So what we're seeing is that, first of all, I think people need to understand that one in four children under 18 in this country have a parent who's an immigrant, right?

So that's 18 to 19 million children. Yeah. Because this is the future of America, right? Like this is who we are. We are a nation of immigrants and that is true in our public schools.

And so those kids are afraid to go to school and they're right to Independent Americans.

I'm your host, Paul Rikoff, with a very special episode.

In the midst of all the chaos in this country and in this world, often forgotten are the kids.

Think about it.

They've been through COVID.

They've been through ICE.

They've been through multiple administrations.

They've been through a lot.

And this is a generation that has been surrounded by adversity, controversy, and politics.

And I wanted to focus a special episode on how

our kids are doing now and how they can be a source of hope. But Trump has been at war with our

media. Trump has been at war with the Pentagon. Trump has obviously been at war with the

Democrats and much of the world. But there's also been a secret war on our children. Trump's been waging war against the Department of Education. Secretary

of Education, Lyndon McMahon, hasn't gotten a lot of attention. And there's been a lot happening,

from kids being detained by ICE, to kids being scared by ICE, to kids being scarred by ice. But this is a really,

really important story that I don't think has gotten enough attention. So I brought in one of

my favorite guests, Anya Kamenetz, who's an expert on child development. She's a true thought

leader on how everything is impacting our kids, but not just affecting our kids, but impacting all of us.

It's also a really hard time to parent.

It's a hard time for anyone just to be.

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