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children

Published
June 13, 2023

Commentary: Sex trade survivors need protection; sex buyers need to stop

A recent column was grossly inaccurate when it stated that trafficking is prevented when both the buying and selling of sex are decriminalized. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Published
June 4, 2023

A trio of science-based children’s books run the gamut from A (ants) to T (turtles)
Published
May 26, 2023

Our View: Lawmakers should use child tax credit to boost next generation of Mainers

A proposal for a state-level credit would put it into the hands of the people who need it most.
Published
May 26, 2023

Commentary: Maine’s new plan to keep kids safe by keeping families strong

Work on a four-pronged strategy informed by extensive public consultation can begin this year.
Published
May 18, 2023

Commentary: School-based clinicians on front lines of youth mental health crisis

Through direct school-based behavioral health services, Maine students are able to learn coping and regulation skills. Those skills are needed more than ever.

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Published
April 25, 2023

Maine children continue to struggle in pandemic’s wake

More youths are facing mental health, academic and housing instability problems than before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the Maine Children's Alliance.
Published
April 11, 2023

Commentary: It’s time to talk about fentanyl ingestion in children

The first problem is failure to test for fentanyl when a drug test is ordered. The second problem is timely recognition and treatment of opioid ingestion in children, which is nowhere near as rare as we like to think.
Published
April 11, 2023

Commentary: We have a child labor crisis, not a worker shortage

There’s a reason employers are hiring children in increasing numbers: With less information, less power and fewer options, they are easier to exploit.
Published
March 29, 2023

Commentary: Maine is an outlier for youth psychiatric treatment

L.D. 181 would require DHHS to eliminate the barriers to providing residential care for Maine young people closer to home.
Published
March 23, 2023

Our View: Give young psychiatric patients somewhere to go

Legislating for new mental health facilities may not sit well with everyone. We should be far more uncomfortable with the alternative: leaving vulnerable young Mainers hanging in the balance.