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Social and Behavioral Sciences

Dordt University

2015

Children

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Boys And Girls Being Boys And Girls, Luralyn M. Helming Sep 2015

Boys And Girls Being Boys And Girls, Luralyn M. Helming

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"Are we responsible for the cultural and societal norms about gender that our children identify with, or are such things inevitable?"

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To Those Who Know A Hurting Child, Tara Boer Feb 2015

To Those Who Know A Hurting Child, Tara Boer

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"Current research tells us that kids who witness or experience hard things actually lose some ability to make good choices. It’s not that they won’t or don’t want to make the good choice…sometimes they just can’t. When kids are chronically exposed to trauma the part of their brain that helps them with language, flexibility, and mood regulation actually shrinks. ... The good news is that God made our brains so thoughtfully that they can actually grow and change."

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