Caregivers can do hard things. In the nearly sixty-seven years my mother and I shared on this earth, she taught me many lessons. The one I leaned on the most as our time to say good-bye drew near was this one. Caregivers can do hard things. As a child, I didn’t know this. When I…
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The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MedicalXpress. A new study led by researchers at Western and Lawson Health Research Institute has found that adolescent emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations for suicidal thoughts, self-harm, and self-poisoning increased across Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among adolescent girls. Researchers from Pediatric Emergency…
I love watching street jugglers, the men and women who have a talent for keeping random objects aloft. The other day I saw one at a local market. A man, maybe in is twenties, tossing plates into the air, first three then up to six of them at a time. Watching intently, wondered how many…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MSN/The Canadian Press. A new Statistics Canada report says one in four adolescents have been cyberbullied, and it’s taking a toll on their mental health. The study says youth who have been victimized online have a greater risk of depression, anxiety, eating disorder symptoms, and…
There are many ways in which I envy my youth ministry friend Jake. . . healthy rather than sinful envy I hope. He’s young. . . just getting started. He’s doing ministry on a youth culture landscape of deep self-awareness… Read More The post Youth Ministry: Our Primary Task appeared first on The Center for…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by Texas A&M. A new study from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health suggests that vaping increases the risk of asthma in adolescents who have never smoked conventional tobacco products. In this new study, which was published in Preventive Medicine, researchers analyzed data from…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by HealthDay. Parent drinking behaviors, specifically frequent drinking and binge drinking, are associated with increased odds of drinking among adolescents, according to a study published online in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Michele K. Bohm, M.P.H., and Marissa B. Esser, Ph.D., from the U.S. Centers for…
The school year has begun for all the children. Goals are made; classes are in full swing; children know what to do to make their studies and extracurricular activities a priority. Apply this process to our own lives and we have to ask, “Is our marriage a priority?” So many of us are very focused…
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