Your Contributions in Action – Nov 29, 2024

  READ WHAT YOUR SUPPORT MADE POSSIBLE THIS YEAR All of us at Children First hope you enjoyed a happy and healthy Thanksgiving yesterday! You were in mind as we celebrated with friends and family and reflected on those in our life we’re thankful for. Thanks...

A Frightening Deja Vu – Nov 22, 2024

  WE MUST KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER Amy Kobeta, Communications Director at Children First, lived in Phoenix, Arizona when a harsh anti-immigrant law passed. She wrote this piece. Trump’s cruel promise to indiscriminately round up immigrants poses a real and present...

Victory for Kids in Some Elections – Nov 15, 2024

  POLITICS: IT’S LOCAL AND IT’S PERSONAL While the pundits pour over every detail of the election outcomes, they’re overlooking an important development: voters embraced kid-friendly state initiatives! Voters from the Alaskan wilderness, the Great...

Sheltering Kids from Political Fallout – Nov 8, 2024

  CHILDREN MUST NOT BE ELECTION CASUALTIES The newly elected 47th president laid his cards on the table this campaign season, plainly telling voters what he wants to do once in office. What he plans to do is dreadful. Let’s start with the stated Trump objective...

Your Vote Decides – Nov 1, 2024

  ELECTIONS MATTER  Only four more days until the frenzy of the campaign season comes to an end, especially in PA where the presidential candidates and their high-profile surrogates have been going nonstop to get our votes. We’ll all breathe a sigh of...

A Move to Make Things Right – Oct 25, 2024

  THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW, RIGHT?  For too long, the “lock ’em up” mentality ruled, and children who crossed the law were locked up in facilities that offered little teaching and lots of trauma. In addition to widespread physical and sexual...