World Mental Health Day

Thank you for the comment, Ms. Shaw.  You've probably already visited my website, but if you haven't it's www.advancingparenting.org.

I am in Missouri, most people living in the Midwest don't even know what ACEs are yet. That includes most of our mental health professionals.  They have a working definition of trauma, but it is all intellectual, and they don't have real life illustrations to hang that knowledge on.  It took a young man who was unhoused and needed help to teach me about trauma, and help me recognize how I had reacted to it in my own life.  I learned by supporting him and myself, and went back to do the research.  Your proposal makes so much sense.  And the young people in my world who have experienced high ACEs are completely onboard.  But, until people have a basic understanding of why we need it, it is going to be a hard sell.  Doing what I can.  Thanks for speaking it out loud.