Bullied brown
October 23, 2012
South Asian children are targets for bullying. We’d like to think ethnicity has little to do with it, but the evidence shows otherwise.
South Asian children are targets for bullying. We’d like to think ethnicity has little to do with it, but the evidence shows otherwise.
They say if your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough. But why do we belittle little dreams?
The greatest luxury of travel is to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar that it is taken for granted.
What are the implications for children whose parents talk to them about a cancer diagnosis?
Adolescent girls are more fearful of gaining weight than cancer, nuclear war, or losing their parents.
At what point is it important for your child to graduate to his own bed–in his own room–on a nightly basis?
Spending $300 on oversized t-shirts, baggy jeans, and fake diamond earrings were important to me. I wish I knew why so I could go back in time and slap myself.
I kept him to myself—not sharing, not saying. It saddened me, but was safer than exposing Daddy to strangers.
You will travel these topics at your own risk. You may not like what you find. And you may not believe what is in fact, fact.
Even if you’ve succeeded in “friending” your child on Facebook, your due diligence may not keep pace with the rapid fire status updates populating her newsfeed.
If we never talk about sexuality in our homes—how will our child tell us where an abuser forced himself on her? With what words?
With the pressure of getting married girls begin to control their food intake, often to unhealthy limits.