#Teens

Mia

_CryMiaRiver

This visual shows the rapid increase in the number of referrals to gender clinics in Canada. The clinic at @CHEO here in Ottawa saw demand steadily increase from two children

Judith Ridge

msmisrule

Folks, there is a truckload of online activities, book readings, etc for children, but not much I'm finding for high school aged students. Please please please send me any online

AerinCreer

AngelAerin777

Up thinking about how a lot of black girls spend their pre-teens feeling ugly because of anti-black jokes made about them at school. That was my experience. I don’t look

Rachel Alexander

rachelwalexande

Working at an outlet that prioritizes fact-checking and also being an ed reporter sometimes means sending really long emails to 16yos because they've never interacted with a journalist before so

Anna Dobbin

akdobbin

#ConsciousLanguage thoughts of the day: Certain biased language shows up often in YA novels: words like crazy, insane, and lame, phrases like “Hey, guys” referring to mixed-gender groups. One argument

Red(18+ only)

Red_Dragon_Art

Okay this might be a Hot Take(tm) but uh..... watching porn doesn't actually 'scar' some early teens*. I'd be willing to go out on a limb and even say MOST

danah boyd

zephoria

For years, parents have been lamenting kids' use of screens. One week into screen-based schooling en masse & nearly everyone is going crazy. Is it possible that covid-19 will make

lauren ⊬

gIwingeyes

i found the pilots about six years ago and it’s really weird to think about how this band has made such an impact on me all through my teens. i

Kayla Ancrum- On Deadline 😔

KaylaAncrum

This is not a good apology, and doubling down on your weirdo choice to make your getting aroused by children a “quirky video topic” was the opposite of a good

Soph-cially Distancing Geffros

sgeffros

Farmwork is backbreaking, skilled labour that is often paid in piecework (flats of berries, they haunt my dreams) that results in you earning significantly less than minimum wage, and I

TINY YIBO DEVOURER💯

wangxianolic

You know what, hey, come here, I've been meaning to say this for a while but I was scared but here we go now: I totally understand if you have

Love-a-lot Bear 💕

JackHarbon

Authors who refuse to give content warnings are assholes, plain and simple. They don't have to be down to the detail, but there are things that are universally triggering. Things

AcademicsAnonymous

anonacademic_uk

My time at school from 12 to 16 consisted of: Boys constantly trying to grope the girls and calling us bitches and whoresBoys pinging our bra straps whenever they couldIf

Sixela (STAY HOME, PLEASE)

StanReadWrite

Okay, this will be a Mark Sloan x Derek Shepherd Sims thread... Intro: I downloaded a Shepherd household one of my friends created. I started with Mark and Derek as

K. E. Muenz 🏳️‍🌈

kemuenz

Well, I’m stranded in the bookstore after hours due to pouring rain and no umbrella, so I suppose I have some time to report in about the absolutely wild life-altering

Mr. Thenekin

MThenekin

I want to say something because a lot of people let this idea slide under the radar in terms of awful and harmful ideals, and that's the opinion "people under