How Helicopter Parenting Gave Us Today’s Out Of Control Helicopter Government
Helicopter governing has nothing to do with good intentions. Restrictions on every aspect of our lives do not make for well-adjusted, self-governing people—which is probably exactly the point.
Under Gov. Newsom’s Rules, School Has Become ‘Netflix And Disney Plus.’ Parents Are Taking Legal Action
‘The harm of not returning to school is greater than the risk of returning to school,’ a concerned California parent told The Federalist.
New CDC Data On Suicide Shows Americans Can’t Handle Continued Lockdowns
One in four young adults aged 18-24 reported seriously contemplating suicide within the last 30 days, according to new data from the CDC. If you are feeling suicidal, click here to find help.
J.D. Salinger’s ‘The Catcher In The Rye’ Offers A Timeless Message For Teen Loneliness Epidemic
J.D. Salinger’s message about the perennial problem of teenage loneliness and the need for genuine human relationships rings truer today than ever.
One In Three Americans Now Show Signs Of Clinical Anxiety Or Depression
New study finds 24 percent of Americans demonstrated clinically significant symptoms of major depression and 30 percent revealed signs of generalized anxiety.
Why Depressed Moms Often Depress Their Kids, And How To Stop The Cycle
Carrying the weight of a parent’s unhappiness is a heavy burden for a child. It makes sense that children prone to self-blame would develop anxiety from their mother’s depression.
Christians Should Stop Freaking Out About Everything Because They Already Possess the Greatest Thing Ever
If this sounds like sermonizing, perhaps it is because the church should do less politicking and more sermonizing.
5 Ways To Boost Your Mental Health Amid Big Life Disruptions
To keep your spirits up, relatively simple things make a huge difference. The survival habits you engrain now can fuel an even stronger comeback as this virus subsides.
More Than Half Say The Pandemic Is Moderately Or Severely Affecting Their Mental Health
Eight to ten days after they were quarantined due to the spread of COVID-19, more than half of participants in a fresh study reported the psychological effects as ‘moderate or severe.’
Old Habits Die Hard, But Pandemics Bring Perspective
A pandemic changes things. I took a clipper to my fingernails for the first time in my life last week. It’s detestable.
3 Steps For Building Resilience In A Crisis
For many, it’s emotionally difficult to find their bearings in the middle of the storm, and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight. But there is always hope.
How Journaling Can Help You Process Anxiety
Writing thoughts helps us avoid going in unproductive circles of anxiety, which can further reduce the negative effects of stress.
We Killed God, Family, And Community — And Now It’s Killing Us
We have discarded social institutions that have helped people understand their value and place in the world for thousands of years. And their decline is not just mirrored in the rise of mass shootings.
Purity Culture Trauma Didn’t Push Me Away From My Faith
As we culturally deconstruct the dreadfully misguided marketing effort of purity culture, it’s important to recognize that isn’t the truth of Christianity. As happens too often, fallible humans completely garbled the message.
Therapy Animals Are Not Only Ridiculous, They Probably Make Things Worse
Fourteen years ago, I should have known it would eventually come to this. That I’d have to take time away from solving crimes to explain why I don’t like therapy animals.
How Quitting Facebook Helped Relieve My Depression And Made Me A Better Friend
At first, quitting Facebook was insanely difficult. I had been on Facebook since its inception, and developed social habits centered on the platform.
Has Promoting Mother Absence Spawned Campus Crybabies?
Let’s take a look at some evidence for Mary Eberstadt’s charge that increasingly anxious and rootless young Americans have been cheated by their own families and society of their sense of identity.
Is Self-Care Healthy Or The Ultimate In Millennial Narcissism? Yes
A new study finds a connection between millennials’ high rates of ‘self-care’ and their obsessive use of the Internet — it’s where millennials get solutions, including ones to problems they didn’t previously know they have.
Therapists Who Reinforce Clients’ Trump Fears Are Hurting Them
The election of President Trump is not an excuse for mental health therapists to throw out their professional training and evidence-based research to collude with their patients.
How Anxiety Makes Americans Susceptible To Propaganda
Fear weakens society’s ‘immune system,’ undercutting the mechanisms by which it resists internal threats to order.