2830 - Who Broke Childhood?

September 8, 2026

America is facing a childhood health problem that has become impossible to ignore.

Chronic illness and developmental and behavioral disorders have changed dramatically over the past several decades, leaving parents with a fundamental question: Why?

The answer may lie in the environment in which American children are growing up. The food they eat, the water they drink, the chemicals they encounter, the hours spent in front of screens, the medications they are prescribed, the childhood vaccine schedule, modern agriculture and the public health policies that have shaped their lives.

Dr. Shannon Kroner examines these questions in her new book, Making America Healthy Again. Together with John B. Wells, she looks at what has changed, what the evidence can actually support, and what parents can do to reclaim some control over the health of their families.

Before America can make its children healthy again, there is a question that demands an answer.

Who broke childhood?