Tag: mental-health

Written by Father Don Farnan

Youth Anxiety

In his best-selling book, The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt contrasts Baby Boomers and Gen X children to younger generations.  Those born more than fifty years ago experienced a play-based childhood filled with human interaction and physical activity in which parents permitted kids to play out of their sight as long as they returned home when […]

Written by Father Don Farnan

Adverse Childhood Experiences

Father Gregory Boyle, S. J., has spent most of his adult life working with gang members in Los Angeles.  In his book, The Whole Language: the power of extravagant tenderness, he comments on the ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Study to encourage us, who want to engage in and strengthen cities across America, to understand root […]