Stopping childhood adversity from becoming a life sentence
Even the most hard-nosed economist will now concede investment in good early childhood has the biggest return on public investment. But what about a reverse argument that failure to invest in...
View ArticleWhy state care should not mean more childhood adversity
For most mothers, the first embrace and skin-on-skin contact with her newborn, moments after delivery, is one of the most precious and magical moments in the journey of parenthood. But sometimes,...
View ArticleWhy we need to invest in early childhood in Montenegro
Anyone who has been anywhere near a three-year-old recently will attest to their inexhaustible curiosity. They ask as many as 100 questions an hour – and around about the age of three, those questions...
View ArticleAdolescence — a second chance for vulnerable teenagers
As you read this, a teen somewhere is making a decision they may regret for the rest of their lives, one with high costs for themselves, their families and their communities. Joining a gang or a...
View ArticleEquity, poverty and love
“…….seeking but a moment’s rest among the long-forgotten haunts of childhood, and the resorts of yesterday; and dimly finding fear and horror everywhere….” [1] –Charles Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit...
View ArticleFighting online abuse of children in Montenegro
It’s hard to think of a crime whose victims are more faceless and vulnerable than victims of child sexual abuse. In most middle and low income countries, the subject of child sexual abuse remains...
View ArticleThe time for a child mental health revolution is now
“Tell my wife I love her.” The last words spoken by an Italian pensioner isolated in the ICU early in the COVID-19 pandemic echo the anguish and loss of families and children the world over. With...
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