Kids Blog

What’s on Kids’ Minds

Friendship, dealing with stress, and hopes and dreams are just a few of the topics students are writing about. Do you have something you’d like say and share? Consider sending a short reflection to us. Have your teacher, parent, or guardian contact us.

Bring people together

By Ramir, Healthy Trailblazer Journal | When you do kind things for people, they want to help you. It builds community because it brings more people together. — Ramir is…

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Acts of kindness

By Tianna, Healthy Trailblazer Journal | Acts of kindness build a community by causing less violence around the world.  —Tianna is in eighth grade. Illustration by Kyaira, eighth grade, DePaul…

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Stop the violence

By Tyler, Healthy Trailblazer Journal | [To build community,] talk to the youth. Help small business. Build parks. Invest in education. And stop the violence.  —Tyler is in eighth grade….

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Paying it forward

By Khyir, Healthy Trailblazer Journal | Every time you do a kind gesture, someone may want to do it for another person, and that person pays it forward for the…

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Healthy community

By Noah, Healthy Trailblazer Journal | If everyone is always kind to one another, then that would make us have a healthy community. —Noah is in eighth grade. Illustration by…

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Brighten a day

By Jamir, Healthy Trailblazer Journal | [Showing kindness] can make people feel more trusted, careful, and thoughtful. It can brighten up someone’s day. —Jamir is eighth grade. Illustration by Toniya,…

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Worthy deeds

By Emma, DePaul Healthy Trailblazer Journal | I would help my neighbors by doing worthy deeds like babysit, take out the trash for them, clean their porch, paint their house…

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Even the bus driver

By Noah, DePaul Healthy Trailblazer Journal | I’ve helped my community by talking to everyone in my class at least one time throughout the day. Ways I want to help…

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Saying hello

By Jamir, DePaul Healthy Trailblazer Journal | Some ways that I helped my community is picking up trash and trying to greet people by doing hand gestures such as waving…

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Positive change

By Laila F., DePaul Healthy Trailblazer Journal | Ways that I have helped my community are by going to my community day care to help with the toddlers. I also…

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Helping by cleaning

By Saniyah, DePaul Healthy Trailblazer Journal | I help my community by cleaning up the trash. I wish to have a club for children, just to talk and ask how…

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Sharing kindness

By Dauda, Catholic Partnership Schools Healthy Courier | Kindness is something that everyone should experience and share with each other. The kindest thing that has ever happened to me was…

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