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475. Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have So Many Poor Kids?

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Children and Families at the Centre of Our Country

The north star in our country is building the healthy brain development of our children. It simply takes nurturing interaction with the adult and child and protection from toxic stress. Could it be that what's happened in this last year and all the horribleness, that we actually will put children in families first? I'm not sure. I hope.

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