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Challenges for Survivors: Watching Movies and Television Shows
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Sexually abused boys at risk for more unsafe sex, researchers find
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Sharing – The 18 Best Books About Anxiety for Kids and Parents
here’s a pretty good selection, take a look if you think it might help. I definitely agree that, especially with younger children, they won’t have the words to talk about feeling anxiety, or to understand what is normal nervousness versus life-altering levels of anxiety. As a parent, it can be difficult to know. Maybe, one of these books might help.
What books have you read about anxiety that you would recommend?
Link – My Battle Against Depression As a Child and What I Wish I Would’ve Known
This is why we need to not only talk about depression and mental health of adults, but maybe even more importantly, to talk about it with children. We have an opportunity to get involved and help young people to avoid self-destructive behaviors later in life, but too often, we don’t do it. “My parents and…
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What I really enjoyed in reading about Joshua’s work with MINT is that he saw a problem, sadly through the loss of a friend, and his own struggles, but also saw an opportunity to do something about it. Quite frankly, there is a problem. In fact, I’d say there are a lot of inter-related problems….
Sharing – Is It Dangerous to Believe in a Just World?
The danger comes in when we try to rationalize this belief because it demands we find a reason why whenever someone suffers some sort of calamity. Otherwise, we’d have to admit the world isn’t fair. We don’t want to do that, so we make up a reason why they deserve it.
This, of course, is classic victim blaming
