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Talking to Your Kids about Sandy Hook

We are all shocked and saddened by the tragedy of the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, yesterday.  Our thoughts are with the affected children and families.   Save the Children staff is now on site in Newtown, offering assistance if needed.  We have set up a Child Friendly Space, where [...]

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How Can We Build Hope for America’s Kids?

Traveling in rural Arkansas, you can sometimes forget where you are.  The long stretch of bumpy highway, surrounded by cotton fields and rice paddies, could be in one of a dozen countries I’ve traveled to recently.  And, unfortunately, the poor families I met could have been from any of those countries too—rather than living in [...]

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