Meta Blocks Teens From AI Characters, A Win for Teen Mental Health and Human Connection
This move lands at a time when questions around AI and young people keep growing. How much influence should a system hold over a developing mind? Where does curiosity turn into emotional dependence? What role should technology play when teens treat software like a friend, a confidant, or a counselor?
Faith and Mental Health: Healing Shame, Restoring Dignity
Africa’s spiritual roots run deep. Faith is often our anchor in times of heaviness, yet too often, faith spaces have also become places of silence, shame, and misunderstanding. This gathering was a gentle invitation to name what is usually...
Fire on the Mountain - The Fire We’re Ignoring
We see the smoke in rising suicide rates, in children who retreat into devices, in families who speak but do not connect. We hear the crackle in the silence after a child says, “I’m fine,” when they’re not. We feel the heat in the grief that comes too late, when we realize we missed the signs.
Suicide Awareness
The Boda-man, two minutes into our journey, asked that I excuse him for making some inquiries. Are you married? I took a deep breath thinking that this was going to be one of those unsolicited advice episodes on marriage. I told him I wasn’t. Have you ever been in a relationship? I answered in the affirmative. Have you ever been heartbroken? I answered in the affirmative. “Forgive me but you are the right person to speak to. You know a couple of days ago, I was depressed…”
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