Deb Hauser was a married mother of a six-month-old when her husband “went to work one day and didn’t come home.” Two weeks later, she realized she was pregnant. “I’m working full time. I’ve got this...
One week into her new job, Letitia Camire learned she was pregnant. It was 2011, and shed just been hired as the office manager for United Tool & Machine, a small, family-owned tool and die company outside Boston. Her salary was $30,000 a year. Camire clicked with her co-workers immediately. Her boss, the owner and president, started asking her about long-term career goals. They seemed so family-oriented, says Camire, now 32. So when her morning sickness...
Not all aggression is easily recognizable, especially when it is embedded within the cultural discourse and is socially sanctioned. Those who are marginalized and made to feel less because they are not a part of dominant culture are forced to...
Stress hormones in the mother can affect foetal development, according to a study published today in The Journal of Physiology. To test whether high stress levels in pregnant mice had an impact on their offspring, pregnant mice received the...
Being trained in the management system inspired by Toyota, referred to as Lean Thinking, has guided my approach to addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences, or developmental trauma. I thought I would take a Lean Thinking approach to addressing...
Only 55% of us have “secure attachment,” which would worry us all if we knew what it meant, according to research on over 2,000 infant-parent pairs. The math says the other 45% of us suffer “insecure attachment.” ...
The Health Fe deration of Philadelphia (HFP) is seeking a talented and experienced individual who will part of our team responsible for creating the vision for and implementation of the Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC)...
The LAPD’s relationship with the communities it policies has improved dramatically since the videotaped beating of Rodney King by officers in 1991. The acquittal of those officers in state court sparked the 1992 Los Angeles riots. A...
Deshaun Barbee moves around this city like a man chased. He dodges the police, has used an alias, and once borrowed a relative's driver's license to hide his identity. Barbee, 19, lives like this because of events that took place when he was...
The University is piloting a new program designed to draw attention to the mental health for student-athletes. The program, which was piloted in the fall and included a public service videos and drop-in counseling sessions, drew participation...
Babies "social reference" by checking out their parents' facial expressions and voice tones when they encounter a new or strange object or event in their environment — then base their own reactions on mom's or dad's. They look to their...
Anchorage, Alaska has a significant homeless problem that is exacerbated by our cold and harsh winters. Alaska Dispatch News chose to do a three-part story -- Addiction, survival and love on Anchorage streets -- on the homeless and their...
Armed with potent new evidence that many of Memphis’ greatest problems are traceable to fractured childhoods, local leaders on Thursday unveiled details of two soon-to-open centers where families will get help in shielding kids from the...
Psychotherapists have to be licensed. In order to get that license we have to go through years of training that involves obtaining advanced degrees, attending psychotherapy training institutes, going through our own psychotherapy, as well as...
What do Papua New Guinea, Oman, and the United States of America have in common? They are the only three countries in the world with no paid-maternity-leave law. When you point out the deficiencies of the United States in this regard, somebody...