Yoga at school may help your child, but what about mine?
Schools are beginning to incorporate yoga into their curriculum and disciplinary programs – but does that really work for kids with developmental trauma?
Continue readingSchools are beginning to incorporate yoga into their curriculum and disciplinary programs – but does that really work for kids with developmental trauma?
Continue readingI recently attended Active Survivor Training (also called Active Shooter training) with my children. What we learned was invaluable and,
Continue readingResearch shows African-Americans are less likely to access treatment for mental illness.
Continue readingThe Kids we Lose is a PBS documentary that explores how ineffective discipline techniques in schools feed the school-to-prison pipeline. It does a great job of showing the severity of the problem, but where are the solutions.
Continue readingRegardless of our politics, we can advocate together on behalf of innocent children. Let’s consider that the immigration system isn’t the only “system” that’s harmful to children.
Continue readingImagine identifying a toxin so potent it could rewire a child’s brain and erode his immune system. A substance that, in high doses, tripled the risk of heart disease and lung cancer and reduced life expectancy by 20 years. And then realizing that tens of millions of American children had been exposed.
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