By Kimberly Williams | Contributor While many people think of adults as the ones mainly impacted by COVID-19, children can be affected, too – and may need testing. With the enormous amount of anxiety surrounding COVID-19, kids may feel especially nervous about being tested. “Kids don’t know what the test is going…
By Dr. Kwane Stewart, aka “The Street Vet” and Charlotte’s Web’s Pet Care Ambassador | Contributor Most holidays can provide a certain level of stress for our pets due to changes in routine, visits by strangers to them, and increased noise. The most profoundly stressful to pets, dogs in particular,…
By Christy Monson and Heather Boynton; Authors of Stand Up to Sexting as featured in goodLIFEfamilymag.com Wait, so this is an article about . . . sexting? Absolutely! And if you have kids or work with kids, you probably aren’t all that surprised. According to a recent survey[2], parents now…
By Stephanie Avery | Contributor Just three months after the coronavirus (COVID-19) began making headlines, the world is experiencing an emergency that is multi-layered and unprecedented. The pandemic is heavy on the hearts and minds of Americans, and many uncertainties still lie ahead. School districts throughout Texas have shut…
BY KARYN BRODSKY They say silence is golden. That silence is what child sexual abuse offenders depend on when perpetrating their crimes. Its use is manipulative and can produce fear, shame, and punishment. For Jenna Quinn of Melissa, TX, it was breaking the silence that led to the conviction of…
By Deborah Walsh Dobbs, M.A. / Contributor The deadline for this article is tomorrow, and I’ve been too busy to write it. At least I’ve done plenty of research on being busy! I did that while pretending to pay attention at a mandatory (boring) grant workshop and then at the tumbling…