Professor Leah Hill co-authored a letter to the editor published in The New York Times. Professor Hill, and co-authors Benita Miller and Fordham University Professor Anne Williams-Isom, discuss inadequate child safety protections and argue for better efforts in New York City.
True, it keeps happening. Julissia Batties. Aisyn Emerson-Gonzalez. Jayce Eubanks. Legacy Beauford. All of these children were under the age of 8 and beaten to death at home. Undoubtedly, children deserve to have the circumstances that surround their deaths understood, but the adult violence that ended their lives is just the tipping point.
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If we continue to disregard the inadequate child care options, neglected neighborhoods, poor housing and tenuous financial circumstances that burden some families, we will continue to fail families. So as we prepare to usher in a new mayoral administration in New York City, let’s summon a renewed sense of political will and boldness to holistically advance efforts that truly keep children safe and families thriving.