Kindergarten/Cops
I know a boy named David. He is ten years old and shorter than the other boys, which makes him better at backflips. The cool girls all love him and he trades jackets with the ones he dates,...
View ArticleBully Meets World
Programs and therapies can help prevent bullying, but they don’t address the root causes of schoolyard domination. “Ms. Molly, I want you to be my sister so you can stand up for me against bullies.”...
View ArticleWorking With Kids
What it’s like when your coworkers outgrow you every year It’s been five years since I was walking hand-in-hand with a tiny four-year-old with autism who I thought was non-verbal until I heard him...
View ArticleWhat Happens in Girls Club
How one teacher stopped worrying and learned to love mean girls Girls Club did not turn out to be the festival of sisterhood I hoped for. The first rule of Girls Club– “what happens in Girls Club...
View ArticleTrophy Season
Despite what you’ve heard, not every kid gets a trophy. But why not? The end of the school year is awards season, when students of all ages are herded into auditoriums and cafeterias and cafetoriums...
View ArticlePermanent Records
Kids are uploading their adolescence in real-time, and the Internet refuses to forget. Will it change the way we live as adults? One of the most common reasons adults give for not wanting to get a...
View ArticleKid Stuff
If childhood is supposed to be a time for play, why do today’s kids spend so much time working? In the past month, I’ve attended two elementary school plays. One was for a family friend, populated by...
View ArticleRed Light Green Light
For public school teachers, getting rid of tough kids shouldn’t be an option MANY years ago, there was a notorious class of kindergarteners at one of the schools where I teach. You can still say...
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