Keep the Fizz for Philly Kids

  Arguments Against Soda Tax are All Flat In response to a 2015 landslide voter referendum in support of a tax on sweetened beverages, the Mayor and City Council passed the levy that pays for more than 5,000 children to attend pre-k, completed upgrades to 48 city...

Getting the rug pulled out from under them

  Schools Forced to Make Due with Less Sometimes local reporting gets to the heart of an issue. Evan Brandt, the intrepid Pottstown Mercury journalist, wrote a compelling article on education funding that gets right to the point. Here is an excerpt of his full...

Who Cares for the Caretaker?

  When Parents Lead, Families Thrive Young people are facing a mental health crisis but what about parents who are caring heavy mental and emotional loads? In 2024, the U.S. Surgeon General issued the advisory Parents Under Pressure, highlighting that parents are...

Was it ever about Tylenol?

  The Autism-Tylenol Link is Hard to Swallow The Presidential uproar about Tylenol is all growl and no bite. Think about it. Finally, America’s top dog puts the cause of autism front and center and, instead of solutions, advances baseless claims that offers...

Help Is Not On The Way – Let’s Fix That

Help is Not on the Way – Let’s Fix That Imagine a dentist telling a child they won’t treat a cavity until several of the kid’s teeth have fallen out. It would be absurd. Doctors treat ailments without hesitation – unless, sadly, a child’s ailment is mental...

Waving the White Flag

WAVING THE WHITE FLAG Earlier this week, the Trump Administration signaled its new purpose for the only federal agency focused on children, the Office of Children and Families. Their revised vision is framed as “…embracing the fundamental principle that the best...