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Blog-type of writings that translate current events and trending topics, as well as current science through the IFCI lens. As well as book reviews and recommended reading for those seeking to impact families and communities.
2023 Institute Update: A close look at who we are and what we have been up to lately! Who are we? First, who are we? The Institute of Family and Community Impact is OhioGuidestone’s...
This week, the Black Mamas Matter Alliance is celebrating its fourth-ever Black Maternal Health Week. The observance even received a presidential proclamation on Tuesday for the first time ever. And today, in particular, the...
Before I became a father, I was very unaware of my own mental health. Today, on the eve of World Mental Health Day, I’m reflecting on how fatherhood has reshaped my identity and improved...
Suicide rates were already rising dramatically. Is the coronavirus pandemic making them even worse? As if the threat of contracting COVID-19 weren’t enough, the coronavirus pandemic is also exacerbating an existing mental health crisis....
Suicide is hard to talk about and hard to study. That makes suicide prevention hard, too. No story of suicidal thoughts, feelings, or actions is ever a simple one, with a clear beginning, middle,...
As we struggle to avoid getting infected with the coronavirus, there’s another danger we face: becoming afraid of each other. Hate crimes against Asian Americans had been declining for nearly two decades. Then, the...
When my oldest son was around 2 or 3, he and I invented a “game” that involved me knocking him down over and over again. He stood on the bed, and I swept his...
Happy Juneteenth! Juneteenth, or “Freedom Day,” marks the arrival of Union troops in Galveston Bay, Texas, to give the last announcement of emancipation (freedom) on June 19, 1865. Although President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation...
It will be months, perhaps years before we determine just how much of our pre-pandemic “normal” we can (or want to) recover. In the meantime, it’s important for parents to steal whatever moments they can for...
Living with racism is like carrying around a 20-pound bag of cat litter all day, every day. That’s the unusual analogy presented by attorney and novelist Adam Smyer, who is African American, in a...
