Study Shows Intelligent Conversation with Caring Adults Helps Teenagers Make Healthy Decisions
Several people have asked me what I think of the study that found one abstinence-only program to be effective in…
youth development & education
Teenagers Need Attention — from You, Even
My sixth-grade students need more attention. And I don’t just mean they need a better attention span or that they…
Starting Points for Sorting through High School Relationships
To a former health student, who asked me for advice about boyfriend troubles (by sending me a facebook message): I…
I’ve been away so long…
I have been steeped in grad school applications (and my job), and I’m really sorry I haven’t posted in so…
New Job, New Roles, and Persistent Passions
Dear New Students, I’ll meet you in a few days as your afterschool program leader. My job entails supporting your…
A New Campaign in Boston
When multiple friends forward me the same news story, I figure I should write about it. Today’s news is the…
My Past
I have been interested in health education since I began tenth grade. I spent the next three years of high…
We are all potential acitvists
Dear students, Remember that you are the ones with the most information about what’s going on in your lives and…
A Letter to my Students
To my dear students, I’m not coming back to teach health next year. In fact, you won’t have health class…
I should not teach gym, so why should they teach sex ed?
Sexuality education has a long history of being put into other classes, specifically science and physical education. While I strongly…