Childcare, education and children’s health are inseparable

By: Robert B. Miller

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: July 10, 2026

Words: 765

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago


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I write as one of West Virginia’s lost children: a child of poverty from North Central West Virginia who left my home among the hills to become a doctoral pediatric psychologist and graduate faculty member who supervised ten young doctors practicing in the United States and abroad.

After nearly 30 years of practice hundreds of miles from where I began, and as I move toward retirement, I believe I have earned the right to speak …

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