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To help someone who is having a panic attack, people can remain calm, help the affected individual regulate their breathing, and suggest grounding techniques, such as simple counting exercises. A ...

You may not always know when someone you love is engaging in self-harm. It’s often a secretive behavior, hidden by clothing or under the guise of injuries from sports and other activities. When ...

Lupus can cause many different symptoms and many different emotions. As a result, a suitable way to help someone with lupus is by listening to them and asking what they need. This shows the person ...

If you have a teenager in the house, you’re probably familiar with silence or vague responses when you attempt conversation, a tendency to sleep the day away unless you intervene, and a preference for ...

Charitable giving is a great way to support a cause you trust, but you don't always need to donate money to give back. This holiday season, as millions of families and children around the world ...

There’s a lot of talk about how living in challenging times can help students develop resilience. But sometimes adults forget that it’s not just facing adversity that builds resilience—it’s facing ...

With so much rapid-fire change in the world, the job of preparing our young people for the future has become increasingly daunting. The Institute of the Future issued a report in 2017 that declared ...

In 2020, around 2.3 million Americans were in some sort of criminal justice confinement, according to an analysis by advocacy group Prison Policy Initiative. That includes state prisons, local jails, ...

Before adolescence, kids generally like school. But I think it’s fair to say that if each household were to create a pie chart titled “Stuff Our Teen Complains About,” the biggest slice in most homes ...

Childhood anxiety is one of the most important mental health challenges of our time. One in five children will experience some kind of clinical-level anxiety by the time they reach adolescence, ...