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Fall 2020

Strength and Influence

Volume 13, Issue 1

Join KidSpirit writers and artists as they look into the ways in which power and perception, resilience and relationship are intertwined. Can peers shape our values? Is corruption inevitable? What makes a good leader?

Cover artwork by Misa Yo, age 16, Taiwan

The Big Question

More Stories

Poetry

I Don’t Need This

by Satya Shaw

I don’t need a friend who laughs when I confide in them about a crush
     I’m good enough.
I don’t need a friend who applauds when I eat salad for lunch
     I’m not fat. I may not be skinny either but that doesn’t mean that your shallow...

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PerSpectives