10 min

A foster care system where every child has a loving home | Sixto Cancel TED Talks Kids and Family

    • Kids & Family

In the US, youth in foster care are nearly twice as likely as war veterans to suffer from PTSD. Placed in foster care at just 11 months old, 2023 Audacious Project grantee Sixto Cancel experienced the faults of the system firsthand. Now, he's the founder of Think of Us, an organization working to reform child welfare by centering kinship care, or placing a child with an extended family member or a familiar adult. Learn more about his plan to help thousands of kids searching for a loving home with one simple, systemic switch. (This ambitious idea is a part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)

In the US, youth in foster care are nearly twice as likely as war veterans to suffer from PTSD. Placed in foster care at just 11 months old, 2023 Audacious Project grantee Sixto Cancel experienced the faults of the system firsthand. Now, he's the founder of Think of Us, an organization working to reform child welfare by centering kinship care, or placing a child with an extended family member or a familiar adult. Learn more about his plan to help thousands of kids searching for a loving home with one simple, systemic switch. (This ambitious idea is a part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)

10 min

Top Podcasts In Kids & Family

Sleep Tight Stories - Bedtime Stories for Kids
Sleep Tight Media
นิทานชาดก
072
Deep Sleep Sounds
Deep Sleep Sounds
Sleep Tight Relax - Calming Bedtime Stories and Meditations
Sleep Tight Media
Lingokids: Stories for Kids —Learn life lessons and laugh!
Lingokids
Inspector Chimp’s Casebook丨Detective Stories for Children丨Solving Crimes for Justice
StoryBus

More by TED Talks

TED Talks Daily
TED
How to Be a Better Human
TED and PRX
TED Talks Education
TED
TED Business
TED
ReThinking
TED
TED Health
TED