For tweens & teens, ages 10–16
Five interactive comics built for the real pressures of being 10 to 16: what social media does to how you see yourself, what to say to yourself after a setback, how to tell what's real online, a whole resilience toolkit guided by elder mentor Auntie Nia, and what to do when you're the only one who looks like you in the room.
It's almost midnight and Imani posts a selfie she loves, then a feed full of "perfect" posts makes her want to delete it. Help her read what's really behind the filter.
Open with a plan →
Kai is the new kid with three weeks until basketball tryouts and a loud inner Doubt. Guided by Bloom, he trains the mind game until YET wins.
Open comic →
A quick, practical toolkit for slowing down before you share: how to spot what's designed to fool you, and how to check before you pass it on.
Open with a plan →
An affirming, interactive resilience toolkit for Black tweens and teens, guided by elder mentor Auntie Nia through nine "Things," plus a bonus toolkit and a finale.
Open comic →
Nadia, 14, walks into Honors English on the first day, proud she earned it and the only Black student in the room. When a careless comment tries to make her feel small, Auntie Nia teaches her a one-breath move: SEEN, STEADY, SPEAK.
Open with a plan →Beyond the five comics above (two free forever, three with a Family or Classroom plan), eleven additional practice stories are reserved for practitioners and shared directly: self-advocacy in a support meeting, finding your own advocate voice, noticing the friend who goes quiet, and a full sequence on navigating school discipline moments with steadiness. Ask Elliott for the practitioner set.
Every Stay Strong comic ships with a printable teacher & caregiver guide, ready to drop into an advisory block or a counseling session. The same private-by-design rules apply as the rest of the Lab: no accounts, no tracking, and any recorded practice stays on the student's own device.
This is a practice tool, not therapy or counseling. It's built to rehearse a skill before the moment it's needed, the same way a fire drill rehearses an exit.