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How life has gotten worse for immigrant children

Maya Lora8/6/2025 5:30 a.m. ED Baltimore Banner Deportations are ramping up as benefits get slashed for mixed status families The parents of the 10-year-old didn’t understand why there were cuts on their child’s arms. It wasn’t until a routine physical…..

I opted my kids out of a school lesson. Was that hypocritical?

Marc Fisher Associate editor and columnist focusing on Washington and its suburbs Washington Post July 30th 2025 Chris and Melissa Persak chose to live in Montgomery County, Maryland, the most religiously heterogeneous county in the nation, expressly because, Chris says, “we want…..

What is MyScore?

MyScore is an innovative Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) tool and framework primarily used in educational settings, particularly in programs like <<Link: AmeriCorps Project CHANGE https://www.projectchangemaryland.org/theroy-of-change-myscore/}>. It is not a new tool, it was developed in 2016. Here’s a breakdown of what MyScore…..

Gallup Survey Details Gen Z Struggles with Stress, Anxiety and “Need to be Perfect”

Education July 30, 2024 Walton Family Foundation Research reveals techniques that families can deploy to emotionally prepare children for the upcoming school year Washington, D.C., July 30, 2024 – Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation today announced a new research series with…..

Want to help support your Gen Z kids? Talking really helps

NPR August 27, 20249:48 AM ET Andee Tagle For many pre-teens and teens, a new school year brings big changes: new routines, different classes and changing friendships (both in real life and online). Parents can help kids navigate these transitions…..

Pandemic Hurt Children’s Social Skills, Mental Health Most

Parents report fewer negative effects on children’s physical health and math, reading, science skills by Megan Brenan  March 13 2025 Gallup  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Looking back on the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on their school-age children, U.S. parents are more likely to report negative social and…..

New study shows social media use predicted future depression in tweens

By Caitlin Gibson Washington Post June 26th 2025 As American adolescents experience both declining mental health and rising exposure to social media, parents and researchers alike have tried to better understand the link between the two: Does social media fuel mental health struggles? Or are struggling kids more likely…..

Alain de Bottom

Are you a proper grown-up? Philosopher and founder of The School of Life, Alain de Botton, joins us with a guide to facing life’s challenges with confidence, kindness and good-natured intelligence.  True emotional maturity is a state few of us…..

They Didn’t Just Kill Some Program. They Killed a Piece of America.

By Patrick Hamilton Jun 09, 2025 The Fulcrum is a platform where insiders and outsiders to politics are informed, meet, talk, and act to repair our democracy and make it live and work in our everyday lives. In 2019, I joined AmeriCorps National…..

Rethinking Resilience

By Alene Dawson June 24, 2025 Templeton Foundation Resilience has been cast in the glow of the heroic comeback: the cancer survivor turned bestselling author, the amputee who runs a marathon, the refugee who becomes a congresswoman, the penniless single…..