Nationwide, about 8 million people suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder , from military veterans to victims of sexual abuse. Symptoms often persist long after the original trauma occurred, and can include...
I went through three bad therapists before I found my current one, and for the first two years, I kept asking him the same question: “You’re just a hired gun, right? ‘ What’s love got to do with it ?’ ...
Many of the state’s top officials spent Thursday morning playing a brain game — fitting together pipe cleaners and straws to create brain networks that would withstand weights that represent the effects of toxic...
States should do more to ensure quality education for incarcerated youth, says a new report based on a 50-state survey. Many states are struggling to provide incarcerated youth with adequate educational and vocational services in...
Giving kids a healthy and happy childhood can improve their health and well-being for the rest of their lives. That’s according to a report released this week by the Trust for America’s Health, which outlines 40 ways to...
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department wants to look at some of the major reasons behind health related problems children face that could eventually lead to more serious issues during adulthood. Dr. Michael Brumage, the department’s...
Are you afraid you're raising a little delinquent? Is your eight- or nine-year-old lacking in sympathy for others, and unwilling to provide needed help? Perhaps what your kid needs is just 10 months with a ukulele. According to ...
A new grant program from the U.S. Administration for Children and Families is trying to untangle how to develop services for domestic victims of human trafficking. The most recent round of grants focuses on rural areas, where...
In New York, kids are fighting to stay alive; in Seattle kids are contemplating suicide. This is one way to describe the vast differences in the student populations I have spent my career working with. As a high school teacher for the past...
Tears of joy streamed down her face as she covered her mouth with her hands, staring in amazement at the portrait of the proud mother smiling over the shoulder of a young girl with the dancing brown eyes. “Gorgeous, gorgeous,...
Deanna Zandt is a media technologist and author of " Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking ." Take a quick look at her site's "about" page and try really hard to not be impressed. This magical button...
When the Army discharged her for drug use in May 2004, Rhiannon Duncan, a single mother in her mid-20s who served full-time in the Army, had many demons and very little sense of direction. In August 2014, after a few years marked by...
The city of Boston is ramping up efforts to end homelessness among veterans , and for one local organization, that means focusing on legal assistance. Boston-based Veterans Legal Services (VLS) is the only organization of its...
When parents and communities are squeezed, their young children pay the price. How can we do better? California Newsreel's acclaimed new documentary series, The Raising of America: Early Childhood and the Future of Our Nation , explores how a...
Being overweight doesn’t necessarily make a person distraught, researchers are learning. Rather, it’s the teasing, judgment and unsolicited advice directed at overweight people that can cause the greatest psychological harm....