Nani Was Not Failing Lilo. Every Adult System Kept Giving Her Tests Instead of Help

A RaeRae editorial rant about Nani, Lilo, kinship care, childhood grief, family preservation, poverty, childcare, social-service surveillance, Cobra Bubbles, and the help the Pelekai household should have received.

Nani Pelekai Character Profile: She Was Grieving Too, but Somebody Still Had to Work, Parent, Fight the State, and Feed the Aliens

A JIN-format Nani Pelekai character profile through grief, guardianship, Lilo, custody pressure, employment, David, Stitch, Jumba, Pleakley, household consent, family labor, Hawaiian community, and the future she deserves beyond permanent crisis.