We Aren’t Doing Enough About Teen Suicide

Gillian Stingley, Staff Writer • April 24, 2021

Schools are in a unique position to recognize and help students that are struggling, and their negligence is unacceptable.

Is Tiktok Actually Safe for LGBTQ+ Teens?

Gillian Stingley, Staff Writer • June 8, 2020

While this video is extremely harmful, this level of homophobia is not typical of users on the app. Most users face less direct homophobia, such as sexualization of minors or extreme criticism of relationships.

A Black Hole of Helicopter Parenting

Skyler Shuniu Li, Staff Writer • May 8, 2020

“Helicopter parents” refers to parents hovering over their children like helicopters, monitoring their children’s actions, providing protection and help, and always ready to come forward to solve problems for their children, hoping that everything can be under their control. But do children need this helicopter parenting?

Dogs Vs. Depression

Elliot Mennel, Student writer • May 5, 2020

Mental health. This is a thing that we as humans all deal with to some degree. It’s okay to get sad. It’s okay to get angry. It’s okay to want to cuddle with a puppy. Now, unless you’re scared...

The Connection Between Quakerism and Solitary Confinement

Frank Sheffield, staff writer • February 17, 2020

Quakerism values the importance of reflection. Reflection is not only looking in the mirror or a shadow staring back at you, it is taking time to sit and think about yourself, decisions you made, the positive...

Intergenerational Trauma in the Black Community

Mecca McCain, Staff Writer • February 12, 2020

Psychohistorians at Psychology Today define intergenerational, or transgenerational, trauma as the unconscious transmission of trauma from one generation to the next. Intergenerational trauma affects groups...

Loneliness in Students

Yili Bai, Staff Writer • November 19, 2019

Loneliness is one of the most common mental health conditions. It is common but never harmless for the long-term lonely. How can we get out of loneliness?

Life on the Autism Spectrum

Maya Gincherman, Staff Writer • November 19, 2019

“It is never too late to expand the mind of a person on the Autism spectrum.”- Dr. Temple Grandin

Mental Health in Adolescents

Mecca McCain, Staff Writer • November 11, 2019

According to the National Alliance of Mental Health, it is estimated that one in five adults in America experience mental illness (that’s about 43.8 million adults in a year). Mental illnesses in adults look different than they do in adolescents, particularly teenagers.

Unpacking the Upper School Health Survey

Rebecca Megginson, Staff Writer • February 8, 2019

A Brief Timelapse of Seasonal Depression

Maeve Friedman, Editor • February 4, 2019

I never quite understood how a white abyss, a rainstorm that persists, everything drenched and weighed down, (heavy) could not have the same effect on the impressionable hearts of those who look out at the rain and smile.

Mental Health Awareness in People of Color

Chika Akaneme, Staff Writer • November 16, 2018

I believe that there is an erasure of mental health awareness amongst families of color. From what I have heard and observed from my family and others, a high percentage of people of color associate mental health illnesses with “whiteness.”