David Alexander, MDVote Like Our Kids Depend On It — Because they doThe New York Times just published an analysis of how the Biden administration’s spending priorities were translated into spending bills by…4 min read·Oct 26, 2022----
David Alexander, MDKids, Guns, and the challenge of SalienceOver the past few weeks, the country has been reeling through an all too familiar news cycle around yet another mass shooting at an…4 min read·Jun 23, 2022----
David Alexander, MDAdvancing Policy for Kids will Require a Change in Mindsets!2021 started off looking like a year during which kids and their families were finally going to have their moment at the center of our…4 min read·Apr 6, 2022----
David Alexander, MDGiving for KidsWhen Leading for Kids was founded in 2018, it was with a vision of creating a society where the well-being of children was centered in all…3 min read·Feb 4, 2022----
David Alexander, MDIs the Portrayal of Children in the News Moving Us Toward a Collective Sense of Responsibility?Kids are having their media moment. Whether focusing on the effects of the pandemic on child development and mental health, the debate over…3 min read·Nov 4, 2021----
David Alexander, MDWhen It Comes to Kids, Are We Communicating What We Think We Are?It is hard to imagine more satisfying work than advocating for kids. I have been privileged to be able to spend my professional life doing…2 min read·Sep 8, 2021----
David Alexander, MDWhy Aren’t Kids a Policy Priority?Why aren’t American kids doing better? Why, in the world’s wealthiest country, blessed with a culture of innovation, and citizens and…3 min read·Jun 9, 2021----
David Alexander, MDWhat If We Centered Kids in Our Policy Decisions?As Americans, we love to say that kids are our highest priority. Yet our response to the pandemic has provided contradictory evidence-not…6 min read·May 1, 2021----
David Alexander, MDA Historic Win for KidsThe American Rescue Plan is the single largest investment made to improve the lives of kids5 min read·Mar 24, 2021----
David Alexander, MDEradicating Child Poverty: Time to Invest in KidsOur knowledge of how to eradicate childhood poverty is not new, but we now have an opportunity to address childhood poverty head-on.5 min read·Feb 23, 2021----
