In Texas, we’re seeing a record breaking amount of books being checked out from local libraries after a school-wide phone ban. And, luckily for Tennesseeans, a similar bill is on the docket for our school system too. In Kansas, they’re wishing they had never allowed phones in at all.
They year is unknown, mostly because they haven’t gotten that far yet. Still, a woman with white hair sits at a crackling fire with other humans surrouding her an speaks of a truth that she has lived. Those hearing what she has to say reflects upon their own life because of it, and perhaps, through […]
Today, I had an hour long conversation with my doctor about how worried she is that she’s messing up her kid. She’s almost 40, and didn’t intend on having a children. But now, she has a 3 year old and doesn’t know what to do as school age rapidly approaches. Like most parents I’ve talked […]
The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 by JFK’s New Frontier provided a considerable amount of support for the underprivileged communities of America. When the Reagan Administration cut those programs in the 1980’s, the burden of responsibility fell from the sturdy shoulders of a government-funded community to the individual family members of the mentally afflicted. […]
Kids are told they don’t get to exist without the explicit permission of adults. It’s time to change that. I think it’s pretty incredible how one day, students are raising their hands asking for permission to go use the bathroom and the next they’re told that any decision they make is going to follow them […]
