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Parenting from Prison: Stories and Resources
One of the many difficult things about visiting parents in prison, children say, is that they can’t hug them, sit in their laps, or whisper ‘I love you’ in their ears. In today's kids, youth and family-focused MindSite News Daily, we share a roundup and resource list focused on parenting from prison.
Georgia Police Department Forges a Healthier Path for Officer Mental Health
On average, police officers are exposed to 188 traumatic events in their lifetime. The toll in terms of mental health and suicide is huge. A police department in Georgia has launched an innovative effort to support police mental health.
Trump Cuts Federal Funds for PBS, but Elmo and Friends Aren’t Worried
Despite significant federal budget cuts impacting PBS, Sesame Street has found a new friend in Netflix. Plus, how Project 2025's impact on federal workers' mental health is escalating, alongside concerns for teens facing deportation.
Furor Erupts Over Book on Biden’s Mental Decline, Raising Similar Questions About Trump
The new book about Biden’s mental acuity in office raises another question: What about Trump’s mental decline?
Students’ Mental Health Suffers As Trump Attacks Universities
In today’s Daily: updates on the Trump administration’s attacks on higher education. Plus, why gambling addiction is growing on college campuses.
A New Pope Stands Up for the Humanity of Migrants
Donald Trump continues decimating mental health services. In Rome, Pope Leo XIV affirmed the humanity of migrants and the poor.
More Parents Give Up Custody So Their Kids Can Receive Mental Health Care
In today’s Daily, unable to secure mental health care for their children, some parents are relinquishing custody to the state. Separately, Indigenous communities are preserving culture and promoting better mental health by passing tribal languages to young people.
The Town Where ER Nurses Sleep in Their Cars
In today’s Daily, unhoused residents of wealthy resort towns battle stigma for the right to sleep safely in their cars and continuous air strikes put national mental health under siege in Ukraine.
What Foster Youth Really Need from Healers
In today’s Daily, a MindSite News Original hears from psychologists and former foster youth about alternatives to psychiatric medication for troubled foster children and teens.
Hungry Families in Deep South Find Food Bank Boxes Reduced by USAID Cutbacks
Families in Tennessee are distressed and hungry as USAID cutbacks reduce allotments to food banks. A California police force stops attending many mental health calls. And more.
Psychiatrist Calls Trump’s Mental Unfitness a ‘Public Health Emergency’
An exclusive interview with Bandy X. Lee, a prominent psychiatrist who risked her career to warn the public of Trump’s mental unfitness for office.
Immigrant Youth Need Mental Health Support as Raids Continue
Children who are afraid may act out, shut down or skip school for fear of being deported.
Caregiving Expands Who You Are
Caregiving expands who you are, even if it is often lonely and exhausting.
Keeping Cell Phones Out of Class Boosts Student Engagement
In Spokane, WA, schools, keeping cell phones in a bag has seen absenteeism drop by 13 percent.
Less Trauma Means Less Crime
Reducing trauma could also shrink the sky-high rates of incarceration in the United States, experts say.
Grandfathers Unite to Mentor Boys and Dads
Grandfathers share their wisdom with the next generation and kids through the group Grandpas Unite.
‘Sanewashing’ Trump’s Dementia and Mental Illness
Dr. John Gartner says that Trump's dementia and mental illness is a threat to democracy.
The Sad Dads Club Expands Its Reach
The Sad Dads Club is connecting more bereaved fathers to professional therapy and counseling.
Horrific Conditions in ICE Center Harms Women’s Mental Health
Immigrant women not charged with any crimes other than lacking documents say they are being held in a "hell on earth."
Black Churches Work to Prevent Suicide Among Black Youth
More than a dozen Black churches in New York state are involved in the youth suicide prevention initiative called HAVEN-Connect.
Remembering the Covid Lockdown
It's been five years since we went inside to hide from Covid. Still, the virus found us. And for some, the grief will always be there.
Helping Children Grieve Their Parents
More children have been left bereaved and grieving over the last 5 years for parents killed by COVID-19, gun violence and overdoses.
Trump Tries to Quash Americans’ Constitutional Right to Protest
Our mental health suffers when we are unable to exercise our Constitutional right to protest what we feel is wrong.
Families Are Joining the Stand Up For Science March This Friday
Families are among those marching on March 7 to defend diversity, restore federal funding and end censorship and political interference in science.
