Is This the America We Want for Our Children?

A recent CNN article highlighted something truly chilling: American children are now among the sickest in the developed world. Higher rates of chronic illness. Higher rates of infant and child mortality. Lower life expectancy. The data is clear—and shameful. Is this the America we want? One where children are sicker, die younger, and live with preventable suffering simply because our systems—education, health care, environment, nutrition—are broken or deliberately neglected? Or is this the quiet part being said out loud now? Is this the plan? Former Trump advisor Stephen Miller has openly floated ideas about reducing the population. It’s hard not to wonder: is this where we’re headed—shrinking the population by letting our youngest and most vulnerable suffer? We can—and must—do better. I’m asking you to read the data, sit with the implications, and then decide if you're going to stand by or stand up. Our children are watching. Some of them won’t survive to grow up if this continues.