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Grief is something that hovers on the periphery of our lives until it doesn’t, until it hits our life with a driving force that seems unbearable
It is important to take some very serious steps to help yourself and others while they are going through their grief.
DON’T allow yourself to fall apart: Grief has a way of making your body feel like it may actually open up and rip your heart out. We are rarely in a situation in life where you…

Editorial | State needs to build on success of caring for disturbed children in Kentucky

Harvard addiction specialist on FDA’s OxyContin OK: We have to respond to both patients and population health, a tricky task.

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From schools to courts, the state embraces an approach rooted in healing.

If you have felt the tug to open the door of your heart to foster care or adoption, you can learn more by visiting the Foster & Adoption Council of Tucson . No-obligation orientations are held throughout the city on various dates and times. You can also view children waiting for their forever homes at St Nicholas of Myra Adoption in Tucson, AZ.

Whether at home or in the office, we are caring for kids. We care for children all day and then come home to our own. It is what we do. We are a group of parents who happen to be pediatricians. I am often asked if being a pediatrician makes me a better mom, or if being a mom makes me a better pediatrician. Honestly, I’m not sure. Probably it goes both ways. But I do know it is a parental nightmare to…

Callie had just spent two hours at her favorite place in the world - the library. Her friends always made fun of her for being such a “bookworm” but Callie didn’t mind.

Children's health care is a $233 billion business.

Helping children and young people in foster care learn to manage their thoughts, emotions and energy is a two-part process. This is especially true when foster parents, kin and other caregivers are working with children who have experienced trauma.

Young people are a very important part of our community, and there are several ways they can volunteer their time to help their neighbors.

Santa knows how to interact with kids who have autism – and he wants them to know he cares.

Casey West, MA, LPC | Studies show that the Christmas season has been known to create mental stress, overwhelm, and/or deep emotional disturbances. So whether we experience mostly excitement and joy during this time of the year, or feel oppressed and saddened by all the décor and memories, it’s important to attend to our mental health needs.

Colorado has become one of the first states to tell its residents to research private insurance plans in the event the feds fail to reinstate funding to CHIP.

Country music singer/songwriter Jimmy Wayne tells the story of his troubling childhood in the autobiography 'Walk to Beautiful.' Wayne hopes his book will give hope to children in foster care and inspire more people to adopt these kids.

Teens pushed out at 18 are more likely to be dropouts, pregnant, homeless and jobless.

The community of Monson gathered Friday night to pack and send holiday care packages to military members all over the world.

Ask any foster parent the phrase they hear the most and it will likely be “I could never do what you do” or “I’d love to foster, but I could never give the kids back.” While it is true that not ev…

It is heartbreakingly difficult to read the New York Times series on

It was exactly a week after my son’s 4th birthday when he announced that he was going to use the potty exclusively to do his business. He finally threw in the towel…and the diapers…on his own time, certainly not mine. I had spent the better part of a year begging, pleading, bribing, cajoling, manipulating, and any and every other trick to get my very stubborn boy to use the toilet. I pulled out all the stops from my pediatric training, and also fell…