What Every Parent Needs To Understand About Teens’ Mental Health

Data published by the nonprofit Mental Health America shows that rates of severe youth depression have increased from 5.9 percent to 8.2 percent over a five-year period. Half of those screened between the ages of 11 and 17 reported having thoughts of suicide or self-harm throughout the course of a...
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Quickly catch up on the day’s news: Friday, November 17

(CNN)Here’s exactly what you may have missed on CNN today:
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Giving birth is perilous enough without a hurricane

(CNN)New Orleans resident Rosezina Jefferson entered into labor throughout Hurricane Katrina– so she jumped out a window to obtain assistance. She had contractions while she swam. She’s still haunted by that minute. “I constantly think of remaining in labor and leaving my child, “she stated now, more than 12 years...
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How this NFL player went from underdog to champion for kids struggling with literacy.

Growing up in Flint, Michigan, Brandon Carr of the Baltimore Ravens had a deep connection with the teachers in his life. His fourth and fifth grade teacher, Denise Pitman, made a major impression on him. “She really turned my education around,” Brandon says. “I was so excited to go to...
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