US children are 80 percent more likely to die before adulthood than children in peer nations. Causes range from lax gun laws to privatized health care. What connects them is a corrosive culture of individualism that makes child safety parents’ private business.
Locally, Oklahoma DHS did not report a teen missing from a group home missing for THREE WEEKS. She turned up dead. I knew kids who ran away from their group homes to get medical care.
And with all the states banning abortion now, there are going to be even more unwanted kids in the foster system. It fucking sucks.