Self-Harm

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Helping Hurting Kids 5

This week we’ve been looking at some of Dr. Marv Penner’s strategies and skills for helping hurting kids. Marv has developed a set of skills based on the acronym L.O.V.E. The letter E calls us to quick action, by taking…
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The Latest on Kids and Self Harm

Over the years you’ve heard me from time to time mention self-harm and its prevalence among a growing number of children and teens. The kinds of self-harm we are talking about here includes things like cutting or burning of one’s…
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Trend Alert: Cutting – Deeper And Wider

Cutting and self-injury are on the rise among our teens. If we care at all about kids we should learn to recognize, understand, and answer these visual cries of a generation longing for spiritual truth, emotional healing, and answers. Download…
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