Classroom lessons in mental health could save young lives

Life is hard enough without having a label plastered to your forehead that reads “Treat me like I’m stupid.”

Eighth-graders at Grandville Middle School the other day wore that label and others, from “Ignore me completely” to “Laugh at all my ideas.”

Treat each other accordingly, the students were told.

After a while of this, a kid can get bummed out. Imagine feeling like this all the time — worthless, ignored.

What if, at the end of the lesson, you couldn’t peel that sticker off?
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