Comments on: A Lost Story About Protection of Children and Creatures http://themoderatevoice.com/26690/a-lost-story-about-protection-of-children-and-creatures/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 20:15:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Jillmz http://themoderatevoice.com/26690/a-lost-story-about-protection-of-children-and-creatures/comment-page-1/#comment-174002 Jillmz Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:20:55 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/26690/a-lost-story-about-protection-of-children-and-creatures/#comment-174002 This is an extremely high compliment, dr. e and I'm very appreciative. I spent many years in child protection and mental health services while getting my law and social work degrees and then in an agency for eight years. It continues to be an area of great concern and interest for me. And like many of the things in life we take for granted or find hard to think about, it continues to fall into those categories too, unless and until something tabloid worthy comes along - which, by then, it's of course too late.<br><br>I'm really not sure how we change this - but seeing as how the movement is more than 100 years old, maybe we're ready to take it to the next step. Part of the problem is that when people themselves are hurting - on a number of levels - children (and animals/pets) are often the last ones cared for.<br><br>Anyway - I once held out working at the Childrens Defense Fund as the end all be all - I think the world of Marian Wright Edelman. I still feel that way about CDF. Never say never. :) This is an extremely high compliment, dr. e and I'm very appreciative. I spent many years in child protection and mental health services while getting my law and social work degrees and then in an agency for eight years. It continues to be an area of great concern and interest for me. And like many of the things in life we take for granted or find hard to think about, it continues to fall into those categories too, unless and until something tabloid worthy comes along – which, by then, it's of course too late.

I'm really not sure how we change this – but seeing as how the movement is more than 100 years old, maybe we're ready to take it to the next step. Part of the problem is that when people themselves are hurting – on a number of levels – children (and animals/pets) are often the last ones cared for.

Anyway – I once held out working at the Childrens Defense Fund as the end all be all – I think the world of Marian Wright Edelman. I still feel that way about CDF. Never say never. :)

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