Summer Hunger Has Parents Feeling Relief — and Guilt — That Free Lunches at School Are Back in Session
When it comes to food insecurity, it’s certain lawmakers, not parents, who should be feeling guilty.
With Support from Parents, Providers Closed Down Their Centers for National Day of Action
Thousands of parents, providers and grassroots organizers led more than 50 grassroots events in 27 states + Washington D.C. across the country on May 9, a national #DayWithoutChildCare.
What My Immigrant Parents – Frontline Nurses from the Philippines – Gave up and Built Back
Video fellow Maris Medina shares her family’s immigration story and the resilient love her parents shared to build a legacy for her and her sister.
Florida Parents Distressed About School Reopening
While Florida’s coronavirus infections continue to rise, the Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran issued an Emergency Order mandating all schools to reopen in the fall. To date, Florida has one…
Child care is a critical support for working parents
Portia Powell, a single mom of three and an office manager at a mental health facility in North Carolina, was challenged with finding child care when the outbreak caused her…
Separating children from parents continues America’s painful history of criminalizing immigrants
Toddlers crying after they are torn from their parents’ arms. Mothers, sitting in chainmail cages, using foil blankets for warmth. A father who committed suicide after being separated from his…
Separating children from parents is cruel, no matter your stand on immigration
Last year, I spent an evening with immigrant youth from Homestead, a city and major agricultural area of south Florida. While there, I attended a workshop facilitated by Miami-based interdisciplinary…
The food stamp problem parents don’t talk about
Originally published on SheKnows. I only recently stopped buying foods for my 8-year-old daughter that list ingredients I don’t recognize. For half of her life, when I went shopping, I…
A Holiday Without Your Parents
Many US children will spend this holiday season without a parent. Why? Because they have a parent who isn’t a US citizen and has been deported. From 2010-2012 about 23%…
Republican-led States Dash Hopes of Bridging The Summer Hunger Gap
Any parent like me knows that any leader who would take away food from children isn’t one that supports family values.