Sharing – Teen Suicide: What Parents Need to Know

Sharing – Teen Suicide: What Parents Need to Know

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

We have said often that the best prevention we can offer is to simply keep people connected to those around them. When you’re talking about teens, staying connected to them as parents is vital. When it’s a friend, another family member, an adult, a kid, etc. the best thing we can offer is staying connected with them.

That connection, that knowledge that they are not, in fact, going through this pain alone can make all the difference.

Why not offer it?

Shared Links (weekly) May 28, 2023

Shared Links (weekly) May 28, 2023

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Another Tool in Abuse Prevention – Community

Another Tool in Abuse Prevention – Community

ByMikeM Reading Time: 3 minutes

This is where the community comes in. Kids with strong connections to safe adults are less likely to be targeted and more likely to tell if they are. LGBTQ kids are less likely to struggle with suicidal ideation when they have adults who accept them as they are. Kids dealing with anxiety and depression have better outcomes when they have safe adults to talk through their emotions with, who can support them through difficult times. I’ve talked endlessly about the need for strong relationships with parents as the best preventive medicine we have for keeping children safe and supported. I’ve also talked, on my other site, about the importance of work-life balance and inclusivity when it comes to the workplace for parents. That’s what being the community that families need to succeed includes.

Andrew Toles and the LA Dodgers Are Another Case Where This Shouldn’t be What is Necessary

Andrew Toles and the LA Dodgers Are Another Case Where This Shouldn’t be What is Necessary

ByMikeM Reading Time: 2 minutes

That’s the question we need to ask ourselves. Great, the Dodgers are keeping him under “contract” so he has medical coverage that helps him as an individual. What happens to everyone else in the same boat? Who’s getting them treatment and the coverage to pay for it?

Shared Links (weekly) April 23, 2023

Shared Links (weekly) April 23, 2023

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute
Sharing – Why Siblings Can Have Different Childhoods And Impressions Of Their Parents

Sharing – Why Siblings Can Have Different Childhoods And Impressions Of Their Parents

ByMikeM Reading Time: 3 minutes

The article below describes how this can happen, mostly focused on several factors. One, things change. The family’s circumstances change over the years, your parents change over the years, and so an older or younger sibling might have been raised differently than we were. Also, we are different. Some kids’ personalities mesh differently with their parents compared to their siblings. That’s all pretty normal. 

I want to talk about childhood abuse, especially why it can seem like our siblings don’t understand when we tell them about our abuse. One of the things that becomes clear as you read the link is that kids might grow up in the same biological family but not necessarily in the same circumstances.