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Jo Boaler: The Brain Science on Growth Mindset

2015

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01:40 min

Chicken Little, the Sky Isn’t Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety

This is a comprehensive guide for parents who want to raise emotionally healthy, resilient adolescents in a time of great stress when anxiety and mental health disorders are epidemic. In these times of great stress for our kids, resilience is not a given.

Stephen Porges: ‘Survivors are Blamed Because they Don’t Fight’

The psychiatry professor on the polyvagal theory he developed to understand our reactions to trauma.

By Mollycoddling Our Children, We’re Fueling Mental Illness In Teenagers

Of course we want to keep children safe. But exposure to normal stresses and strains is vital for their future wellbeing.

Jonathan Haidt, Pamela Paresky

7 Ways Childhood Adversity Changes a Child’s Brain

If you’ve ever wondered why you’ve been struggling a little too hard for a little too long with chronic emotional and physical health conditions that just won’t abate, or feeling as if you’ve been swimming against some invisible current that never ceases, a new field of scientific research...

Donna Jackson Nakazawa

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Childhood Trauma Leads to Lifelong Chronic Illness—so Why Isn’t the Medical Community Helping Patients?

When physicians help patients come to the profound revelation that childhood adversity plays a role in the chronic illnesses they face now, they help them to heal physically and emotionally at last.

Donna Jackson Nakazawa

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Structural Racism Is Taking a Toll on Children’s Mental Health

Racism and social inequality don’t just affect adults. Here's why they have a profound impact on the mental health of children of color.

Bella

How do you know when it’s time to take your autistic, bipolar twelve-year-old daughter to the psych ward?

Edward Bradshaw

Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal

Your biography becomes your biology. The emotional trauma we suffer as children not only shapes our emotional lives as adults, but it also affects our physical health, longevity, and overall well-being.

Donna Jackson Nakazawa

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Hearing Voices and Seeing Things

Hallucinations may occur as part of normal development or may be a sign that your child is struggling with some type of emotional problems.

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Staff

Trauma-Proofing Your Kids: A Parents’ Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience

Understand the different types of upsets and traumas your child may experience—and learn how to teach them how to be resilient, confident, and even joyful.

Peter Levine, Maggie Kline

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Growth Mindset