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Speaking of Kids...

Released: 2025-09-03
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34 Episodes
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34 Episodes
Audio
Listen on Apple Podcasts
Released: 2025-09-03
© First Focus on Children
Most Recent Episode
Kim Kelly Exposes the Hidden Reality of Child Labor!

Kim Kelly Exposes the Hidden Reality of Child Labor!

In this episode, Messellech “Selley” Abebe chats with Kim Kelly about the ongoing fight against child labor, the vital role unions play in protecting families, and why labor rights are children’s rights. Kelly is a journalist, organizer, and autho
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In this episode, Messellech “Selley” Abebe chats with Kim Kelly about the ongoing fight against child labor, the vital role unions play in protecting families, and why labor rights are children’s rights. Kelly is a journalist, organizer, and author whose work highlights the often-overlooked struggles of young workers. Together, Abebe and Kelly explore how historical and modern labor movements have shaped protections for kids, the dangers that remain in workplaces across the country, and how families and communities can advocate for safer, fairer futures. This conversation emphasizes the importance of awareness, solidarity, and action to ensure every child can grow up free from exploitation.
To learn more about Kim Kelly and her work, you can check out her book Fight to Win, and follow her on Instagram, and Twitter.
Want to keep digging into the real-life impact policy decisions have on children? Here’s some of what First Focus on Children has published recently:
Testifying for Children Before a House Committee That, Far Too Often, Ignores Them
Against the Public Will: How Policymakers Are Failing Our Nation’s Children
The Unprecedented War on Children
To join the conversation, follow First Focus on Children on⁠ Instagram⁠,⁠ LinkedIn⁠, and⁠ Twitter⁠. 
Send us comments on thoughts via email: SpeakingOfKids@firstfocus.org
Find us on Twitter/X: ⁠@SpeakingOfKids⁠ and⁠ @First_Focus⁠
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To support our work and this podcast, please consider donating to First Focus on Children ⁠here⁠.
Episode ID: 1000724699194
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Release Date: 03/09/2025, 12:30:00

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Who speaks for kids when lawmakers, the government, and elected officials are making decisions about their education, health and safety?
You do! Children need our collective attention and voice.
You’ve found Speaking of Kids…, a podcast series from First Focus on Children that examines how laws and public systems impact kids — not just in theory, but in real life. We’re here sorting out who’s actually for kids   and who’s just kidding.
Join our host, Messellech “Selley” Abebe, as she gathers voices from every corner of the kid-policy world: congresspeople, public health leaders, political organizers, parents, and the dogged advocates doing the hard work of imagining something better.
Selley explores the ‘kid angle’ in policy and politics. What’s working? What’s not? And how can we take action to create a better future for the next generation? 
Listen and discover the hidden power that each of us has as an ambassador for children. We believe that kids matter. Their lives are worth protecting, their joy is worth preserving, and their futures are absolutely worth fighting for.

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