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How to Respect Someone’s Boundaries During the Holidays

The holiday season can be stressful for someone trying to maintain sobriety. Hence, it’s important that friends and family become familiar with and know how to respect someone’s boundaries while they’re in recovery. One of the most critical steps to

Why Parents Should Practice Active Listening with Their Kids

A good first-step to bettering a parent-child relationship is to begin the practice of active listening. Being a parent is tough work, but so is being a kid. And the more parents can do to facilitate open and honest communication

Generational Trauma: What It Is and How to Break the Cycle

All trauma can have a long-lasting effect on us as individuals, and when it’s generational trauma, it can feel like a major – if not impossible – hurdle to overcome. But there is a way out. We inherit a

Movies About Mental Health: What We Can Learn from Encanto and Other Children’s Films

If you’re interested in exploring movies about mental health, the best place to start might be the least obvious: children’s films. Mental health has been a driving force in many big family films over the past decade, including Frozen,

Youth, Sexuality, and Gender: Talking to Your Kids About Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation

When it comes to conversations around youth, sexuality and gender, today’s parents have a lot to consider beyond just the birds and the bees. Kids have more access to information than ever before, and that can lead to overexposure to

Youth Substance Use and Self-Medication in the Foster Care System: Risk Factors & Statistics

Youth substance use is a serious and complicated problem, one that applies to children in the foster care system and those who are not. Despite some assumptions, foster environments themselves are not conducive to substance use, nor are tragic circumstances