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?

What is Sextortion and Why Are Kids Getting Caught Up in This?

What is Sextortion and Why Are Kids Getting Caught Up in This?

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

We know where the story goes from there, but if you have kids who spend any time online, you may want to give it a read and dig deeper into some of the linked resources they’ve created for parents. There’s some good information about what to look for and how to teach kids to be more aware.

Don’t just assume this won’t happen to your kid.

Sharing – Lost in the Storm

Sharing – Lost in the Storm

ByMikeM Reading Time: 2 minutes

If you’re not familiar with what it can be like to try and get the proper mental health care in the US you should read this story. However, as you do read it, I need you to understand that this story, as hard as it is, actually represents the better side of the Mental Healthcare system. Ash’s parents have some financial means and expertise to help them navigate the system, even if her Mom had to leave her job. Now imagine what this looks like for someone without those things.

Shared Links (weekly) June 4, 2023

Shared Links (weekly) June 4, 2023

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

Shared Links (weekly) May 21, 2023

Shared Links (weekly) May 21, 2023

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute
Reviews Elsewhere – What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

Reviews Elsewhere – What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

“Here’s a theory: Maybe I had not really been broken this whole time. Maybe I had been a human—flawed and still growing but full of light nonetheless”

I want all of us to ponder that line for a little bit and think about it. Consider the possibility that you, as a survivor, are not broken. Maybe you are just human. Maybe everything you see as broken is just a natural reaction to abuse in the same way every human carries things forward into their lives from their past. That’s not to say the harm isn’t real. Indeed it is very much real. It might not, however, have changed the possibility of our light still being inside us.

You are still human and you still have value in this world.