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My daughter’s school dance on Saturday prompted a family conversation. I told my girls that the winter dance at my own high school was called “TWIRP” (the woman is required to pay). They thought that was so weird: “What if both people are women?” I felt like an artifact from a different century (which I am)…
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Talking to and about young people
Easy examples of how to talk about adolescents and social determinants of health.
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Sexual health isn’t controversial.
My kids’ high school’s choice to produce an adaptation of “Spring Awakening” was, apparently, a controversial choice.
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Positive Youth Development
Adolescents have fundamentally different needs than children or adults.
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Using your superpowers
School Based Health Centers: Super heros of adolescent development.
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Your leadership matters.
We all want to be done mourning the things we can’t do. We’re ready to get back to our healthy youth development aspirations. But, of course, we’ll be in this pandemic aftermath mode for a while; rebuilding lost and weakened systems and services for young people, helping them and everyone who cares about them get a grip on what happened and what comes next.
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We are grateful for you.
I’m grateful for this quirky group of committed, diverse, smart, irreverent, rock-solid allies to young people. You all remind me daily that despite our fatigue, we are a force to be reckoned with.
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Interview with AYA health pioneer Claire Brindis
Interviewing Claire Brindis about her influential nearly-50-year career and foundational contributions to the fields of AYA health is like having Malala Yousafzai agree to read your college paper on public education: a generous gift.
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