The Future of Us

What the Dreams of Children Mean for Twenty-First Century America? Every child — regardless of socioeconomic status — deserves to be a success story. Period. Dr. Irwin Redlener is a pediatrician, author and activist who is recognized as one of America’s foremost disaster and pandemic experts. His latest release, The Future of Us, addresses the very serious, grown-up business of fulfilling the promises and potential of all children, and how this could impact America’s next generation of youth in a post-pandemic world. “Motivating and immensely uplifting; an engaging intimate memoir about impassioned connectedness with children in dire need.” —Kirkus Reviews Inadequate education, barriers to health care and crushing poverty make it overwhelmingly difficult for many children to realize their dreams. Finding ways to alter these trajectories is serious, grown-up business, Dr. Redlener emphasizes, and it’s time for us to act. In The Future of Us, Dr. Redlener draws upon his four decades of professional experiences to examine our nation’s health care safety nets and special programs that are designed to protect and nurture our most vulnerable kids, but that too often fail to do so. It is Dr. Redlener’s hope that readers will emerge optimistic about our future, with a deeper understanding of how investing in children today will increase our chances of a successful tomorrow. Fighting for our nation’s children is far from a lost cause, and nothing could be more important.