Youth

So many youth in America these days are in dire straits. As we’ve traveled, we’ve looked at this issue in so many different dimensions: We toured a “youth ranch” in northern Wyoming for troubled youth. In Denver, Colorado, we met with a Christian Ministry (Dry Bones) that works with teenagers living on the streets there. In Needles, California, we looked at the Drug Court Program that, in part, works with youth with addiction problems. In Portland, Indiana, we researched a program that does abstinence education to youth in schools – starting in the fifth grade!

My wife Liz and I often talk about running for president as “concerned parents.” And not only are we concerned about our kids, we’re concerned about everybody’s kids. As a young journalist, I came across some of these troubled kids at the Knoop Children’s Home. And, consequently, I wrote a three-part series about the place, and the kids.