The importance of advocacy and support for children and families who come from disadvantaged circumstances or populations cannot be underestimated. How difficult it must be for many of them to even begin to imagine what a future with these three principles would look like in their own lives. I think of children who are not having their most basic needs met in their homes, children who are living with domestic violence, chronic abuse or addiction and children who may have escaped these situations and are now trying to heal from their trauma. As we approach this Fourth of July holiday, I have been reflecting on our nation’s founding principles, namely the ideal that each person has the “unalienable right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” The sad reality is that for children in abusive or neglectful situations, the ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness may seem unimaginable and unattainable.
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