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Research shows suicides spiking among American children

This is not a positive trend. If the last two years have taught me anything, stress seems to be 1000% in many families. — Read on medicalxpress.com/news/2022-04-suicides-spiking-american-children.html

Not OK: Men’s mental health in decline

44 percent admit they’ve never opened up to someone about how they are feeling. — Read on http://www.studyfinds.org/men-mental-health-feels-down/

Study suggests early self-awareness of autism leads to better quality of life

People who learn they are autistic when they are younger may have a heightened quality of life and sense of well-being in adulthood. — Read on http://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/news/study-suggests-early-self-awareness-of-autism-leads-to-better-quality-of-life

How to Help Teens Get Enough Sleep

http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-help-teens-get-enough-sleep-11648267260 Some helpful ideas in this article

Why Kids Are Afraid to Ask for Help

How do we help empower our kids, teens and young adults to learn to ask for what they need? — Read on http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-kids-are-afraid-to-ask-for-help/

‘We are going to all have to be vigilant’: How we can best respond to teens’ mental health crisis

This trio of Dallas mental health advocates has heard so many recent stories of young lives lost to suicide that they hardly knew which to share… — Read on http://www.dallasnews.com/news/commentary/2022/02/04/we-are-going-to-all-have-to-be-vigilant-how-we-can-best-respond-to-teens-mental-health-crisis/

Both Mothers and Friends Shape Adolescent Self-esteem

A new longitudinal study takes a deep dive into adolescent self-esteem and the role that parents – specifically mothers – and friends play in shaping how youth feel about themselves. — Read on http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/moms-friends-self-esteem-study

After the best year in history to be among the super-rich, one of America’s 745 billionaires wonders: ‘What’s enough? What’s the answer?’

This is a fascinating article on one man’s journey from poverty to wealth. He asks deep questions, ponders his life, and works through his legacy. — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/30/moral-calculations-billionaire/

Supportive early childhood environments can help decrease effects of trauma

Take a look and remember this: you could be the person who helps someone with unspeakable tragedy — Read on news.nd.edu/news/supportive-early-childhood-environments-can-help-decrease-effects-of-trauma-study-finds/