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Put Kids’ Mental Health at the Center of Education
Published by EducationNews.org — Kids’ mental health is at least as important as their physical health. For me, it’s all about mental health. And by “it,” I mean improving education, and a thousand...
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There Is No Health Without Mental Health
Published by EducationNews.org — Mexicans cultivate family and connection. May is national Mental Health month. Full disclosure: For years I’ve served on the board of the RI Mental Health Association...
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School Recess Is Good For Kids’ Mental Health
Published by EducationNews.org — Pediatricians, among others, believe that recess has a critical role in the school day. Three years ago, prior to enrolling her son in the middle school, Phyllis...
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Why ‘Bad’ Moms Still Should Parent Their Kids
Published by EducationNews.org — Teach incompetent parents responsive, responsible parenting to avoid taking babies away from the people they love. In her own opinion, Dr. Brenda Harden has made...
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2014, When All Kids’ Performance Were Supposed To Be Equal
Published by EducationNews.org — I wish America could see how mean it is to its kids. In January 2002, the worker bees were settling into their jobs at the Rhode Island Department of Education after...
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The Inspirational Virtues of Summer Boredom
Published by EducationNews.org — “The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” — Dorothy Parker A 2013 review of the literature published by Behavior Sciences concludes that...
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5 Smart Ideas for Reducing the Effects of Kids’ Trauma
Published by EducationNews.org — Kids will only care about how their behavior affects others when they feel cared for themselves. Out there — in schools, playgrounds, pediatricians’ offices,...
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Three Reasons American Kids Suffer from Depression
Published by EducationNews.org — A kid can’t succeed if she’s already telling herself she’s a full-on loser. As America wrestles with improving its lackluster schools, we need to stop asking: How do...
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The Justice System Can’t Ignore Mental Health
Published by EducationNews.org — We need to understand each other’s stories for justice to get done. Chief Judge Pamela Williams, Provincial and Family Courts of Nova Scotia A woman we’ll call Jane...
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ADHD Overdiagnosis, Prescriptions a Mental Health Crisis
Published by EducationNews.org — For behavioral issues, drugs should be a last resort — especially for kids. In the early part of the 20th century, a pediatrician identified what he called “an abnormal...
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Why the Every Student Succeeds Act Will Never Work
Published by EducationNews.org — Can we really expect education to improve while the mental health of the students continues to deteriorate? Given the battlefield that is our current Congress,...
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Mental Health Does Not Mean Mental Illness
Published by EducationNews.org — Why the paucity of information about maintaining good mental health? I’m sure the ex-Congressman Patrick Kennedy had little to do with the copywriting for his new...
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San Antonio’s Restoration Center Weaves a Social-Support Fabric
Published by EducationNews.org — It can be done: a coherent and effective system for dealing with mental illness. Back in the 1970s, Leon Evans became the director of a community mental health center...
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Online Interactions Are Cultivating Anti-Social Boys
Published by EducationNews.org — How do we help a kid whose social life is mainly with his screens? The boy shrugs off a question for maybe the 10th time that afternoon. He seems incapable of simple...
View ArticleWhat do we want a justice system to accomplish?
The modern judicial system and restorative justice (RJ) both aim to support public peace and safety. But their methods have radically different outcomes. For a quick orientation, check out YRP’s...
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The Inspirational Virtues of Summer Boredom
Published by EducationNews.org — “The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” — Dorothy Parker A 2013 review of the literature published by Behavior Sciences concludes that...
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5 Smart Ideas for Reducing the Effects of Kids’ Trauma
Published by EducationNews.org — Kids will only care about how their behavior affects others when they feel cared for themselves. Out there — in schools, playgrounds, pediatricians’ offices,...
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Three Reasons American Kids Suffer from Depression
Published by EducationNews.org — A kid can’t succeed if she’s already telling herself she’s a full-on loser. As America wrestles with improving its lackluster schools, we need to stop asking: How do...
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The Justice System Can’t Ignore Mental Health
Published by EducationNews.org — We need to understand each other’s stories for justice to get done. Chief Judge Pamela Williams, Provincial and Family Courts of Nova Scotia A woman we’ll call Jane...
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ADHD Overdiagnosis, Prescriptions a Mental Health Crisis
Published by EducationNews.org — For behavioral issues, drugs should be a last resort — especially for kids. In the early part of the 20th century, a pediatrician identified what he called “an abnormal...
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