The Backpack Drop Zone: One Sixth-Grade Truth That Exposed Our Quiet Crisis

cards.

Some were small.

Stop calling us lazy when we’re tired.

Stop yelling at us for being on our phones when you’re on yours all the time.

Some were jokes.

Gym class should be illegal.

I almost smiled at that one.

But most of them were knives.

When my dad says I’m “too sensitive,” I feel like he’s telling me my feelings aren’t real.

When my mom says “we can’t continue reading …