Cannabis has been used for hundreds of years to treat pain and other afflictions, but only recently have we begun to unlock the wonders of the cannabis compound, cannabidiol, or CBD. Unlike THC, CBD doesn’t cause a high, which means it can provide therapeutic benefits without any psychoactive effects. As more medical research emerges supporting the use of cannabidiol for c … [Read more...] about Cannabis for Chronic Pain: 5 Takeways
Making Change
Screen-Free Week: April 29-May 5
Screen-Free Week is an international celebration hosted by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC). It takes place April 29 through May 5, 2019. Schools, libraries, families, and communities around the world will organize events designed to help children turn off screens in order to connect with family, friends, nature, and their own creativity. According to CCFC's … [Read more...] about Screen-Free Week: April 29-May 5
US Family Policy & Family Fun Pack
As the 2020 election gets closer, we will be hearing more about family policy, particularly affordable childcare and paid family leave. Family policy continues to be controversial in the United States even though every other industrialized country offers generous financial supports to families. Only 9% of the federal budget is spent on children in the US and that share is … [Read more...] about US Family Policy & Family Fun Pack
How to Detox Youth Sports
For many kids, organized sports aren’t much fun anymore. Overbearing parents, over-the-top coaches and overzealous competition are frequent images associated with youth-athletic leagues today. Though playing ball previously embodied the enjoyment of being a kid, the experience for many youngsters is too serious and stressful—and ultimately not worth it. One study revealed 70% … [Read more...] about How to Detox Youth Sports
Prepare to Leave Your Abuser
Women who are being abused by their partner are under a tremendous amount of stress, which may have a significant impact on their ability to think and make decisions clearly and calmly. Financial advisor and candid abuse survivor Rosemary Lombardy has prepared an 11-Step Prep Guide for preparing to leave your abuser. This list provides a clear roadmap for women to follow so t … [Read more...] about Prepare to Leave Your Abuser
Disabled Children in America
At nine months old, Autumn started banging her head. Victoria and Nathaniel had installed swings for their twin girls in the doorway of the living room, and Autumn would lean out of the swing in order to whack herself on the posts. They would carefully snuggle her back in, secure her, and pad the posts with pillows, but she continued to bang. Sometimes she banged with such … [Read more...] about Disabled Children in America
How To Help Asylum Families
We all feel heartsick about the family separations happening to asylum seekers at the US border with Mexico. Despite a June court order that all children be reunited with their parents by the end of July, hundreds of families remain separated. Recently, two immigrant children died in US custody and alarming videos of detained children being physically abused were aired on … [Read more...] about How To Help Asylum Families
Justice for All Families
Americans are passionate about equality and justice, and these principles should be applied to family policy discussions. We need to transform the prevailing frame—the focus on “working families”—to one that embraces all families with inclusive family policies. The lens of equality and justice would illuminate the disparity between the value of parents’ roles in raising healt … [Read more...] about Justice for All Families
How to Be Part of Giving Tuesday
#Giving Tuesday was created seven years ago by a team from the Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact at the 92nd Street Y, a cultural center in New York City that has been bringing people together around the values of service and giving back since 1874. #GivingTuesday connects diverse groups of individuals, communities and organizations in order to celebrate and e … [Read more...] about How to Be Part of Giving Tuesday
Universal Children’s Day
In 1954, the UN General Assembly recommended that November 20th be observed worldwide as Universal Children's Day. November 20th was chosen because it was on November 20th that the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1959) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989). Universal Children's Day is a day of fraternity and u … [Read more...] about Universal Children’s Day