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Should Canada Adopt South Korea’s New Parenting Initiative?

March 30, 2016 by Guest Author 1 Comment

Aiming to prevent child abuse, the South Korean government is planning to provide lifelong parenting education, starting with lessons in school. Not only will children be learning these vital skills, but the government also hopes to see parenting lessons given to couples close to marriage, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Parenting Tagged With: child abuse, decreasing child abuse, education, lifelong education, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, parenting, parenting education

Book Review: “Hope and Other Luxuries” By Clare B. Dunkle

June 2, 2015 by Christine Stock 1 Comment

My daughter was three years old when her foot was mangled in an escalator. A friend and I had taken our daughters to the movies and we were enjoying listening to them talk excitedly about the characters while we walked out of the theatre. They were still young enough to believe wholeheartedly in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Reviews Tagged With: anorexia, anorexia nervosa, book club, book review, bookmarked, Clare Dunkle, eating disorders, Elena Dunkle, Elena Vanishing, Hope and Other Luxuries, Memoirs, mental health, mental illness, parenting

Book Review: “Every Fifteen Minutes” By Lisa Scottoline

May 4, 2015 by Christine Stock Leave a Comment

My 16-year-old niece mentioned to me the other day that she is thinking about taking a summer job. She’s been offered a nanny position and is contemplating whether or not the long hours and lack of freedom will be worth the money. We discussed the pros and cons and when she mentioned that the job … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Club, Books, Entertainment, Reviews Tagged With: book blog, book club, book reviews, bookmarked, books, Lisa Scottoline, mental illness, OCD, women's lit

A Young Woman of Great Promise

June 20, 2013 by Kath 4 Comments

Any parent of a daughter (and let's face it: parents of sons, too) should be justifiably frightened by the emerging details of the Rehtaeh Parsons case. Pretty much any of us can imagine it: a fifteen year-old girl goes to a high school party, maybe even her first big party. Some booze is passed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Parenting, Single Mom Tagged With: anxiety, anxiety disorder, bullying, cyber-bullying, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, mental health, mental illness, Rehtaeh Parsons, school avoidance, school refusal, sexual assault, Social Anxiety Disorder, suicide, teen suicide

Thank You Kaitlin Hrudey

May 15, 2013 by Kath Leave a Comment

There has been a lot of media coverage lately of the youth mental health crisis, which is particularly bad here in Calgary. And it's about damn time. I've known about this crisis for a long time now, because I've been part of it. And it's getting worse, not better.My oldest daughter has anxiety. And … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Parenting Issues, Stress Tagged With: anxiety, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Kaitlin Hrudey, Kelly Hrudey, Know the Signs, mental illness, obsessive-compulsive disorder, RBC, school refusal, Social Anxiety Disorder

Taking Back the Power

March 20, 2013 by Kath 14 Comments

Bottom line: dealing with severe anxiety and school refusal (my daughter has been diagnosed with severe Social Anxiety Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder - along with a few other things) is no easy task for either the child suffering from them or the parents. So in order to help me understand … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: anxiety, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, mental health, mental illness, school refusal, separation anxiety, Social Anxiety Disorder

Last Friday

December 19, 2012 by Christine

The sadness has followed me around since last Friday. It's just there. I'm having a really hard time falling asleep. It's so hard to shut down mentally. I feel a little bit like I did back in that second week of September in 2001 when the world changed forever. The world has changed again. Last … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life Events Tagged With: aspergers, autism, Connecticut, gun control, mental illness, Sandy Hook

It was a regular Friday

December 17, 2012 by Nancy

One of the very hardest sights in  the wake of the horrible tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary is the survivors with their steady, young voices,  who have said, with confusion "It was a regular Friday" I can barely stand to watch these children describe how the regular was yanked out of their lives … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: "I am Adam Lanz's mother", gun control, mental illness, Sandy Hook shooting

Media Madness – Literally

July 26, 2012 by Kath

In the aftermath of the recent tragic theatre shooting in Aurora, Colorado, a lot of the social media reaction seemed to centre around the presence of Veronica Moser-Sullivan, aged six, at the midnight screening of the PG-13 rated movie The Dark Knight Rises. The reactions ranged from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: depression, Facebook, iCrazy, internet, Jason Russell, Kony 2012, mental illness, Newsweek, psychosis, Twitter, Web, YouTube

MY NEW HERO

July 21, 2012 by ChantelK

If anyone had told me a few years back that my now almost 13 year old son would be in the place he is today I seriously would have laughed in their face and probably told them where to go.  In no way shape or form did I ever think he would be able to overcome so many of the issues that plagued … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: aspergers, autism, hope, mental illness, Pokémon, psychologists, school

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