Regularly attending child care may have numerous developmental benefits for children who live in chaotic, disorganized home environments, suggests a new study. Numerous studies have linked chaotic households - homes that are overcrowded, noisy,...
Proposition 47 was an initiative passed by California voters in 2014 that recategorized a number of petty crimes as misdemeanors rather than felonies. The savings from the reduced prison sentences that resulted from this measure are earmarked for...
"It’s hard to talk about two vulnerable subjects. Parenting. Childhood abuse. But we all know shame breeds pain. It’s important to be able to share. We need support to be break-the-cycle parents." ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in partnership with Kaiser Permanente, conducted a large-scale Adverse Childhood Experiences Study that showed childhood trauma had far-reaching effects. "The study was looking at the relationship...
The Duchess of Cambridge held discussions with headteachers on what schools can do to tackle mental health problems in young people. She attended Place2Be's Headteacher Conference, which brought together senior leaders from partner...
Cutouts of paper tigers, unlike real tigers, pose no danger to the average student. But, the facade of a real threat that may be unassuming to some could actually cause stress in others' lives. It is this notion of the different reactions to...
Christine Ellenwood hid the first two letters from her Spokane high school last fall, warning her that skipping class was against the law. She was living with her older brother and didn’t want him to know she had missed so much school...
Segregated schools have been a concern in San Diego since at least 1977, when a Superior Court judge found that 23 district schools were so racially isolated they deprived black and Latino students of their equal right to a quality...
Your chest is tight, your breathing is shallow, you might feel dizzy, tingly, or "other worldly". You're asking yourself "Am I going crazy? Am I dying?" The answer to both of those questions is "No". I know from experience. My anxiety was so...
I am not some serene creature who can’t understand revenge. In my everyday life, in low-stakes situations, I can relate to the urge to get back at someone. But when it comes to unthinkable violence – to these moments in Beirut or...
Please take a moment and watch LoveStruck , a national documentary on domestic violence that was recently released on YouTube. It includes a focus on Camp HOPE America and the visionary work and leadership of Casey Gwinn,...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Robotics teams, top-notch theater programs, a flock of seniors off to elite universities each year - Palo Alto Senior High School and Henry M. Gunn High School in Silicon Valley are the kinds of schools parents dream about....
Music can provide a space for healing, feeling and thought. Following the terrorist attacks in Paris, including at a show in that city's Bataclan concert hall, we were compelled to play music with a meditative tone, songs that allow space and...
Nearly one-fourth of the people currently in the Bexar County jail are believed to be suffering from some type of mental illness. Tuesday, county commissioners took action to help those with mental illness get out of the jail system and get...
In the United States, a baby is born dependent on opiates every 30 minutes. In Tennessee, the rate is three times the national average. The drug withdrawal in newborns is called neonatal abstinence syndrome , or NAS, which can occur when...