According to StopBullying.gov, “more LGBTQ+ students (14%) than straight students (7%) reported not going to school because of safety concerns.” One of my closest friends in middle school told me about their experience when it came to bullying. They shared how it affected their mental health and how they had to resort to telling me […]
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You know those nightmares when you wake up and can’t speak? Or when you’re running from a clown and can’t scream? These dreams are terrible, and you wake up and have never been so happy to hear your own voice. This is a nightmare that DC has been living in since its birth. Washington, DC, […]
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Raise your hand if you have $40,000 to spare. College tuition is very expensive and is going to keep getting higher. Growing up, I have seen my mom working hard because she had to pay off her student loans since she didn’t get much money in scholarships. To alleviate the cost of tuition, the Federal […]
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Have you ever gone through a rough part of your life and felt like you couldn’t ask for help? Well, I’ve been through rough patches in my life. In the 6th grade, I was bullied, but I felt like I couldn’t tell the people I loved most in the world about it, not even my […]
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Have you ever been in a setting without pepper spray on you? How about a pocket knife? Have you ever been in a situation where you felt unsafe in a learning environment due to sexual innuendos? We live in a world where thousands of women must carry self-defense weapons in case a man tries to […]
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Every time my parents talk about emigrating from Central America, they say, “We were idiots. We didn’t know anything back then, and we didn’t have support.” They’ve worked multiple jobs to provide for me, but it often makes me sad because I can rarely spend quality time with them like other kids do. This sadness […]
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Did you know that African-Americans are 12 times more likely to die by gun violence, and Latinos are twice as likely to be threatened by cops compared to white people? In the United States, various aspects of minority communities can make the neighborhood feel unsafe and gun violence more common, such as low surveillance, gang-related […]
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Food enriches cultures, brings people together, and, most importantly, gives us the strength to live, but what happens when food is financially unattainable? Each day, someone is struggling to make ends meet and goes hungry. Sometimes, programs and organizations provide financial support, but it is scarcely enough to buy anything. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—also […]
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When I was younger, I always wondered why people struggle with mental health despite there being so many available resources. I’m growing up in a time where people are pretty open. They’ll talk to others about a mental illness they have struggled with, casually mention seeing a therapist, or say they had a mental breakdown […]
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For all you straights and LGBTQ+s, this is for you. LGBTQ+ bullying in school should be stopped and addressed because bullying is not good for mental health. You may think that being straight as a ruler isn’t a problem, but neither is anything else, so for all you bullies, keep your noses out of the […]
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Did you know that kids have shown more restlessness, irritability, anxiety, and clinginess since Covid-19 started? In 2020, when schools shut down, kids lost social skills. To solve this, parents can let kids know they can open up, or that therapy is an option if they don’t want to open up to their parents. Kids […]
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From 2015 to 2018, more than 35,000 American children were shot before their 18th birthday. This trauma and suffering shouldn’t be a normal part of growing up (Giffords.org Kids and Guns). Teens should not have any access to guns. It is a major problem because innocent people are being severely injured or are dying. I […]
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