Ten years ago this year, Ramesh Raghavan and Anna Alexandrova published research on child development in a scholarly article entitled, Toward a Theory of Child Well-Being. In the article, they document historical conceptualizations of child well-being, a policy history of the notion of child well-being, methods, and implications for measuring well-being, and–after reviewing several theories–posit one for adoption in the field.
Children's Defense Fund has an agenda around which there should be no controversy. It should not stir debate to say that every young person in America deserves healthy food, medical care, a high-quality education, and the ability to play safely on playgrounds.
I heard Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., speak for the first time when he gave the Founders’ Day address in Spelman College’s Sisters Chapel during my senior year of college.
Washington, DC— On Thursday, President Joseph Biden signed a stop-gap funding measure to temporarily keep the government open through the beginning of the new year.