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Children

Published
April 11, 2023

Commentary: It’s time to talk about fentanyl ingestion in children

The first problem is failure to test for fentanyl when a drug test is ordered. The second problem is timely recognition and treatment of opioid ingestion in children, which is nowhere near as rare as we like to think.
Published
April 11, 2023

Commentary: We have a child labor crisis, not a worker shortage

There’s a reason employers are hiring children in increasing numbers: With less information, less power and fewer options, they are easier to exploit.
Published
March 29, 2023

Commentary: Maine is an outlier for youth psychiatric treatment

L.D. 181 would require DHHS to eliminate the barriers to providing residential care for Maine young people closer to home.
Published
March 23, 2023

Our View: Give young psychiatric patients somewhere to go

Legislating for new mental health facilities may not sit well with everyone. We should be far more uncomfortable with the alternative: leaving vulnerable young Mainers hanging in the balance.
Published
March 19, 2023

Book review: A boy goes on a quest through mysterious realms to atone for his mother’s fatal mistake

In 'Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods,' writer Catherynne M. Valente's sense of place is imaginative and gripping.

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Published
March 11, 2023

Our View: Keeping kids in poverty is our choice. What’s it going to be?

The expanded child tax credit pulled millions of kids out of poverty before expiring. It can do so again.
Published
March 9, 2023

Commentary: Shooting for a better moon

A society with fewer hungry people could accomplish great things, including conquering cancer.
Published
March 5, 2023

A boy dealing with a shattering loss finds a group of friends facing troubles of their own

Sasha Kaufman's "Sardines" doesn't settle for easy answers.
Published
February 25, 2023

Commentary: Efforts to protect Maine children from lead poisoning are working

The work of a host of individuals and groups has succeeded in cutting rates of lead poisoning by half in a 10-year period. Let’s move the needle further.
Published
February 12, 2023

Society Notebook: Center for Grieving Children celebrates 35 years of the healing power of love

The annual Love Gala returned for the first time since the pandemic began.