Sarah R. Welles

My name is Sarah Welles.

 

I’m a mother, a student, and someone who refuses to wait for things to get worse before demanding better.

I’m not driven by politics. I’m driven by patterns. And right now, the pattern is clear: We wait for crisis before we care. We wait until a child is in trouble before offering support.

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We react to pain instead of preventing it.

 

When my daughter turns five and walks into kindergarten, I don't want her emotional safety to depend on luck. I don't want her growing up in a world where emotional health is treated like a luxury. I've seen people fall apart right in front of others who chose not to see. If that's how we treat adults, imagine what it's doing to kids, the very ones we expect to 'grow up strong.' I don’t want her generation to be resilient in spite of their circumstances, but because they were supported.

 

This isn’t about left or right. It isn’t about big government or small government. It’s about smarter priorities. We already fund the aftermath, prisons, hospitals, rehab programs, disciplinary systems. Imagine if even a fraction of that was invested before things go wrong.

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I believe every child, no matter their background or zip code, deserves the right to be seen, heard, and emotionally equipped. Not just when life collapses, but from the beginning.

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I started this platform because I’m tired of watching preventable pain turn into lifelong struggle. Tired of seeing trauma passed down like inheritance and then called “generational”, as if it were inevitable.

 

If you believe in accountability, this is accountability.​

If you believe in faith, this is stewardship.​

If you believe in freedom, this is how we build it early.

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I’m not asking anyone to change their beliefs.

I’m asking us to protect what, and who, we all claim to value.​

 

I can’t fix everything. But I refuse to pretend we can’t fix anything.

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