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Latest CDC Report Shows the Our Girls are Not Alright
According to a recent CDC report, adolescent girls are fighting for their lives. This might sound hyperbolic but based on the 2021 findings from the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), it is more than accurate. Check out Kate's article in Washington Parent to...

The Association Between Pregnancy Intention, Fertility Treatment Use, and Postpartum Depression: A Study by Gabriela Barber & Julia R.Steinberg
In a recently published study, researchers aimed to understand whether postpartum depressive (PPD) symptoms vary by pregnancy intention and if the use of fertility treatments has implications for reproductive health policies and practices. Below are Gabriela Barber's...

Melted: A Short Story
It is cold in hell. It is nothingness and white iciness. It is cold the way that winds whipping off the water are bitter against the skin. It's cold the way that laughter feels when it surrounds you but eludes your participation; that laughter echoes in your hollow...

Back to School: Tips for Managing your Child’s Anxiety
As Fall starts to creep into view, it is important to begin thinking about how we are preparing our children to transition back to school. This transition period can be especially difficult for kids starting school for the first time, beginning at a new school, or...

Navigating Infertility
Infertility is many things. It is a medical diagnosis recognized by the World Health Organization. It is a public health issue. It is challenging, both physically and emotionally, to navigate. It is much more common than many of us think. How do I know if I might be...

Parenting Tip: Trusting Yourself and Asking for Help
I was at a baby shower recently and after the go to games where we measured the mother-to-be’s baby bump and guessed what would be the eventual birth date for the newborn, we were given an index card to write a piece of advice for the mom-to-be. As you might be...

Online and Disconnected
In an effort to get a sense of what blog topic would be of most interest to people this month, I decided to hop onto my Instagram. I posted a story asking for people’s feedback on topics of interest. I was surprised by the number of responses that all had the same...

What About the Fathers?
New fathers are frequently left out of the conversations about mental health when a new baby is born. While there is growing recognition of the high rates of maternal mental health difficulties after welcoming a new baby, what is much less focused on is the fact that...

Sun Down, Mood Down? How to Cope with Seasonal Affective Disorder
Does your mood change in the fall or winter months?Did the time change affect your mood?Do you long for a nice warm, sunny day?Do you feel sad, lonely, and/or have a loss of energy and motivation only in certain months? If you answered yes to any of these questions,...

Meeting Your Needs in the Postpartum Period
There are a multitude of things that need to be accomplished when a new baby enters the family. As parents, you are probably busy attending to the new baby, making sure you have all the supplies needed to care for the new baby, getting to know the new baby’s...