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

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“And then I read that note about being hungry,” he said, and his voice cracked, “and I realized I was making jokes while someone’s stomach hurt.”

The room shifted. A couple of parents looked uncomfortable.

Good, I thought.

Discomfort is sometimes the first sign of truth.

Tommy kept going.

“People online are saying kids need to toughen up,” he said.continue reading …