Here is something most people who know my work probably don't know about me:I grew up in Petersburg, Virginia.So when people suggest that fami [...]
Young people are speaking up about their understanding of their rights. Sometimes they get it right and sometimes th [...]
Sometimes the clearest lessons for children come from watching what happened to grown-ups who were tricked.
The BackstoryNot long ago, a group [...]
Did you know that threatening self-harm is a common tactic in coercive abuse?
Mental health has been a problem with teens and children for a very lon [...]
Anti-bullying policies exist to protect children from intimidation, humiliation, harassment, and abuse. If we are serious about protecting girls, thos [...]
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The June 30, 2026 Supreme Court ruling on Title IX in West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox became more than a legal decision ab [...]
1. We already understand that eligibility categories exist for a reason.A 14-year-old may be an exceptional athlete, but that does not make him [...]
Jordan Walker says he wants to see more Black children in sports.Yes. Me too.And I want us to understand what that requires.It takes more [...]
"Et tu, NAACP?"
It has taken time for me to process my deeply embedded disappointment.
Many of today's human rights organizations are abandoning gir [...]
updated from March 12 2025
Teenagers are in a unique and often challenging stage of development. They are caught between childhood dependence and adu [...]
Some people read news stories about what happens to abused and silenced girls and respond the way this beautiful gopher does as he watches his buddy g [...]
"Tough Girl" (1981) is one of the grittier ABC Afterschool Specials. Although it was marketed as a story about juvenile delinquency, it's really about [...]
Some of the kids are home so maybe they will enjoy the lessons from this Afterschool Special episode. They may at least enjoy laughing at the older fa [...]