This statement hits the mark.
Your motherly feelings resonate with my fatherly feelings as I have a son of similar age.
If every individual have the compassion and empathy for children of other people regardless of their colour, genetic makeup and myriad of other human characteristics, some of those issues you hightlighted can be resolved more easily.
With empathtic influence from each individual, policies can be developed and executed rapidly and sustainably.
Keep up your beautiful and meaningful writing voice on issues that matter society. Your pen can make a difference for change.