As voters weigh candidates' positions on domestic issues, differing views about the government's role in helping children and families will come into play. What do members of the public believe about children and families? How do their beliefs overlap or conflict with the research and policy evidence and the demographic and economic trends that shape family life?

Continuing our yearlong conversation about policies and programs affecting children, families, and their communities, this month's panel will discuss how demographic changes in America's child population, led by shifts in family structure, immigration, fertility rates, and ethnic diversity, intersect with public policy in nuanced ways. Panelists will probe public opinion about child and family issues, including education and health care, and will examine how these topics are, or are not, being addressed in national and local campaigns. Finally, the panel will analyze how policy that is responsive to the public's beliefs and wants can play out at the federal, state, and local levels.

Please join us in exploring the facts and perceptions that will help shape the next generation of policy for American children.

Speakers:

• Christopher Blunt, president, Overbrook Research
• Anna Greenberg, senior vice president, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research
• Olivia Golden, senior fellow, Urban Institute
• Matthew Stagner, executive director, Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago
• Moderator: Wendy Koch, reporter, USA Today