 | The Future of Us: What the Dreams of Children Mean for Twenty-First-Century America Subjects: Children -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century; Children -- Government policy -- United States; Child welfare -- United States; United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century; United States -- Social policy -- 21st century; In this memoir, the renowned pediatrician and children's advocate Irwin Redlener draws on poignant personal experiences to investigate the nation's healthcare safety net and the programs that too often fail to protect and nurture our most vulnerable kids. Redlener argues that we must drastically change our approach to meeting the needs of children. Irwin Redlener is president and cofounder of the Children's Health Fund and director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness and the Program on Child Well-Being and Resilience at Columbia University's Earth Institute. He is also a professor at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Jane Pauley is a television journalist and author. She is the anchor of CBS Sunday Morning and was previously cohost of Dateline NBC and NBC's Today . |
