Open Letter to President Barak Obama
Dear President Obama, I read with interest the thoughtful, loving letter you wrote to your daughters when you were first elected. You wanted to introduce them to life in the White House. I appreciate your desire to care for all children as you would your own. You want “ every child to have the same chances to learn and dream and grow and thrive that you(r) girls have.” You say this is why you became president. These are lofty goals and I’m glad you want to create a world in which all children can dream and grow and thrive. But I’m puzzled about one thing. I’m wondering why, in spite of your good intentions, some children do not appear to come under the nurturing, protective umbrella of your government. Do all children count? Or are you leaving some children behind? What about children in the womb? Do you want them to be able to dream and grow and thrive? Do you want for them “every opportunity for h...