Opinion
Societal expectations and biases can obscure the signs of depression in Black girls, underscoring the need for more inclusive support systems.
Yale Medicine's latest study aimed to explore the "cyberintimacy" and online dating habits of Black teenage girls.
She may feel that male attention empowers her. But, in a gentle way, explain that male attention does not make her any more powerful. She makes herself powerful. In fact, not caring about male attention makes her the most powerful.