By Erika Boknek — 2020
Regardless of a child’s schooling situation, parents can help provide these four key components for a child’s mental health toolkit.
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CLEAR ALL
Now, five years later, this is blindingly obvious to me – and my son has become the happiest I’ve seen him since he was a child.
We collaborated with several of our favorite talent supporters who are LGBTQ people of color to offer advice to youth on how to navigate the intersections of their identities and protect their mental health.
So many of the little rituals I have each day—like my makeup or skincare routine—do help soothe and/or rejuvenate me. For me, any type of solo practiced routine is good. But I’ve learned that self-care does not, and cannot, sustain me. And I believe that this may be the case for many of you.
Who owns your identity, and how can old ways of thinking be replaced?
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