Dr. Christia Brown
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Parenting Beyond Pink and Blue
A guide that helps parents focus on their children’s unique strengths and inclinations rather than on gendered stereotypes to more effectively bring out the best in their individual children, for parents of infants to middle schoolers.
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YES!!!!!! White House Moving Forward With Harriet Tubman $20 Bill After 4-Year Delay | A Mighty Girl https://www.amightygirl.com/blog/?p=32622
Our new paper at @PNASNews.
15 studies show that we misunderstand how to bridge divides. We think that using facts in political/moral discussion should foster respect. But it's personal experiences (esp about harm) that best bridge divides. Thread.
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/6/e2008389118
Everyone should always read more about @StephnTRussell !! A great example of scholar-activist
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Dr. Russell sat down with us to talk about his paper and answer all of our questions on how being an activist can work when standing up for human rights is often so politicized
Check it out here! https://www.s-r-a.org/all-blogs/social-justice-research-and-adolescence-an-interview-with-dr-stephen-russell
The social construction of gender
It is an amazingly different era for compassion and humanity. @nytimes
Biden overturns Trump‘s transgender military ban.
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Psychology Today
Why the Women in the Weinstein Case are so Believable
By middle school, girls are sexually harassed by boys, yet taught to smile and pretend it doesn't bother them rather than confront or report it. Just as in the Weinstein case. Read More
read moreKids, Politics, and the Gender Divide
Children are interested in elections, and have strong opinions about candidates, but underestimate gender biases in politics and government. Read More on the Psychology Today blog.
read moreRepresentation Matters
Regardless of gender identity, kids and teens want, and need, to be seen and affirmed. Representation and actual knowledge matters. This shouldn't be confined to one day a year. Read More
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