By Marika Lindholm — 2017
Be mindful of a young athlete’s psychological well-being.
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Research conducted by child development experts and scientists suggests that frequently moving foster care kids can have consequences for their brains and behavior.
Before she was an inmate, Michelle Voorhees was a kid in foster care. Painting a vivid picture, Voorhees asks you to imagine the harrowing, disconcerting experience of being removed from your own home.
Professor Arlie Hochschild examined what really happens in dual-career households.
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Yvonne Sawbridge says that caring professionals offer hard, emotional work. In the same way in which physical labour is recognised and accounted for in management practice, emotional labour needs to be recognised as a role requirement for nurses and other caring professions.
Educator Dr. Steve Perry explains how parents can unknowingly pass down harmful messages to their children and cause lifelong trauma in the process.
Seeing your child suffer in any way is a harrowing experience for any parent. Mental illness in children can be particularly draining due to the mystery surrounding it, and the issue of diagnosis at such a tender age.
Most discussions of PTSD focus on veterans to the extent that many people who suffer from PTSD are often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, especially among our children.
A general introduction to what happens in the brain after children face traumatic experiences in childhood, like abuse and neglect. This video is a part of the Childhood Trauma and the Brain resource
As a psychologist and counselor specializing in the care of children with cancer, Joanna Breyer has advice for families facing stress for which they never prepared. Author of “When Your Child Is Sick,” Breyer joins Judy Woodruff for a conversation.
Parents who have “been there, done that” share lessons they’ve learned on parenting a child with an illness or chronic medical condition.