The Missing SeatTOPIC
Children, parenting, caregiving, education and community responsibility. These editorials examine the systems families depend on, the burdens they carry, and what it takes to ensure that children and caregivers are not left without support.
13 editorials
Il Fornaio agreed to a $3 million harassment settlement. The allegations and company denial belong in the record. So does a practical question: can a teenage worker report safely outside local management?
Read Editorial →Germany's new school-age care entitlement begins with this year's first-grade cohort. Families need clear hours, holiday coverage and a responsible contact before a legal promise becomes a dependable day.
Read Editorial →Women are nearly half of employed America. Pay, promotion, unpaid care and access to leadership need a fuller workforce receipt.
Read Editorial →At least one in four students has been chronically absent. But the federal data used to track the problem can produce rates above 100 percent, and the Education Department stopped its most comprehensive oversight of the programs carrying nearly $27 billion.
Read Editorial →A child used a wheelchair. His family asked to move downstairs. The legal dispute that followed shows why an available apartment is not the same thing as accessible housing.
Read Editorial →Millions of parents are raising children alone. The missing seat isn't love—it’s support. What happens when communities stop showing up?
Read Editorial →A New Mexico investigation found that Indigenous and Hispanic students were suspended more often—and for longer periods—than white students accused of similar behavior.
Read Editorial →A classroom of children noticed a classmate who was struggling and chose to make sure she knew she was supported and not alone.
Read Editorial →Indigenous children in Australia remain disproportionately arrested, detained, and imprisoned. A child should never lose their future because the system failed to give them the same chance.
Read Editorial →Familiar products can pass through layers of contractors. Responsibility should not disappear inside them.
Read Editorial →Youth suicide risk affects every community. Black children expose what happens when distress is read as defiance instead of pain.
Read Editorial →Federal law requires rapid reporting. Auditors found thousands of missing-child episodes were delayed, incomplete or never reported.
Read Editorial →Artificial intelligence is entering schools before children have a reliable right to know, challenge or escape what the machine decides about them.
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