Are There Any We Should Be Comfortable Losing?

When a community fails to see its most vulnerable children, someone has to step forward and refuse to look away. This deeply personal commentary doesn’t just describe North Dakota’s legislative battles — it lays bare what’s at stake: the lives of kids like Chance and Nex, who needed care more than politics. Through grief, exhaustion, and hard-won hope, Faye Seidler writing for the North Dakota Monitor offers more than a critique. It’s a call to protect, to listen, and to build a state where no child feels invisible — or alone.