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Apr72024

International Rights of the Child VS. Child Rights In America

All Posts from Kids at Risk Action, CASA, GAL and Child Protection, Children's Rights, Juvenile + Criminal Justice, Mikes Favorite Posts, Reporting and News - International

Over 25 years ago the rest of the world (194 nations) decided that children have basic human rights and begin signing the International Rights of the Child Treaty. Under this document, children are to have the rights to education, safety and well being including not to be made soldiers, not to be enslaved). America is the only nation that has yet to ratify it.

America is the only nation that has not signed that agreement, largely because we still demand that southern states continue to militarize youth as young as eleven, through military schools.

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Jan262024

What’s It Like For Troubled Teens Where You Live?

Aces and Trauma, All Posts from Kids at Risk Action, CASA, GAL and Child Protection, Juvenile + Criminal Justice, Reporting and News - MN Specific

What’s it like to be a CASA guardian ad Litem (child protection worker) unable to find safe housing and mental health services for the 14-year-old struggling foster boy in your caseload? This child’s self-harming and violent behaviors could change if there was help to manage behaviors triggered by childhood traumas. These children can go on…

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Jan242024

International Rights of the Child Treaty (& why jails are full)

All Posts from Kids at Risk Action, CASA, GAL and Child Protection, Children's Rights, Juvenile + Criminal Justice, Mikes Favorite Posts, Reporting and News - International

Over 25 years ago the rest of the world (194 nations) decided that children have basic human rights and begin signing the International Rights of the Child Treaty. Under this document, children are to have the rights to education, safety and well being including not to be made soldiers, not to be enslaved).

America is the only nation that has not signed that agreement, largely because we still demand that southern states continue to militarize youth as young as eleven, through military schools.

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Nov302023

American Crime Costs & Statistics

All Posts from Kids at Risk Action, Gun Violence and Control, Juvenile + Criminal Justice

If the medical community,

Children’s Defense Fund

and former MN Supreme Court

Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz

are right,

the vast majority of crime in America

is the result of what happened to that person as a child.

LEARN THE COSTS OF CRIME IN AMERICA TODAY

The U.S. has the highest rate of incarceration of

any nation on earth with:

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Jun152023

Metrics That Matter (and those that don’t)

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Metrics are the heart of the matter. Measuring the wrong things wastes money, makes failure likely and problems fester…

Tracking, recording and making available meaningful information shines a light on what’s working and failing – The opposite is continued darkness…

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Jun12023

AMERICA’S CHILDREN IN 100 CHARTS (book draft)

All Posts from Kids at Risk Action, Child Abuse and Deaths, Child Protection, Featured Articles, Juvenile + Criminal Justice, KARA News and Events, Mental Health + Over Medication, Reporting and News - US Based

This is a book about childhood trauma, its impact on children and the impact traumatized youth are having on our communities and society. It is a guide to seeing and dealing with the most critical issues and causes of abuse, and solutions.

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Apr112023

What’s It Like For Troubled Teens in Minnesota?

Aces and Trauma, All Posts from Kids at Risk Action, CASA, GAL and Child Protection, Juvenile + Criminal Justice, Reporting and News - MN Specific

What’s it like to be a CASA guardian ad Litem (child protection worker) unable to find safe housing and mental health services for the 14-year-old struggling foster boy in your caseload? His self-harming and violent behaviors could change if he had help to manage childhood traumas. He could go on to lead a productive life.…

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Apr72023

Expecting Different Results From Prison for Kids

All Posts from Kids at Risk Action, Gun Violence and Control, Juvenile + Criminal Justice, Mental Health + Over Medication, Reporting and News - MN Specific

MN A.G. Keith Ellison’s response to the public outcry for punishment is normal (And that’s a shame).  Our need for punishment over restorative justice is the American way. We don’t care if charging children and youth as adults brings more crime and recidivism.

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Feb272023

Police vs Social Worker (when the wrong one shows up)

Aces and Trauma, All Posts from Kids at Risk Action, Juvenile + Criminal Justice, Mental Health + Over Medication, Reporting and News - MN Specific

People suffering from untreated mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed in interactions with law enforcement. Recently in Utah, a 13-year-old boy with autism was shot several times by police after his mother dialed 911 to request help as her son was experiencing a mental breakdown.

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