Should Parents Track Their Children?
Find all our Student Opinion questions here.Do your parents use your phone or some other device to track you? If yes, does it make you feel safer that they know where you are? Does it limit your freedom? Do you care one way or the other?And if they monitor your location, do you know why?…
Do You Push Your Parents’ Buttons?
Are there things you do that drive your parents crazy? Is it not cleaning your room? Leaving half-eaten food around the house? Spending too much time on the phone? Playing your music too loud? Mumbling your answers? Not saying thank you? How do your parents handle these situations? Do their responses ever lead to positive…
Do You Turn to Your Parents for Advice?
If you’re overwhelmed with school work or extracurricular obligations, whom do you go to for support? What about if you have a conflict with a friend or classmate?Are there specific circumstances when you seek support from your parents and other adults? Are there things you don’t like your parents to say or do when you…
Lesson of the Day: ‘Parents of 545 Children Separated at the Border Cannot Be...
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “Parents of 545 Children Separated at the Border Cannot Be Found” by Caitlin DickersonIn 2017, before the Trump administration’s widely publicized “zero tolerance” immigration policy went into effect, children were separated from their parents…
Helping Parents Hold the Line
The team also produces a newsletter twice a week, uses its social media accounts to spotlight articles related to parenting from across the newsroom and continues to create special projects: In May, the team published a collection of essays focused on motherhood and transformation, and a recent package of profiles featured families that have opted…
Do You Want Your Parents and Grandparents to Get the New Coronavirus Vaccine?
In “First Coronavirus Vaccines Head to States, Starting Historic Effort,” Abby Goodnough, Reed Abelson and Jan Hoffman write about the hurdles of bringing the vaccine to the public:At Novant Health in Winston-Salem, N.C., the new ultracold freezers are ready — enough to eventually house more than 500,000 doses of the first coronavirus vaccine approved in…
Do Your Parents Overpraise You?
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 2021.Do you regularly receive praise from your parents for your accomplishments — big and small? Do you ever think it’s too much?Do you think there’s a downside to praise — or can one never get enough approval and…
Should Parents Ever Be Held Responsible for a School Shooting?
Last week, a Michigan teenager killed four of his classmates and wounded seven other people in the halls of his suburban Detroit high school, according to the police. He was arrested and charged with terrorism, four counts of first-degree murder and an array of other crimes.Then, the county prosecutor took the rare step of filing…
How Do You Connect With Your Parents?
Most of my childhood friends from our predominantly white New Jersey suburb have a story about how their love of sports began — usually involving their fathers. Shaun’s played catch with him for hours in the backyard and took him to baseball card shows, hence Shaun’s love of baseball. Matt’s brought him up watching Knicks…
How Should Parents Support a Student Who Has Fallen Behind in School?
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Try to name as many reasons as you can why a student might fall behind in schoolwork — reasons that are particularly relevant to the challenges of the current school year. Why can it be difficult to…
