By Angela Repke My twin brother and I grew up as athletes. In high school, the teenage girls and boys intermingled at the lunch tables during the week and around the kegs on the weekends. My brother tried to puff out his chest and protect me, but sexual harassment was normalcy. […]
Education
Survey Reports ‘Age of Trump’ Detrimentally Impacting Our Children and Schools
A UCLA survey of 1,535 teachers across the nation reveals startling — yet unsurprising — information about the social and emotional well-being of our nation’s children: they are fearful, anxious, and overly stressed in this, the ‘Age of Trump.’ The teachers, who were not self-selected participants but rather from schools […]
70th Percentile in Bad Joke Telling (And Other Test Scores I’d Actually Enjoy Seeing)
By Jennifer Brunton of Full Spectrum Mama Dear Persons, This spring, I received the voluminous results of a huge barrage of testing for my son G’s three-year evaluation for his IEP (Individualized Education Plan). Among many, many, many other outcomes, I was informed that G had scored under the first […]
The Upstander Movement
By Tessa Adams of Family Footnote When my boys were in elementary school, there was no word more villainous than “bully.” It was disgraceful to be seen as a bully. They were the criminals of the school. Around that time, I remember explaining to my own children that some of […]
High School Dance Team Draws Controversy Over Sexy Uniforms
The ladies of Miami Northwestern Senior High School’s dance team in Florida have drawn controversy after performing at a football game in racy uniforms. A video of the “Golden Girls” dance team has gone viral, having over 700,000 views. It shows the girls walking ever-so-temptuously onto the field, donning leotards […]
Student Violently Removed from Seat for Not Standing for Pledge of Allegiance
Oh, help us. A 6th grade boy in Michigan was violently snatched from his seat for not standing during the Pledge of Allegiance, and it’s clear the school employee who thought this was a good idea needs a refresher course on how America works. Stone Chaney, a student at East […]
‘Seclusion Rooms,’ or Solitary Confinement for Kids, Being Used in Schools as Discipline Measure
If you watch any TV shows or movies about prison, you’ve likely encountered many a scene highlighting the hell that is solitary confinement — a form of punishment isolating prisoners from human contact and often driving them mad. It’s cruel and unusual, albeit common practice, and no doubt psychologically troubling […]
28 Hysterical Memes About the Kids Being Back at School
The last weeks of summer felt like a gift from God. Sure, we knew we’d have to do the dreaded back-to-school shopping and make sure the kids were ready to resume normally scheduled programming, but we were excited to no longer have to entertain our rabid little honey badgers 24/7. […]