LIVE - Wilson Lecture | Bestselling Author Adam Benforado
Welcome to the Robert. R. Wilson Distinguished Lecture. New York Times bestselling author and Professor of Law Adam Benforado offers a sharp indictment of America's mistreatment of children and a bold agenda for placing youth rights at the center of policymaking. He argues that we have an ability unparalleled in human history to ensure the well-being of kids, but we have not seized the moment. This is a moral problem, but it's also an economic and social one: by failing our children today, we doom ourselves in the years ahead. The root cause of nearly every major challenge we face-from crime to poor health to poverty-can be found in our neglect. But in that sobering truth is also the key to changing our fate as a nation. We must reform our world-our institutions, our laws, our business practices, our parenting-to put children first.
Event partners: Sanford School of Public Policy, the Center for Child and Family Policy, and Duke Centennial.
About the Wilson Distinguished Lecture: Endowed by Robert R. Wilson, this lecture series brings speakers to campus to highlight important conversations in public law. https://sanford.duke.edu/news-events/...
Find out more about the Duke Sanford School of Public Policy: https://sanford.duke.edu/
Find out more about the Duke Centennial: https://100.duke.edu/