Kids need a coping mechanism

Kids need a coping mechanism

A story that went viral is about the three-year-old daughter of a Michigan mom, Stacy Feeley, practicing a lockdown drill by standing on a toilet.  It drives home just how stressed children are today. Burdened with fears that should never have entered their minds,...
The crying need for Trouble

The crying need for Trouble

May is National Foster Care Month and the statistics are staggering. According to the Department of Health & Human Services, on September 30, 2014, there were an estimated 415,129 children in foster care. It’s probably safe to assume these numbers have continued...
Opioid crisis spells “Trouble” for kids

Opioid crisis spells “Trouble” for kids

No fewer than three articles in today’s Boston Herald illustrate the severity of the opioid crisis in our communities. The first is about a Westfield mother whose unconscious one-year- old son was brought back to life with the overdose-reversing drug Narcan. The child...