As a creator of content for kids, I believe it is also my duty to act as an ally of and advocate for kids — whether it comes to their reading lives, their creative lives, or their LIVES. Kids and their teachers should be sent back to school #OnlyWhenItsSafe. 1/3

There will be very little productive instruction occurring in schools. Every day, every lesson — every SECOND — will be clouded by anxiety, confusion, and fear. The trauma caused by forcing kids, teachers, and staff into such a situation is going to outlast this pandemic. 2/3

While not opening schools will cause many problems, such problems are far more easily addressed than those that will undoubtedly result from sending kids, teachers, & staff into a dangerous, terrifying daily reality that utterly fails to show respect for their lives and work. 3/3