An article in the Des Moines Register really hit the nail on the head with regards to the use of children in the next presidential campaign and how it is so transparent and superficial.  The presidential campaigners are engaged in getting their face in as many pictures with kids as possible, using them like pawns in a political game of no benefit to these kids.

It's not like any of them are proposing something that would benefit these kids.  Maybe superficially, but at the same time, our kids are failing in record proportions.  Our families are failing at record proportions, and our laws and courts only exacerbate the issues by dividing up families like cattle, separating the bulls from the pen holding the calves with their mothers.  And really, isn't that what it is truly like?

I'm waiting for one of these presidential candidate to really do the research and get to understand the facts of how our draconian laws and policies are destroying the fabric of our nations familes.  Maybe just one of them will figure out that they can make a difference in the lives of children, and their parents, and have an effect on an entire generation of children that are being raised today or being born tomorrow.

Stephen Baskerville and Byian Iehl did an outstanding job on this article.  It's one that should be syndicated in other newspapers for its content and eye opening facts.  Consider this

• Over 24 million children in the United States live without one of their biological parents.
• 88% of adults surveys say that divorce has had a negative impact on maintaining a stable American Family life.
• UNICEF ranked the US 2nd worst of the 21 wealthiest countries with regards to Children's well being.  the ranking cited divorce and the number of children living in single family homes.

What is the cost to America for this?  Can it be measured in real costs to our economy.  I suspect it can, but I also suspect people don't want to hear it or know about it until it hits home.