By Ismée Williams One of the reasons I love to read YA fiction is that the characters resonate. They face the same struggles of the human experience we all face, struggles we remember, one of the most important of which is figuring out where you belong—finding your place and your pack. This can … [Read more...] about How Young Adult Literature Can Help Biracial Teens Find Themselves
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How Ismée Williams’s Cuban Grandparents Inspired THIS TRAIN IS BEING HELD
By Ismée Williams One of the primary psychological tasks facing a young person is to form an identity separate from one’s family. Anyone who’s taken a psychology course will recall Erik Erikson’s developmental stages. According to Erikson, as we grow, we work through different conflicts. Each … [Read more...] about How Ismée Williams’s Cuban Grandparents Inspired THIS TRAIN IS BEING HELD
