I live in Asheville, NC. Yeah… that Asheville. The tourist town in the Blue Ridge mountains was devastated by Hurricane Helene at the end of September. In my neighborhood, thanks to the ravaging floodwaters, the final toll is 21 houses swept away. A cataclysmic event like this one is difficult enough for adults to process. […]
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For the last five years, studies focused on tweens and teens reflect consistent growth in struggles with anxiety for young people. Many of the studies focus on the United States, but some global studies indicate that this is a worldwide trend. Possible reasons vary: social media use, climate change, COVID-19, gun violence, etc. The list
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“Who are you?” I was asked this with a smirk in a bus going to school when I was ten. That smirk turned into bewildered amusement when I explained my birth and formative years in Kuwait and my parents, who were from different states. Cut to years later, in college, someone asked, “So, you roam
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My family is a family of gamers. I am the exception. My idea of gaming is the Ms. Pac-Man arcade game at the pizza parlor in my hometown, which no longer exists. When Virtual Reality became a part of the household gaming experiences, I realized the typical rules around video gaming did not apply. As
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Aside from being bilingual in Spanish and English and kicking off with his Tagalog (my national language from the Philippines), my son is in touch and connected with our world. He understands how big and diverse our universe is and even if we come from different backgrounds, ethnic groups, or origins, we are all the
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