American loneliness has, not for the first time, given birth to a bustling new industry. Last year, in a truly conversation-changing move, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released an eighty-two-page warning about the dangers of this growing public-health crisis, which impacts both the mental and physical health of far too many Americans. In the wake of the report, there has been a surge of new nonprofit initiatives and tech startups targeting loneliness, as well as a lot of handwringing in the press.
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By directing a significant portion of adaptation and resilience finance towards young children, families, and the systems that serve them, child- and family-smart finance can improve immediate outcomes and build healthy communities and long-term adaptive capacity. This publication includes opportunities to increase well-being, boost climate adaptation, and promote resilience for all,
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My family has spent most of April in the Umbrian hill town of Spello. This information would be unremarkable if not for the fact that we traveled with our two-month-old daughter. We are spending the final weeks of my wife’s maternity leave here.
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Many cities and countries around the globe are already implementing adaptation plans to protect their residents from the ravages of heat. Children and pregnant women must be an integral part of those adaptation solutions.
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Last week, the Massachusetts Senate made significant strides in prioritizing the betterment of children and families by passing a major child care bill, S.2697. If enacted into law, this legislation would be another step in reshaping the state's child care landscape, setting a course for others to learn from.
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Loneliness deeply affects children via the adults in their lives. It undermines parents' capacity to hold attention and self-regulate, as well as their mental well-being and readiness to ask for help when life gets to be too much. This can disrupt their ability to provide nurturing care for their children.
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Joe Waters joined Katharine Stevens on Early Matters, the Center on Child and Family Policy’s podcast, to discuss Capita's origins and work to improve the lives of children and families.
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I am delighted to share these reflections of my colleagues and Capita Board members as we come to the end of 2023. We invited their reflections on “flourishing in the age of unraveling.” You will see that the dream for a revolution of tenderness, goodness, and love–is still alive for us.
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Cities worldwide recognize the disparity in access to high-quality outdoor public spaces, particularly for children in low-income and marginalized neighborhoods. Some have begun to address this inequity by improving access to and upgrading infrastructure. But the daunting reality of extreme climate events also forces us to question the resilience of these spaces we want to create and cherish.
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