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The Importance of Early Intervention for At-Risk Children

The Importance of Early Intervention for At-Risk Children

Photo by Ricky Turner on Unsplash Early intervention for at-risk children is paramount for their well-being and future success. At-risk children face circumstances or challenges that may hinder their physical, emotional, cognitive, or social development. These challenges can arise from various factors such as poverty, neglect, abuse, developmental delays, or

Child Living With an Addict Parent: How to Help Them

Maryjo Paradis-Smith

Child Living With an Addict Parent: How to Help Them

If there's a child living with an addict parent, is there any way that we, as concerned citizens, can help them? Maryjo Paradis-Smith, the author of July In August, knows about kids living with addicted parents (drugs or alcohol) due to her former students' stories. July In August is a

addicts aren’t the sole victims, there are also children of addicts suffering in silence

Children of Addicts: The Complexities of Their Situations

Children of addicts, who live through seeing its horrors, see the world differently.

A Neglected Family and Its Impacts On the Person

There's so much to unpack about growing up in a neglected family. Let's learn more about its damaging effects on each of those involved and how it can break a person's well-being. In a neglected family, there is a typical scenario playing out. For example, living in impoverished circumstances while

July In August: A Story About the Opioid Epidemic

Maryjo Paradis-Smith

July In August: A Story About the Opioid Epidemic

July In August by Maryjo Paradis-Smith is an emotional rollercoaster set in a quaint little town in New Hampshire, starring twelve-year-old July Krativitiz. Maryjo Paradis-Smith presents July In August: One Girl's Struggle with an Opioid-Addicted Mother for an adolescent audience. This is the harrowing story of twelve-year-old July Krativitiz in

Upstaires and Downstairs 1964

Kicking the Washing Machine

Kids always used the backdoor of our apartment. Sometimes grownups came to the door, but it was always where kids came knocking to see if one of us could go out to play. Getting to the backdoor took about two minutes if you were in the living room. First, you

Stories from Long Ago

Boston Globe Santa 1967 “Mom will love this.” My nine-year-old sister Judy said as she folded another newspaper. “ It’s pretty easy, but we must do it soon, so it’s in the paper before Christmas.” She pushed The Boston Globe in my face. I read the tragedies suffered by

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Stories Of a Retired Middle School Teacher

Needing a knee replacement is similar to being pregnant.

I'm Not Tony

(This is an excerpt from my newest book) Everyone in the church was crying, everyone but me . I looked over at my dad and even saw a tear rolling down his cheek. Maybe he never got Pops’ memo. “Crying’s for pussies. Suck it up, breathe deep, never give in