There is a lot to consider in this article, and I hope that many of us in the “advocate” community will stop to consider it. What is the difference between trying to destigmatize mental health issues, and making them look glamorous? “There is no quick and dirty guide for how we can do sad online…
The article below is about social anxiety, but I have always believed that this lack of intrinsic worth is something that also makes kids vulnerable to being groomed and abused. Think about how well these paragraphs describe a typical survivor as a child: “In our culture, the measure of success and acceptability is often based…
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I suspect for many parents, the reason they haven’t really had any conversation about mental health issues comes down to this: This can be one of the most difficult things to do and one of the primary reasons that schools and parents will wait until tomorrow what should be discussed today. Let’s face it, as…
The Child Mind Institute has put together a list, along with descriptions, of 44 books they recommend for children. In their own words these are the “best books for helping kids understand emotional and learning challenges” The books are listed by topics ranging from ADHD to Trauma, with a little bit of everything in between,…
I do wonder how often this happens, and how much the statistics on childhood sexual abuse miss this sort of thing. As Mariel shares: I was sexually abused by another child and I didn’t even accept that it was abuse. If this is your experience, too, you’re not alone and your story is valid. I…
