Opinion: Online harms merit attention. Let's not overlook dangers offline, on our streets
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Opinion: Online harms merit attention. Let’s not overlook dangers offline, on our streets
Some children are expected to bear risks that society would never tolerate if they were spread evenly across all neighbourhoods.
We readily recognize harms when they are easy to imagine affecting our own children. Far fewer can picture their child stepping around someone consuming crack, methamphetamine or fentanyl outside their school, or losing access to community spaces because they are no longer safe, writes Michael J. MacKenzie, professor of social work and pediatrics at McGill. Above: A syr…
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