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by Them Before Us | Jan 13, 2023 | Stories
I grew up in a single mother household. My parents divorced when I was six or seven years of age, my brother was three, and my sister was thirteen. When my parents divorced, we were living in California and my mom moved us to Michigan. My dad followed us, and they...
by Them Before Us | Dec 22, 2022 | Justice |
Them Before Us filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to weigh in on an important case that could have major implications for the rights of children and parents. A family in Scott County, Missouri, is asking the Supreme Court to hold a child welfare employee...
by Them Before Us | Jul 16, 2022 | Stories |
I am speaking up about these events for the first time in my life, at the age of 36, because no child should ever have to endure what I did, of which what I wrote is a mere summary, sparing many details and protecting many guilty parties of even more than I write. My...
by Them Before Us | Feb 9, 2022 | Around the World, Latvia
Them Before Us is continuing to spark a global movement thanks to the tireless efforts of our overseas followers! Latvian children’s rights advocate Alina Ozolina has written an article about our work on the educational web magazine “Telos,” which is...
by Them Before Us | Jan 16, 2022 | Stories |
My parents divorced when I was 11 years old. There are 5 of us children and I’m in the middle. When I was young, my father was a preacher, and I became a born-again believer in the Lord Jesus Christ at the age of 6. During this part of our childhood our mom was a...
