of MN Falls Behind In Abuse Inquiries
- American Exceptionalism; Child Daycare
- More Cheating Fallout From the NCLB Tragedy (DC Schools This Time)
- Texas Wins Again (Criminalizing 300,000 students / year)
- A Different War On Drugs (fought by children)
- Magic Potions For Children
- Tracking America's Most At Risk Children (Weekly)
- The Institution of Abusing Children In Georgia
- PTSD & Abused Children
- KARA's Minnesota Friends of Children Please Support Bill Number SF 704/HF 1106
- The State Of Child Protection In America Today
- Protect Children In the Justice System
- Zero Kids Waiting
- Need Your Stories (video) For Documentary
- Note To InvisibleChildren Readers
- A New Standard For Disaster; Tennessee (802 child deaths in 2011)
- Failed To Death In Colorado and Minnesota (thank you Denver Post)
- 4569 Children Hospitalized Due To Abuse In 2006 (Kids Inpatient Database)
- America's Child Abuse Problem the worst record in the industrialized world (from Child Help)
- Supporting America's Economy With Bigger Prisons & Longer Sentencing (thank you Jonathan Swift)
- Another Sad Truth For Troubled Children
- CASA guardian ad-Litem News From Around The Nation
- Bigger Armies & More Wars - Why Americans Hate Children
- Child Abuse And The Most Important Public Health Study Ever
- Tracking America's Most At Risk Children (Compiled)
- Total Disaster In Tennessee (NV, TN, CA, & TX in Trouble Too) Disappearing Watchdogs Around the Nation
- Note To Disaffected Readers
- Guns and Children In Florida (it's not guns that kill people) It's Bad Laws About Guns
- New York Saves $666 per State Ward Child (Destroying Children & An Important CASA Program)
- A KARA Guide To Understanding Texas Approach To Education
- WatchThis
- Learn About CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) Here; Videos
- CASAMN Silent Auction & Fundraiser Great Fun & A Big Success (our first annual)
- America: 20 Times More Gun Homicides Than The Rest Of The Developed World
- Protect Our Kids Act Passed By Congress (with tiny funding; 2M)
- Planned Evacuation Routes, Teachers Packing Heat (what's next, Uzi's?)
2012 · 103 articles
- Better Record Keeping & Higher Standards For Tracking Child Maltreatment & Protection
- Healing Through Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy (or, things I stole from the Surviving Spirit Website)
- Child Welfare Policies That U.S. Shun; A Note From David Strand (share this with your state rep)
- Join Me For A Grand Time & A Great Cause At the CASA MInnesota Auction & Wine Tasting Fundraiser (January 10th)
- Reducing Violence Against Children; Protect Our Kids Act (contact your senator today)
- Focus On Texas, California, & Florida Child Welfare
- Pounding On Children (the beatings continue)
- Our Only Hope For A Safe, Livable America; Talking About Mental Health
- CASA Minnesota Wine Tasting & Silent Auction For a Great Cause (Stop By & Say Hi - January 10th, Buy Your Ticket Today)
- Children Living Under Bridges
- Bastards; How Yesterday’s Rejection Of The Disabilities Treaty Damages America’s Children
- Thank You Houston Texan Receiver Andre Johnson
- Another Asset For Protecting Children; The Law
- CASA Guardian ad-Litem January 10th Wine Tasting Fund Raiser
- Promoting Prisons As Public Policy
- A Response To Harsh & Unfair Comments Made By Unhappy Readers
- Domestic Violence Through A Five Year Old's Eyes
- Make Sure All Minnesota Children Have A Loving Home
- Following Up On The 7 Year Old Foster Boy That Hung Himself & Left An Anti-Prozac Note
- According To The Numbers, Child Abuse In MN; Safe Passage For Children
- Defining Democracy By How It Treats A State Ward Child
- America The Beautiful (unless you're born an at risk child)
- A Law Late In Coming, Not Enough, But Glad It's Here (Thank You Governor Mark Dayton)
- Abused Children In MN
- CASA Fundraiser Date Change (Save the Date - Auction Items Needed)
- Indiana Update (current child protection news - thanks again Mitch Daniels)
- A Great Minnesota Network: Minnesota Adoption Resource Network
- AARP vs. Five Year Olds (Abandoning America's Children)
- Arkansas Politics; Death Penalty For Rebellious Children, Charlie Fuqua & His Bible
- What David Brooks Didn’t Say
- Speaking From The Heart In Reno
- Washoe County Nevada CASA Recognition Dinner Weds Sept 19th Keynote Speaker Mike Tikkanen
- Great CASA story
- Cruel & False Savings Are Cheating America’s Abused & Neglected Children (again)
- When Submitting Comments The Use Of Names Can Be Problematic
- Best Interests Of The Child; ICWA, Politics, & Media
- Everything Seems To Be Wrong With Them; The Other America
- Indiana's At Risk Children & Governor Mitch Daniels;
- Get The Word Out For Invisible Children
- August 27, 2012 CASA “Speaking From the Heart” Recognition Dinner Press Release:
- Today's Grand Magazine Radio Interview Cancelled - it will be rescheduled
- Art Rolnick Ted Talk Video; Federal Reserve Bank Study (Highest Return On The Tax Dollar - At Risk Children)
- School Starts Soon Be Glad It Does; Uneducated Citizens Value Football, Beer, & Reality Shows Above Safe Streets, Healthy Children, or a Functioning Democracy
- Upcoming KARA events; 1) Live Radio Interview 8.22, 2pm Central Time
- National Grandparents Day September 9th & A Great Day To Recognize All Grandparent Caregivers
- Destroying Child Protection Records In Iowa, A Better Iowa For Children?
- Mass Psychosis in the U.S – Important Insights Into Big Pharma, Psychotropics, & Children
- Little Is Known About Deaths & Serious Injuries To Children In America
- A Note From The Children's Defense Fund
- CASA MN Annual Fundraising Dinner (Items For Auction Needed) You Are Invited
- The Cost Of Ignoring Reality
- Michael Swanson, Jeff Weise, James Holmes, Virginia Tech; Tons of Avoidable Pain
- Free Printed Book With Each Audiobook Order (thru 8.15.12)
- Twin Citites Marathon - Late Registration Supporting Guardian ad-Litem CASAMN
- The Holocaust of Innocence Tour and Documentary
- Bringing Heart & Meaning To Child Protection; CASA Florida Nixes The Ten Foot Pole Rule
- A Note On Paxil, Wellbutrin, Avandia & GlaxoSmithKline's Paying Kickbacks to Doctors & Treating Children With Unapproved Psychotropic Medications
- Texas Children Being Thrown Into the River by the Tens of Thousands
- Court Rules American Children Will No Longer Be Incarcerated For Life (& we recently quit executing juveniles)
- What’s Wrong With New Jersey’s Half Way Houses Is What’s Wrong With America; The Illusion That Privatizing Social Services Saves Money Or Provides Social Services.
- Being A Child Protection Worker In AZ
- Making Big Money With Abused & Neglected Children; Mississippi Has The Plan
- Child Well Being Minnesota
- Goodbye Ron Mahla
- Louisiana Children Don’t Stand A Chance.
- Not Enough
- ACE Study Highlights
- This Doesn't Change What's Wrong In Kentucky (and elsewhere) For Abused & Neglected Children
- Children Murdered In Kentucky, Governor Beshear Hides The Evidence
- 2 Videos That You Can Use To Support Abused & Neglected Children
- Guardian Ad-Litem News From Around The Nation
- A MN guardian ad-Litem speaks to Montana about child abuse.
- Good-By CASA?
- New ACE Study DVD 3 Minute Preview:
- From Child Welfare In The News
- Child Trauma Academy Newsletter
- Institutional Bullying & Suicide; Bishop Gene Robinson
- It Can't Happen Here
- Guardian ad-Litem Training
- The Commonality Of Child Sex Abuse
- The State Of American Schools (& Stop Blaming Teachers)
- The Laws We Live By
- Stop The Rape & Abuse of America’s Children - Get Involved In Invisible Children's Mission
- Child Abuse & The Most Powerful Suicide Note Ever
- Bad Teacher, It's All Your Fault
- Thank You Judge Kevin Burke
- Shout Out To Mitch Daniels & the YMCA Volunteers With Special Needs Kids I saw this morning.
- National Center For Youth Law
- Sports, & Entertainment Vs Children, Education, & Public Safety
- Save Enormous Downstream Costs (Listen Carefully To David Strand's Advice)
- Lying To Ourselves About Caring, Children, & Religion
- Thank You Colorado Springs Gazette For Your Excellent Child Protection Reporting
- It Can't Happen Here (it Does happen here)
- Adoptees Have Answers - Best Org Ever
- Giving Voice To Abused & Neglected Children At Private Schools
- Race To The Bottom, Untrained Social Workers, Over Work & More Dead & Suffering Children In Indiana
- America; The Worst Child Abuse Record In The Industrialized World
- 43 Child Deaths Due Policy Violations In Colorado Social Services
- Project Unbreakable
- Growing Up Inner City
- Rights Of The Child
- Note To Invisible Children Followers
- How Politics Impact America's Children
2011 · 42 articles
- It Costs Way Less To Hire & Train Social Workers;$68 Million Settlement Proposed for 10 Children Fraudulently Adopted and Abused
- Yesterday Was A Bad Day For At Risk Children In Minneapolis; 11 year old boy stabs his dad after repeated beatings & abuse;
- Fewer Families Adopting In Denver (Agency Closing After 22 Years)
- Blog Talk Radio Interview With Bill Murray; Stop Child Abuse Now
- Stop Child Abuse Now Radio Show Interview;
- Race To The Bottom
- Penn State, Child Rape, & Suicide— Child Sex Abuse Is Not Just Another Crime
- Penn State, Child Abuse, You and Me.
- Support The Guardian Ad-Litem Program For Abused & Neglected Children
- Fix Texas For Children; Remove Judge William Adams
- A Call To Action; The System Will Succeed When The Public & Private Sectors Work Together
- Occupy Wall Street For America's Children
- Thank You Indiana
- Mike's Next Keynote Talk; Indiana Foster Care & Adoption
- Nebraska's Privatized Child & Family Welfare Collapse
- Save Cristian Fernanedez 12 Years Old Sign the MoveOn Petition
- Supporting Children, Supporting Caregivers;
- A Civil Rights Issue?
- World's Best Foster Child Blog
- How Bad Is It?
- I Never Know
- Reading & Math Proficiency Or Else…
- The Floggings Will Continue Until The Test Scores Improve
- Military Suicides & Child Abuse; A Growing Problem
- Coming To Your State Soon? "A culture of fear, intimidation, & retaliation"
- JOIN US FOR THE 4th NATIONAL GRANDRALLY September 15th In Washington DC
- The Boy Who Died Locked In A Cage After 12 Visits From Indiana DCS
- Child Rights & Safety; Advanced Nation or Emerging Nation?
- Child Abuse; A Public Health Crisis
- 202 Minnesota Child Deaths Examined (over half were under three & shaken or beaten to death)
- What's It Gonna Take? Judge Lucy Wieland Is Dead Right
- David's Question For Liberals & Conservatives
- Hope Comes From Caring People
- Joe Biden, Rape, Teachers & Social Workers; A Common Thread
- He Would Wander The Streets With His Dog Looking For His Mother When He Was A Boy; Abandoned As An Infant - Executed at 37
- Abused & Neglected Children Impacting Schools, Courts & Communities; What Works - What doesn't
- The Scandal Of Medicating Very Young Children In Child Protection Systems
- The Crime Of Prosecuting 10 Year Olds As Adults
- Autism, Child Protection, & Insurance; Texas could save 2Billion$ by treating autistic children
- Child Abuse, Child Mortality, Hating vs. Caring
- Children and Government
- America's Children, Mental Health, Addiction, Medication
2010 · 116 articles
- Adoptees Have Answers Online Forum
- Child Abuse Death; Every Child Matters
- New Federal Report; Drop In Child Abuse? I Don't Believe It
- How To Behave In A Failing System
- America By Heart
- 75% Of Inmates Are Illiterate (19% are completely illiterate) Ruben Rosario
- More About Four & Seven Year Old Suicides, Prozac & A Veterans Day Message
- Files Released On Foster Teen Who Committed Suicide
- The Heart Of Child Protection Services
- After Traumatic Event, Early Intervention Reduces Odds of PTSD in Children by 73 Percent
- A Great Rally for Children In MN (Thanks Amy)
- Across Ages, Youth Substance Abuse & Programs That Work
- We're Number 1, & that's not good…
- Raised By The Courts, A Judge’s Insight Into Juvenile Justice
- 254 Children, 220,000 Crimes, 12 Months
- Rally To Restore Sanity
- Spread the word!
- Cancellation of a Successful Education Program
- How Can We Raise The Profile Of Children's Issues?
- Abuse That Lasts Forever, Erin's Law
- Children's Rally 10-10-10 Give Voice To Children's Issues
- Response to Star Tribune Article
- Quality Of Life
- Back To School & In Support of Education
- Really Good Child Advocacy Links
- Attitude Adjustment; Children Count
- International Symposium on Human Nature and Early Experience at Notre Dame
- Amy Klobuchar's Adoptive Families Act
- Practical Strategies for Helping Troubled Adopted Children with Complex Histories: Focus On Anger Issues with Dr. Richard J. Delaney
- Accentuate The Positive; Child-Parent Centers
- Voting For Children
- Counterpoint To Yesterday's Post
- The Evolution of CASA volunteering
- Citizen Review Panels Advocating For Abused & Neglected Children
- What Oklahoma Will Show The Nation
- Art Rolnick & Pliny, Friends of Children
- Tip Of The Iceberg; Abused Children Dying Due To County Backlogs
- Better Guidance Urgently Needed For Doctors In Child Protection Cases, Say Experts
- Big Nursery School Debate in Sweden
- The State of Child Welfare
- How Can We Better Serve Abused And Neglected Children?
- Adoptees Have Answers Summer Event
- Advanced or Stupid? It's How You Frame It.
- Can't Make This Stuff Up
- Mad At The Wrong People (throwing baby out with bathwater again)
- Adoptees Have Answers New Website Launch
- America's Children, Mental Health, & Society
- http://www.orphantrainridersofminnesota.com/
- Invisible Children Audiobook & ebook Without Charge
- Organized For Children In Canada
- Kids For Cash, Privatizing Punishment, What Could Be More Wrong?
- The Consequences of Media Concentrating On Negative Child Protection & Adoption
- Drugs Without Therapy Is Ineffective & Can Be Dangerous
- Educating America, Help Build KARA's PSA Program For Abused & Neglected Children
- The Impact of Trauma and Neglect on the Developing Child: Focus on Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
- This Weeks Important At Risk Youth News
- Safe Passage For Children
- Deeper Questions About 7 Year Old Russian Boy
- Adoptees Have Answers…and lots of questions
- Mental Health, Drug & Alcohol Abuse Programs Don't Cost They Save
- How To Improve A Child Protection System
- Breaking The Cycle Of Abuse
- April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
- The Importance of DayCare, DC, LA,
- National Child Protection Training Center
- What Have We Come To?
- The Volunteer Spirit
- Abused & Neglected Children Around The Nation
- Education Is The Engine of Progress & Prosperity
- Abandoning Abandoned Children
- International Women's Day March 7
- Abusing Children At Home & In School - The Life Of An Abused Child
- Ireland Implements guardian ad-Litem Program
- Acting Like A Responsible Adult Part II
- Acting Like A Responsible Adult
- Ruben Rosario on Victor Vieth's Dream of Ending Child Abuse
- Books Not Yet Written
- Children's Health Trends
- A Modest Proposal, or If Children Could Riot
- Day Care In America, NY v MN
- Someplace Where We Can Be A Family
- Civil Justice, Mental Health, Children, Education, & Politics
- Health & Human Services In Minnesota (Largest Share of Budget Cuts)
- Kansas Losing Health Care For 40,000 Children
- Blaming Social Workers When Children Die
- CASA Comments On This May Not Be The Case
- The Impact Of Tampering With Georgia's Student's Test Results
- Juvenile Injustice - Mental Health
- More Volunteers Needed For Children In Court System
- Keeping At-Risk Students In High School
- ChildHelp.org
- A Million Haitian Orphans
- California's Child Protection Problems Grow
- Australia Begins National Child Care Standards
- This May Not Be The Case
- Be A Part of Reforming America's Child Protection System
- Cutting Early Childhood Programs Is Expensive and Ruins Lives
- 20% of Western Australia Child Abuse is Sex Abuse
- Bringing Attention to Child Abuse Deaths
- Voices For Children Foundation Announces Their 2010 Be A Voice Feel the Magic Gala with Special Cirque Du Soleil Performers
- How Americans Respond To Child Abuse
- Georgia Child Protection: Too Many Children Too Few Resources
- Spending On Children
- Connect for Kids Child Advocacy 360
- Friends of Texas vs Friends of Children
- Crimes Against Children Study New Hampshire University:
- A Program Worth Repeating
- The Evidence Is In
- National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse
- Texas Blog Sequel
- Michigan: 16% Confirmed Increase in Child Abuse & Neglect Cases
- Texas & Alaska Politics Trash Children Openly
- Child Well Being Network (a model)
- Financial and Family Stress Linked to Child Maltreatment in Rural Areas
- Growing Up In America
- Prevent Child Abuse Wyoming to Close
2009 · 44 articles
- Minnesota Matters Radio Show Link
- Join Our Network & Online Discussion
- 150,000 Children Tried As Adults Each Year
- New York, Meet Missouri
- America's Families (From Grief Speaks)
- Addressing PTSD In At Risk Children
- Cut Off A Nose to Spite A Child's Face
- Another State Abandons Children & A Most Effective Program
- Unmaking At Risk Children
- Ruben Rosario: Rising Toll of Child Abuse Deaths Reaquires Attention & Action
- A Sad Way of Righting Wrongs
- Epidemic
- An Uplifting Day
- Another Concerned Grandmother
- Summer Is No Vacation For Abused Kids
- Setting the Wrong Kind of Record
- How You Frame the Issue
- Make No Small Plans for Minnesota Children
- AARP and CASA
- COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES (CASA)
- FEATURED GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM WASHTENAW COUNTY
- 18 Month Old Dies After a Dozen Calls To Child Abuse Hotline
- Abandoned, Abandoned Again Then Tasered - What's Next For At Risk Youth?
- Toddler found submerged in St. Paul bathtub dies
- 14 police calls to foster home led up to near-death
- Nevada Pays for Lost 2 Year Old Foster Child
- Tennessee's High Infant Death Rate
- Minnesota; Let Them Eat New Stadium
- DCF: More Florida Parents Taking Their Money Troubles Out On Kids
- Amy Sherman's Blog for Florida's At Risk Children
- No More Child Advocacy In Much of Illinois
- California's Growing Child Protection Problem
- Study: Early Therapy Can Save Teens From Depression
- Tip Of The Iceberg
- Minnesota Reading Corps
- Not My Role Model
- FORGOTTEN CHILDREN RALLY STATE CAPITAL
- Wisconsin officials have agreed to an aggressive new plan aimed at fixing persistent problems
- Kids At Risk Action's YouTube Video Channel
- Ruben Rosario: Immigration Raids Traumatize Children
- A Grim Truth About Big Pharma
- Mike Tikkanen Speaker
- Mike's Next Speaking Engagements
- MN Early Childhood Summit Speech David Lawrence
2008 · 13 articles
- Healthier Children = Safer & Happier Communities
- A Rough Day in the News
- Review of Our Century College Forum
- Conservative family values are a fraud
- PTSD study of abused children
- Another CASA volunteer voice
- Brutal Truths and Best Practices Forum
- In Whose Best Interest?
- What We Do To Our Children, They will Do To Us
- From Child Protection to Soldier
- Yes, We Do Know
- California Dreaming
- Economics 101
2007 · 7 articles
- Defining Institutions by What they Create
- By Definition
- Speak Up For Children
- Saving Ourselves From the Next Virginia Tech
- Everybody Wins
- Lawmaking
- Day Care; The Bargain
2006 · 17 articles
- God Save Our Pets
- Children's Defense Fund Training
- Hardworking People - Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota
- Another Sad Letter
- Moving
- Call To Justice Forum June 28th
- Art and Development in Abandoned Children
- Improving Attachment
- Wellness and Child Abuse
- Economic Security
- The Longest Day
- The Christian Spirit
- Talking About It
- Another Day in Family Court
- Worth Reprinting
- Rebuilding Our Schools
- Policy Making
2005 · 29 articles
- Ember Reichgott Jung's Radio Show
- Missouri Model
- Is Undertreatment of Mental Health Counter-Productive?
- guardian conference
- 100 Years of Juvenile Justice
- A Myth That Will Bring Down America
- A Public Unconscious
- Perspective
- Child Summit
- Saving Money Saving Children
- Grand Rally
- Shortsighted Culture
- Hibbing, MN Daily Tribune -Article and Review
- Wish List for Abandoned Children
- A Finished Book
- Dear Judge John
- Torture vs. Child Abuse
- Mental Health Issues
- Intelligent Design
- Post Memorial Day blog
- Abused Children and Crime
- Tasers and School Children
- Unhappy Schools
- What we do to our children
- A Normal Kid
- Back on the Drugs
- Crime and Justice & a Great Sadness
- Reality Training
- The Value of Healthy Children
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