The Quiet Emergency: When Adults Look Away and Kids Learn to Disappear

it political,” even though I never mentioned politics at all—only accountability and adult responsibility.

That’s when I learned another ugly truth:

In America right now, everything becomes a side.

If you say “protect kids,” someone hears “attack teachers.”

If you say “schools should intervene,” someone hears “parents are overreacting.”

If you say “bullying continue reading …