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Time to Terminate the System's Rights: Holding Child Welfare to the Standard It Demands of Parents
I was born into faith. Before I took my first breath, my father had already committed his life to Christ. While stationed in Liberia with...
Tewabech Genet Stewart
4 days ago5 min read
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The Lie of Superiority: Why Dignity of Choice Should Belong to Every Family
I’ve been blessed to be surrounded by phenomenal mothers, women who fiercely advocate for their children and trust their own instincts...
Tewabech Genet Stewart
May 244 min read
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What Luke Teaches Us About Power, Justice, and the Reckoning to Come
Before I ever entered a courtroom, before I ever read a policy, I knew the Bible. I was raised in Liberia by parents who gave their...
Tewabech Genet Stewart
May 184 min read
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The System Fails to Screen for the Most Dangerous Risk - Us
I was raised with two worldviews, one ancient, one modern. My mother is Ethiopian, from a culture that is rich, spiritual, and thousands...
Tewabech Genet Stewart
May 114 min read
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I Was the System: Atonement, Regret and the Children I Cannot Forget
I spent the first four years of my child welfare career in Child Protective Investigations. I began as an investigator and was promoted...
Tewabech Genet Stewart
May 44 min read
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The Civil Death Penalty: Who Gets Support? Who Loses their Children?
I was matched with Leo last March through the Heart Gallery of Tampa. I met him in April. He moved into my home in August and his...
Tewabech Genet Stewart
Apr 306 min read
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The Painful Truth: Children Die Everywhere - Even in Foster Care
This may be one of the hardest truths to speak out loud, but it’s one we must confront: children die no matter where they live . They die...
Tewabech Genet Stewart
Apr 14 min read
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What War Taught Me About Family Separation - and What Child Welfare Refuses to Learn
In 1990, after graduating from high school, I was evacuated out of Liberia with my mother due to the civil war. We left my father and six...
Tewabech Genet Stewart
Apr 13 min read
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