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In a recently posted video on CNN Opinion, journalist John D. Sutter traveled to Iceland to report on the state of childhood poverty.  What did he find? That the country has one of the lowest rates of childhood poverty in the world; parents are given 9 months of leave when they deliver; and early childhood development and education is a priority.  This adorable video really does beg the question: "What can the United States learn from Iceland?"

   

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There are a number of things the United States could learn from Iceland. If we examine their Constitution, what might we learn about Children's Rights, that are different from our own Constitution? If we ask their former Prime Minister, whether she ever had occasion to be shopping by herself in a grocery store, when she encountered a lone child who was distraught about having gotten separated from their parent[s] in the store, what she did to comfort the child, and to facilitate the child being reunited with their parent[s], in the store. Might we also ask, whether Iceland regards all their nation's children as a valuable natural resource, as a matter of public policy?.....

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