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Closeup advertisement of girl holding softball by shoulder in pitcher's stance. Text on image reads, Always hashtag LikeAGirl.

Closeup of adolescent girl with dark ponytail looks off to the distance. Caption. What if you have a boyfriend, and you like him a lot.

Still image from: Against the Odds: Erica Takes Control

Still image from: Alma's Way: Alma's Showstopper / Ultimate Helper

Still image from: Alma's Way: Beatbox Big Time / Super Sisters

Still image from: Alma's Way: Junior's Story / Anniversary Surprise

Still image from: Am I a Boy or Girl: Role Model for Trans People--Featuring Xavier Raddysh

Still image from: Am I a Boy or Girl: True Self-Expression--Featuring Pina Newman

Painting with seated, smiling girl and woman hugging her. Caption. Are we going to the ballet, Nana? asked Grandma.

Purple-hued still frame of a boy leaning over and lifting a man out of water. Caption. She didn't answer, and then I called the paramedics.

Boy dives off platform into large, laned pool. Caption. On my swim team to set goals.

Woman in Hawaiian shirt looks down in foreground while man does dishes and girl walks away in background. 2 music note icons indicate music playing in video.

Black and white closeup of a smiling girl in glasses holding a pole on crowded subway car. Caption. And well, always have their back.

Figure on bike approaches wood shingled house with light visible through enclosed porch.

A C, G, I rendering of a globe sticking out of a piece of pink paper sitting on a desk, with some pencils and ruler nearby. Spanish caption with chica as narrator, "Vivimos en un mundo con lugar para todos y todas."

Illustration of a middle-aged man with Spanish speech bubble question marks next to a young woman saying, "Bla bla bla bla," next to a senior woman with Spanish speech bubble question marks. Spanish caption with chica as narrator, "¿Quién los entiende? Dice el siempre mi abuela."

Color illustration of 2 photos in frames sitting in the branches of a tree. 1 photo is of a man and young girl, the other is of woman with a young boy and a young girl. Spanish Caption. "Viven con su papá y su mamá."

Color illustration of 1 female and 2 male band members. The woman is playing the drums, the 2 men are holding electric guitars and looking at each other. Spanish Caption. "Que nos haga sentir mejor."

Colorful illustration of a woman in a yellow dress walking outside with a boy with a red hat and yellow backpack. Spanish Caption. "Y no sólo son más altas, también pueden ser muy fuertes."

2 images. On the left is a boy in a blue coat with objects in his hands. On the right is a woman next to a chalkboard in low light. Spanish Caption. "El cine, en la sala oscura no se va a notar."

Young man in a tan suit jacket looks at a young boy standing at a podium with question marks on it. They are in a white room with colorful question marks on the wall. Spanish Caption. "La próxima vez que vaya al médico."

Young Black girl with dark curly hair holds a hand to her cheek, looking out and down with mouth in a slight pout.

Colored drawing of a boy with a sad expression as he holds his chin in both hands. He wears a red sports jersey.

Still image from: Baba-Balu Belongs, Too

Color illustration. Boy in a floating wooden boat with balloons on each end holds a balloon and looks up with eyes closed. Glowing embers and puffy clouds drift below. Title card reads, "Be You!"

Woman with shoulder length hair. Caption. And they've been teased about being overweight.

Closeup of White teenage girl. Caption. Because I was so focused on losing weight and my obsession.

Woman wearing a business suit holds a blueprint while speaking to 2 working men at an indoor construction site.

Black background with pink digitized text that reads, "Error". Green text below reads, "Gives us experience."

Digital rendering of a rainbow surrounded by clouds with blue sky peeking through. Text reads, "Colorful like a rainbow?"

Teenage girl next to a computer screen with a collage of photos of herself at different ages. Caption. It's just to show you that a few years.

Color illustration of a senior man wearing suspenders standing across from a boy in red cap with another boy laying on the ground at his feet inside a bank. Caption. And I'm here to open an account.

Color illustration. 3 mice rest on mats. Caption. A Chrysanthemum is a flower.

Color illustration. White mouse in dress and coat uses a parasol in a sunny garden. Spanish caption. Y tomó el camino más largo hacia la escuela.

Cartoon. Light blue cloud with smiley face outlined in white on a blue grid. Caption. Being smaller than the average cloud.

Man seated on stage playing the guitar. Caption lyrics. Teenage body image blues.

Still image from: Creating With Mr. Dearybury: Fern's Fabulosity

Still image from: Creating With Mr. Dearybury: Pip's Normal

2 women speak at a kitchen island working with prepackaged salads in front of them.

Painting of a 1-dimensional red and white barber shop pole and an abstract background. Title card reads, "Crown, An Ode to the Fresh Cut."

Waves crash to shore in the foreground as a lifeguard swims with a red flotation device towards a person whose head is bobbing just above the surface of the water.

Still image from: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Prince Wednesday's Accident / Daniel and Miss Elaina's Kite Accident

Closeup of a girl glancing sideways in a room with another child. Caption. I told Miss Johnson that Dan asked to sit here.

Woman leans over to look at a young boy staring back with an apprehensive expression. Caption. Next time, do the right thing.

Closeup of young dark-haired man wearing a blue striped shirt in front of a blurred background. Caption. I love to play the game and watch it.

Young girl with arms crossed on a desk looks to the side with an annoyed expression. Caption. You're such a klutz.

Split screen closeups of woman's eye and child's foot. Spanish caption. Man's voice as narrator. ¡Gorda!

Middle-aged woman smiles in a carpeted room with couch in the background. Title card reads, "Jeannette Aslanian, Tori's Mom." Caption. I was like, "Okay, tell me more about it."

Still image from: Ellen the Elephant

Young woman with a laptop sits at the head of a conference table speaking to 2 men who are seated closeby and listening to her.

Man holds a mobile phone to his ear while standing in an open elevator. Caption. Are you preoccupied with worry?

Adolescent girl wearing a green tank top, black choker necklace, and hoop earrings looks off camera. Caption. And recently he broke my trust.

Young boy wearing a blue polo shirt speaks directly to camera. Caption. My parents to get divorced.

Woman speaks to camera with a slight smile against a bright blue backdrop. Caption. But you don't have to like or dislike something.

Group of teenage girls at a picnic table. All look at a boy pulling on 1 of the girl's arms. Caption. Are you listening to me?

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Senior woman leans over the shoulder of a young girl who is looking down and reading something. 2 others just off camera stand close. Caption. They need to be reinforced that they're trying something new.

Closeup on a child seated on the floor, appearing to be at school, looking ahead with a serious expression. Caption. Live in constant fear of humiliation.

Still image from: Feelings in a Flash: Angry

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Still image from: Feelings in a Flash: Disappointed

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Cartoon image of Muhammad Ali punching a speed bag. Caption. "When it came to fighting, he knew he was good.

3 adolescent girls in sports uniforms, 2 are giving each other a side-eyed look with a slight smile. Caption. I can't believe you beat me. The team's got talent.

Young woman smiles and looks towards camera. Behind her, a digital background with a wavy, colorful pattern. Caption. Making mistakes is part of being a person.

Young woman smiles and looks towards camera as she speaks. Behind her, a digital background with a wavy, colorful pattern. Caption. It's hard to say no to friends.

Still image from: Goal Setting

Color illustration. 2 adult and 2 baby woodchucks look at cracked egg with goose emerging.

Young woman faces camera against a blurred background, smiling and gesturing with her hands using sign language. Caption. Self-esteem is how we feel about ourselves.

Teenage girl smiles and shrugs her shoulders shyly while looking at another teenage girl smiling back. They are standing in a hallway with school lockers behind them. Caption. He sounds cute.

Man walks a dog on a sidewalk. Caption. And then he goes two blocks south and turns.

Silhouette of a house at night illuminated from within with a backdrop of thousands of stars. Text above image reads, "The Chance of Being Positive."

Wide shot of green grassy hills below a bright blue partly cloudy sky.

Still image from: Hip Hop Hooray for Brooklynn Bunny

Still image from: I Am Skylar

Color illustration in picture book. Children gesture to one another as fruit and music notes float in air. In next image, children stand in a circle as girl holds arms out beneath thought bubble with dancing bunnies. Story text appears on screen.

Still image from: It's Not Easy Being a Bunny

Boy with dark blond hair and wearing glasses looks at camera, holding up the palm of his hand, fingers extended in front of the lens.

Man in witness box with suited man looking at him in a courtroom setting. Caption. Did you have them on at the same time of the accident.

Woman leans over to help a child adjust a magnifying glass. Another woman and child stand by. Spanish caption. Una de las cosas más importantes.

Color illustration. Baby tiger crawls through flower bushes towards an adult tiger crouching down. Caption. Leo's father watched him for signs of blooming.

Color illustration. Baby tiger looks down at a book with images and text on the ground in front of him with a frown. Spanish Caption. No sabia leer.

Girl in pink shirt with a pleasant expression parts lips in mid-speech. Colorful stacks of blocks fill the background. Caption. Hey, you wanna cut class or cheat on a test?

Still image from: Mel Fell

Womans wearing blue jeans and a gray top uses a white cane to walk down a tree-lined dirt path towards the camera.

Still image from: Mummy, I Can't Find My Loud Voice

2 boys, 1 younger and 1 older, at home. Caption. Why so down?

Still image from: My Crowning Glory

3 teenagers in formal attire stand next to 1 another. A smiling boy in center wraps his arm around a smiling girl to his right. Caption. It's about dressing for success.

Closeup of man in suit holding paper, looks at camera. Name, John Maucere, appears in comic bubble nearby. Caption lyrics. No Ordinary Hero.

Still image from: Nobody's Perfect: Learning Self-Acceptance

Woman seated at a desk in a home office looks up at camera, open laptop in front of her. Caption. They also put leaders at every level of an organization.

Pepe the Bull stands on his yoga mat with his knees bent and hands on his sides. Spanish caption. Párate con la espalda recta, los pies bien juntos.

Boy leans forward with eyebrows raised at another boy just visible in the foreground. Caption. To be one of us, you need to help out.

3 teenage boys sit in a circle on sleeping bags in a tent. Caption. C'mon man, we all chew.

Green and purple parrot puppet with large eyes and glasses balances on a fence. Spanish caption. Buenos dias.

Still image from: Profiles in Achievement: Amazing People With Learning Differences

Still image from: Quigley Goes to Gymnastics

Still image from: Quigley the Quiet Hedgehog

Arms with different skin tone colors reach up from the bottom of photo, each one holding up a letter to spell, Respect.

Still image from: Read Out Loud: "It's Okay to Make Mistakes"

Still image from: Read Out Loud: "The Little Engine That Could"

Still image from: Read Out Loud: "The Little Red Lighthouse"

5 teenagers sit on risers in a room with black walls. 1 of them wears a red hoodie and talks, while the others listen. Caption. You think about where your future's gonna land.

Closeup red-toned photo of a male teenager with a goatee and multiple ear and eyebrow piercings as he purses his lips. Caption. Unhealthy rebellion is marked by bitterness.

Closeup of a teenage boy in a blue plaid shirt looking down and talking in front of a metal fence outside. Caption. I don't think the media should have any effect.

Teenage boy hugs another teenage boy from the side, both are smiling. Caption. Boy. Honesty is very important because without honesty.

Young boy pours a bag of dog food into a bowl as a white and brown pitbull stands watch.

Color illustration in a picture book. Rock covered in multicolored balls wears terrified expression as it catapults into foreground. Springing lines behind it read, "Boing!" Smiling rocks in background. Story text appears on screen.

Storybook illustration of a young girl in a pink leotard and tights reaching down to help a young boy in a red shirt and blue pants stand up from the floor. Story text appears on the illustration.

Light yellow strokes radiate outward in concentric circles against an orange backdrop. White word bubble in center reads, "Say Something! By Peter Hamilton Reynolds."

Light yellow strokes radiate outward in concentric circles against an orange backdrop. White word bubble in center reads, "Di Algo! Peter Hamilton Reynolds."

Native American person speaking into camera with an image of snowy mountains as a backdrop. Caption. It took years to develop the self-image you possess.

Young girl rests her hands on a school desk, looking out at something to her right. Caption. How you're doing in school?

Color illustration of 4 children smiling and gesturing in front of a colorblocked background. Title card reads, "Más lento o más rápido, todos podemos aprender. Somos iguales y diferentes."

Still image from: Smiles: Say It With a Smile!

Color illustration. Open picture book shows a spoon wearing a blue dress running through the house with a dinner plate wearing a yellow shirt. Caption. Who fell in love with a dish and ran off to a distant land.

Girl sits with knees up and mouth open mid-speech in front of stacks of colored blocks. Caption. Self-advocacy is a fancy way.

Still image from: StoryMakers: Nick Bruel

Adolescent boy at table with woman seated on easy chair behind. Caption. This is normal and often experienced by young people.

2 young boys put on bike helmets on a residential street. Spanish caption. Nino as narrator. No me digan que se van a poner eso!

Split frame of 1 teenage boy on cell phone and another on a pay phone. Spanish caption. Sentí que realmente estaba ayudando.

3 teenage girls sit a library table with open books. Spanish caption. No. No son más populares los de baile?

Group of teenagers interact with each other in a school courtyard. Caption. We'll talk about teens and stress.

Still image from: Stronger, Tougher, Smarter: Stories of Teen Resilience

2 young girls are seated at a classroom group table holding pencils. They are looking up at and speaking with a woman who appears to be their teacher. A completed worksheet and piece of paper are on the table.

Woman looks down at someone offscreen with a stern expression. Caption. And show respect for each other's feelings.

Medium view of 2 girls facing each other. Girl with pursed mouth and a hand on her waist gazes at the other girl who looks downward, mouth closed. They appear to be having a serious exchange. Caption. Sound of music.

Rear view of a teenage boy standing next to and speaking to an older man who is cooking on a kitchen stove. Spanish caption. Papá, el entrenador de béisbol me hizo sentir muy mal hoy.

Boy holds an art paint brush and stands while painting onto a paper attached to an easel in an art classroom. He his focused on the image he is painting in yellow. Caption. To know what to expect at each age.

2 boys play side by side on the floor. Wooden blocks and pieces are scattered between them. 1 boy is looking through a bin filled with more wooden pieces. Spanish caption. Se dará cuenta usted.

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Color illustration. Baby T-Rex emerges from cracked egg, surrounded by whole eggs. Caption. When I was born, I came out of an egg.

Hand holding a white sheet of paper in a folder on a desk. Caption. Actually, Jamie's grades aren't so great at the moment.

Still image from: Tales of Ordinary Fatphobia

Woman stands in front of a class of elementary school children, holding her hands out. Caption. And as soon as you do that, create your own poster.

Closeup of crowded room of teenagers talking in a high school hallway. A man films them with a production level camera as another man, wearing headphones, watches the camera screen.

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 1923)

Closeup of a teenage girl and a younger girl laughing as they look downward. Caption. Me and my sister have a good relationship.

Still image from: The ABCs of Virtue: An Alphabetic Guide to Finding the Magic in You

Cartoon illustration. Child holds out a piece of paper with several splotches of paint. Caption. If I can make little dots, I can make big dots.

Color illustration of a child holding out a piece of paper with several splotches of paint. Spanish caption. Si puedo hacer puntos pequeños.

Black and white frame shows a desk with a laptop and several documents. Person's hand uses a stapler to staple a stack of papers. Caption lyrics. She'll be drivin' six white horses when she comes.

Still image from: The Little Butterfly That Could

Still image from: The Little Butterfly That Could (Spanish)

Woman seated, looking pensive and off camera. Caption. But you're suffering from anorexia.

Color illustration of a king surrounded by a group of white hens. Caption. This is the biggest egg I have ever seen.

Cartoon. King surrounded by a group of white hens. Caption. This is the biggest egg I have ever seen.

Color illustration. Barefoot child dances on a grassy lawn surrounded by flowers as a bird flies overhead. Caption. Sometimes dancing.

Animal puppet speaking. Spanish captions.

Face of puppet. Spanish captions.

A boy who looks sad and confused. Caption: I've noticed there's hair under my arms.

Woman standing in a school hallway. Caption: I know that for me, when I started going through puberty,

Illustration of HIV virus and three cells. Caption: IMMUNE SYSTEM but HIV is a little different.

Outline of two bodies, a dot where the pituitary gland is located. Caption: The brain signals the pituitary gland

Illustration of skin showing the sebaceous gland and a pimple. Caption: gets clogged by too much oil.

Overhead shot of children standing around a table, using colored markers to draw block letters on a long sheet of white paper.

Black and white frame shows a man wearing a dark coat, scarf and brimmed hat standing between 2 bellhops.

Young woman with dark wavy hair smiles at camera. Text overlay reads, "Grit." Caption. They have grit!

Low-angle view of a young boy running by a woman in a grass yard as a gray Schnauzer dog chases him. 2 people sit on a porch in front of a blue house behind them. Caption. Carl Junior narrates. I really don't know anybody that has A, D, D like me.

Young woman with brown hair pulled back in a clip leans back on her forearms in a grassy park while looking at a colorful sunset. Caption. So I think Yanili will be able to fulfill her dreams.

Closeup of a young girl with dark hair wearing a blue and white striped shirt. Another girl with dark hair in an orange shirt is blurred in the background to her left. Caption. She said girls aren't supposed to go outside.

Closeup of a smiling girl with curly locks. Caption. Girl as narrator. My hairstyle is called locks.

Teenage boy faces camera against a dark background. Caption. They don't want to talk to their parents.

Closeup of a boy's face. He is raising an eyebrow and glancing off to one side.

Still image from: Whisper Angel

3 teenagers sit around a table, leaning in to talk to each other with focused expressions. Caption. To fit in with a certain crowd?

Storybook illustration of a young fairy with brown hair, pointy ears, wings, and a pink dress. Someone is sprinkling something white and sparkly on her head. Story text appears on the illustration.

Closeup of elementary school children holding hands and walking together across a grass lawn.

Adult and young person talking in a kitchen. Caption: They're going through changes.

Adult and young person talking in a kitchen. Spanish captions.

Still image from: Your Reputation: Enhancing It, Repairing It