How To Deal With Your Mental Health When You’re a New Parent
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How To Deal With Your Mental Health When You’re a New Parent

If you have recently become a new parent, you might be struggling with trying to take care of your new baby, yourself, and your home. There’s no how-to book that can help you along the way, but it is possible to figure out how you can balance taking care of yourself, your child, and other…

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The Shocking Rise of Teen Homelessness in America

On a per capita income basis, the US is one of the most affluent societies in the world. But the problem with a measure of wealth like this is that it says nothing about how the money is distributed. Some people are billionaires while others don’t have the resources to put a roof over their…

5 Things a Parent Can Do To Boost an Elementary Student’s Self-Esteem
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5 Things a Parent Can Do To Boost an Elementary Student’s Self-Esteem

We recently discussed the alarming trend of depression and suicide amongst elementary aged students. Perhaps one of the most powerful actions a parent can take to counter the trend in their child is to build, boost, and maintain their child’s self-esteem. But how? How do you enhance self-esteem during the volatile primary school years? Step…

Depression, Suicide & School Aged Children
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Depression, Suicide & School Aged Children

Depression and suicide. They aren’t what you associate with children, especially elementary-level kids. Yet, there’s a growing trend that pediatric medicine has been monitoring since at least 2002 of rising suicides in school-aged children. Just last year, in September 2016, a joint paper covering this topic was published via the American Academy of Pediatrics. In…