Children are too young to vote but too important to forget | Column

Where are the children? Two months before a presidential election, the nation is focused on immigration and inflation. While candidates have addressed Social Security, tariffs and taxes, issues related to children have received far less airtime and column inches. Child health is absent from our electoral discussion. That is disappointing, given that kids are 22% of the population, and legislative policies play a large role in how they will fare over the next four years.