A Moment That Changes Everything For many children, parental incarceration does not begin with a prison sentence. It begins with a moment like this: “Ten-year-old Kiara stands silently in her bedroom, listening to unfamiliar voices downstairs. Her father’s voice grows louder and firmer, as though he is trying to protect the family from something she cannot yet understand. Then she hears her mother cry.Barefoot, Kiara rushes down the stairs and stops in the hallway. Two police officers stand inside the house with weapons at their sides. Red and blue lights flash through the front window.One officer pulls her mother’s hands behind her back. The metallic click of the handcuffs makes…