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Jeff Nelligan (center left) stands with his three sons in December 2019.

Dad Draws On Maori Roots To Raise 3 Resilient Sons. Step 1: Send Them On A Milk Run

Jun 19, 2021
Jeff Nelligan, whose Maori great-grandmother left New Zealand and settled in the U.S., explains his parenting strategies in his book Four Lessons From My Three Sons: How You Can Raise Resilient Kids.
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Staying Strong During Lockdown Means Reaching Out — And Working Your Mind, Too

Aug 18, 2020
Keeping your brain busy but relaxed by volunteering, gardening, or learning a new language, for example, can help you cope with hard times now and in the future, psychiatrists say.
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Spending quality time with kids and listening deeply to them is one way to help them tame anxiety. Here Mariano Noesi and Maryam Jernigan-Noesi play with their 4-year-old son Carter.  Jernigan-Noesi is a child psychologist.

Kids Feel Pandemic Stress Too. Here's How To Help Them Thrive

Jul 11, 2020
For children, the distress shows itself in difficult moods, stomachaches or even regression to behaviors from earlier childhood. Here are seven ideas to help anxious kids feel better.
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American Resilience 2020: A Humankind Special

Jun 30, 2020

From deep recession to global warming, terrorism to pandemic illness, a remarkable confluence of challenges calls America to summon its inner strengths.

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COMIC: A Lost Boy, A Snake Bite, A Lesson In Resilience

May 17, 2020
He'd been separated from his parents. He was living in a refugee camp in Sudan. And then a snake bit him.
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Children play around trees downed by Cyclone Idai at the Guara Guara resettlement site in Mozambique, where thousands of people are still living more than nine months after the storm.

Mozambique Is Racing To Adapt To Climate Change. The Weather Is Winning

Dec 27, 2019
Two major cyclones and a prolonged drought in 2019 are a reminder that Mozambique's residents are on the front lines of climate change. And they do not have all the resources they need.
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People light candles during a prayer and candle vigil organized by the city, after the recent shooting at a WalMart in El Paso, Texas.

From Pain To Purpose: 5 Ways To Cope In The Wake Of Trauma

Aug 11, 2019
If recent violent events have left you upset and scared, you're not alone. But psychologists say, there are ways to help yourselves and those you love overcome fear and move forward.
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How To Help A Kid Survive Early Puberty

May 16, 2019
Around 15% of girls begin menstruation by age 7. The challenges of puberty can rock anybody, but being the first of your friends to go through it can be especially stressful. Good parenting helps.
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Why did it literally take centuries for scientists to identify locusts and grasshoppers as the same creatures? Maybe it has something to do with our own sense of self.

What An Insect Can Teach Us About Adapting To Stress

Feb 22, 2019
Under pressure, a lot of us get rigid about our sense of self. But psychologists say it's healthier to be flexible and adapt to your circumstances. Just ask a grasshopper.
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Matthew plays on the playground structure at Mill Pond Park in Portland.

To Raise Confident, Independent Kids, Some Parents Are Trying To 'Let Grow'

Sep 03, 2018
Research suggests kids who have more freedom and independence grow up to be less anxious and depressed. But in the age of helicopter parenting, giving kids freedom to roam can be difficult.
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Memories of last year's fire can still feel overwhelming, says Danielle Bryant. But her flattened neighborhood is also coming back to life. Here, in the yard of her old home in Santa Rosa, green sprouts now push through the blackened decay.

California Wildfires Reignite Old Trauma For Survivors Of Last Year's Blazes

Aug 05, 2018
In fire-torn parts of the West, some people who are now safe struggle mightily when they again smell smoke or see an orange haze in the sky. That's normal, say therapists. And you can quench the fear.
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Secretary of Energy Rick Perry testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 12. Perry's proposed rule to benefit nuclear and coal power plants has been rejected by a federal regulatory commis

Federal Regulator Rejects Energy Department's Bid To Prop Up Coal, Nuclear

Jan 09, 2018
Energy Secretary Rick Perry proposed a rule that would essentially subsidize older fuel sources to compete with cheaper natural gas and renewables. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission cried foul.
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Syrian refugees at the Zaatari refugee camp on the Jordanian border on 31 May 2017.

How Do Refugee Teens Build Resilience?

Jul 30, 2017
We often think of resilience as something that comes from within. Syrian youngsters have a different perspective.
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Physician assistants and undergraduate care coordinators treat patients in the mobile clinic parked at Majestic Oaks, a low-income apartment complex in Gainesville.

A Sheriff And A Doctor Team Up To Map Childhood Trauma

Mar 10, 2015
Sometimes a different perspective can help you see a problem with fresh eyes. The problem to be solved in Gainesville, Fla.? A hot spot of poverty, child abuse and neglect.
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Can Family Secrets Make You Sick?

Mar 02, 2015

Few doctors — and few patients — realize just how profoundly early abuse, neglect and other childhood traumas can damage an adult's physical health.

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Take The ACE Quiz — And Learn What It Does And Doesn't Mean

Mar 02, 2015
First developed in the 1990s, the 10 questions of the Adverse Childhood Experiences test are designed to take a rough measure of a difficult childhood. Finding out your score is easy. Now what?
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Mamuedeh Kanneh was married to Laiye Barwor, the man who brought Ebola to Barkedu, Liberia. He died of the virus. She now cares for her children as well as children who lost their parents to the disease.

Life After Ebola: What It Takes For A Village To Be Resilient

Feb 20, 2015
Some think of resilience as a solo act. But the villagers of Barkedu are helping each other move forward in the wake of tragedy. Psychologist Jack Saul shares insights into "community resilience."
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