Original illustration by Julie Wallace By Haven Hamre-Myers, age 15 and IndyKids staff The reckoning on how social media is impacting kids’ mental health has begun. Facebook, and Mark Zuckerberg personally, have been called out for knowing about the issues surrounding...
Image by Brielle French on Unsplash By Mila Lemoine, age 10 and IndyKids staff Some state lawmakers don’t want pride flags in schools. They argue that LGBTQ+ flags are “too political” and “divisive” (something that causes a lot of disagreement and separates people)...
Image by Pixabay on Pexels By Zahra Latheef, age 11 Teenage girls and women in some parts of Afghanistan still aren’t allowed to go to schools and colleges. Since the Taliban overthrew the Western-backed government on Aug. 15, 2021, only boys, men and younger girls...
What Is Food Insecurity? By Cayzlen Rodriguez, age 9 Food insecurity means not knowing if you can provide food for yourself or your family. This can be a temporary situation or long-term. Often people face other hardships linked to food insecurity, such as...
Image by Markus Spiske on Pexels By Hudson McKinley-Uss, age 15 Older generations grew up during the time of the Cold War and had a future that was very uncertain—living with the threat of nuclear warfare, hearing things like “mutually assured destruction”...
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