On childhood anxiety & the heavy weight of grief
Every night she didn't return home by 8, she would find me mourning very sure that 'this time, the taxi has finished her'. I struggled with this until I was about 14. I had just grown secure. I knew that my parents would be around with me but my grandmother bowed out and I went down another spiral
The Undertakers and the Architects: How the Adults in 'The Polygamist' Buried Their Children
For people who have had a father or a spouse like him and haven’t taken the time to work through their emotions, The Polygamist can be a massive trigger. But for those of us who have seen the likes of him, jumped ship, and done the hard work of healing, Jonasi is a character whose moves can easily be laughed at.
Raising whole children in a world that rewards perfection
I still shudder at the thought of my primary school classmates. They were twin girls. Kaitesi and Kabatesi. We coexisted with them in school like normal kids but every time their father came, we got scared for them and with them. Theirs was not a regular parent. He visited with only a
Mental Health Struggles have NO FACE
I spent years running away from this picture. Every time Facebook brought it back as a memory, I'd quickly scroll by it. I took this picture in my friend's hostel room. At the time, I had noticed that my life had changed. I went from feeling safest on my own to feeling like being on my own is the most threatening thing to contend with.
Black History Month and the Pyramid We Inherited, Mental Health, Identity, and Self Image
Black History Month often sits on pride, culture, and resistance. All matter. Yet one part stays quiet. The part about how Black people see themselves, and how those views grew inside systems built to rank human worth. For centuries, whiteness placed itself at the top of the social pyramid - by law, story, religion, science, and violence. The message stayed simple. White meant superior. Black meant less.
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?
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