We have just experienced over a year of the COVID-19 virus with significant impact to our children. However, we have often left out of our discussions how important the role of caregivers and parents have been during this health crisis. Additionally, there are a number of caregivers who have significant trauma histories who are attempting […]
The Pandemic’s Impact on Nutritional Health
On two separate occasions in the last few days I have had conversations with some parents about their struggles with her kids’ eating habits during the pandemic. I witnessed my own grandchildren seeming to be insatiable, engaging in constant snacking. One of my neighbors commented on how hard it was to keep her kids from […]
Public Health Confusion
As our society deals with COVID-19 and many other issues related to the health and well-being of our nation, we often find ourselves in controversy about how to characterize, research and reach positive outcomes regarding public health. Perhaps it may be helpful to define public health. It is known as “the science and art of […]
Maintaining Wellness During the COVID-19 Pandemic
We have been experiencing the consequences of the COVID-19 for over a year now. It is rather amazing that a whole year has gone by. Consequently, we have witnessed a significant mental health crisis in so many of our children, teenagers and families. PACES Connection is sponsoring an article on this topic and announcing a […]
The Problem with Resilience When Dealing with Complex Trauma
Let me begin this blog by saying I am a big fan of promoting hope. We all need and deserve to be hopeful about so much that is going on in our lives and in the lives of those who are important to us. Right now especially, and with what we all lived through in […]
The Mass Shootings Dilemma
In the past few weeks we have seen some horrid shootings in our country. In fact, in the last five years there have been 29 shootings with four or more fatalities. In our own City of Philadelphia our daily shootings are occurring at an alarming rate. What is more disturbing is how many children, teenagers […]
What Parents Can Do About Bullying
I hear stories about how the bullying of some of our kids by their peers have impacted them so powerfully. Even when schools are not in session the internet is still active and cyber-bullying can be just as harmful and damaging as what happens personally at school or in our neighborhoods. How can we protect […]
Adjusting to New Norms Yet Again
We’re being told by some that there will be an end to the many struggles and horrors of the yearlong pandemic and promises of being able to return to normal. It’s what we all want, right? Of course, but remember that every change, even positive ones, cause stress. We have had to adapt to the […]
Collective Trauma in America
We all recognize that there has been a lot of stress and trauma in the year 2020 due to the COVID-19 virus creating a fallout with many consequences that we all have been dealing with. Some of the effects are intuitive and predictable such as anxiety, fear and depression. However according to a study performed […]
Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs)
The ACES research has been very prominent in our country as we have grown to understand that the more adverse child experiences that children face, the more they will have negative adult consequences in their physical and emotional health. This has been a significant realization and awareness for parents and caregivers. What about the converse […]
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