Kids Can Handle Adversity

In a time when parents believe they hold the keys to keeping kids mentally and physically safe, they try their best to keep their children from experiencing any negative emotion, differing opinion, or stressful event. Adults oftentimes teach children that they aren’t meant to feel anxiety, sadness, or pain of any kind, and that feeling …

Trials Make the Best People

My brother Mark was born on September 4, 1988. My mother did not hold him in her arms immediately after he came into this world. He was immediately rushed to Primary Children’s hospital. There was a hole in his lower-spine that was unknown until his arrival. The doctors told my mother that during his first surgery, …