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I’m going to get right to it. Children are neither good nor bad. They don’t do things intentionally to control anything or manipulate people. They are either supported and nurtured or stifled and suppressed. Children who are supported understand they can navigate their environment safely. They know that their caregiver isn’t far away, and theyContinue…
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Many things become buzzwords. Sometimes, they don’t mean what people think they mean. For example, gaslighting, people think gaslighting means taunting someone or making them feel less than. Gaslighting is a clinical term used by mental health professionals to describe behaviors of chronically mentally and emotionally abusive people. To gaslight someone would be doing something harmfulContinue…
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Why aren’t more black adults qualified to perform the same jobs that white adults are? What about black on black crime? Why can’t we just hire qualified teachers to teach our kids, why do they need to look like them? These are the arguments you hear when talking about representation in places and spaces thatContinue…
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I’ve been slacking on writing, I know, I’ll get better. I’ve been coming up with topics to talk about and then I go off and do something else and forget them. I need to start writing down what I want to write down. I’ve been seeing a lot of young African American’s that seem toContinue…
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When I was kid, I remember how important it was to my dad that my brother and I knew who we were. Not just in terms of our family but our heritage, our culture, where we came from, our people. He told us stories about his grandfather, a sharecropper who sold crossties. People would useContinue…
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We have entire generations of children just living their lives on their own. As I read news about current events and things happening in my home city of Chicago, I don’t even get mad anymore, just sad.
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It seems like this year we are seeing more tragedy and destruction than before. I’m probably sure that’s not true, but it sure feels like it is. In the United States in the state of Texas 21 school children were killed while they were supposed to be learning. In Buffalo NY a man armed withContinue…
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As a girl dad one of my biggest fears is what my girls see in the mirror. As a clinician something I think a lot about is what adolescents see in the mirror. Who is it looking back at them, do they like that person, what do they think of the person they see. BodyContinue…
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One way for people to exclaim why and how they are not racist is to say “I don’t see color.” Often times someone who is well intentioned and frustrated with a situation will use this phrase. But what are you really trying to say when doing so. It’s not easy when someone suggests what youContinue…
Life is difficult but its also manageable. Mental disorders are not a moniker to wear but a characteristic of what makes you the person you are in the moment.
Eric G Taylor 