Radio interview with Bryan Crump, RNZ Nights, June 2, 2021 “Anthropologist and Child Health researcher, Dr Julie Spray spent 2015 eating lunch with primary school students in a disadvantaged part… Read more The Social Stigma of Hungry Children →
“Tūrama School children teach us that the food we give kids is not only functional but symbolic. Good quality lunches are important because they send the message that children are… Read more A free school lunch isn’t just about hunger, but about dignity →
“Rather than our society holding ourselves responsible for the social inequities that are causing rheumatic fever, we made children responsible for reporting their sore throats, and then let them return… Read more The Canary in the Coal Mine for Inequality →
“…how do we, as a society, view children? We tend to see children as passive recipients of adult actions. We can assume if we don’t tell children things, they won’t… Read more Children are Experiencing the Pandemic Too →
“What would it mean for a child to feel great about shooting a basket in gym class, but anxious about maskless kids in the locker room afterward? What would it mean for a child to feel happy about seeing her friends, until her teacher tests positive and she wonders if it was her fault?”
