Category: Teens
There Was Nothing in That Walmart Worth That Baby’s Life. America Has to Stop Treating Children as Disposable.
I've learned to respect the limitations of the human body the hardhead [...]
Did the U.S. Justice Department Remove Child Sex Trafficking Information? What Parents and Advocates Should Know
In 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice removed information about chil [...]
Children Don’t Lose the Right to Safety When They Misbehave: The Bridgette Chocoteco Story
Fourteen-year-old Bridgette Chocoteco said something after being badly [...]
Before You Call a Child Difficult: What Poverty, Disability, Trauma and Fear Can Look Like in Children
A scene at a Children's Hospital.....Aunt Renee knew her nephew.
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Girls Are Not the Solution to Boys’ Hurt Feelings
We need to talk about something that keeps getting quietly shuffled un [...]
We Used to Put the Arts Where the Children Were
Here is something most people who know my work probably don't know abo [...]
When Love Becomes a Hostage Situation: The Truth About Threats of Self-Harm
Did you know that threatening self-harm is a common tactic in coercive [...]
The Weaponization of DARVO: How Society and the Justice System Punish Black Girls for Surviving
This piece comes from someone I follow on Substack- The Way She Came. [...]
Why Title IX Matters for Black and Brown Girls (And Who is Undermining It)
"Et tu, NAACP?"
It has taken time for me to process my deeply embedde [...]
Helping Teens Navigate Truth-Telling: Why It’s Crucial & How We Can Support Them
updated from March 12 2025
Teenagers are in a unique and often challe [...]