May 20, 2000. These days, it seems that every special interest group has a voice - a group or organization through which they can get their message out to a target audience. Children need a voice just as strong.
Nobody can guarantee a child's future.
But in a nation as rich and resourceful as ours, if we make it our priority, we can give all children a fair chance in life. Stand For Children's mission is to create a voice strong enough to get our priorities straight, and to ensure that all children have an opportunity to grow up healthy, educated, and safe. In today's society, many important child-related issues need to be addressed. Three out of four babies and toddlers are in poor quality child care settings, because their working parents can't find or afford better care. Few children and young people have safe, enriching places to go before and after school.