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Our Morning Zen section of the website is the place where people can share opinion essays on hot topics in children’s mental health programming and policy.

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Note: The Children’s Mental Health Network ceased operation in December, 2023. This archived website is available for you to peruse past articles and our vast library of research articles and news sources on children’s mental health, dating back to 2012.

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Choke

Posted on June 12, 2015
Morning Zen Guest Blog Post ~ Zoë Hooley “I’ll be locking up your possessions. In a few days we’ll see…
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A letter from the heart

Posted on June 10, 2015
Morning Zen Guest Blog Post ~ Laura Humphreys To Those I Love, If I cannot come to…
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Solutions to chronic school absenteeism

Posted on June 09, 2015
Morning Zen Guest Blog Post ~ Kevin Dwyer Our best in-school mental health promotion and interventions programs will not work…
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The Course of the River

Posted on June 05, 2015
Morning Zen Guest Blog Post ~ Mary Elizabeth Murphy Rauktis On a warm and brilliant October afternoon, my mother fell…
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Have we forgotten what Trayvon means to Black boys? Black lives do matter

Posted on June 03, 2015
Morning Zen Guest Blog Post ~ Anita Thomas I was sitting in a “Standing in the Gap” mentoring session with…
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Understanding my own stereotypic movement disorder

Posted on May 26, 2015
Morning Zen Guest Blog Post ~ Anonymous I’ve decided to openly discuss something that was for long time a very…
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My Mantra

Posted on May 25, 2015
Morning Zen Guest Blog Post ~ Linda K. Schmitmeyer “Pass the ketchup,” says Luke, already reaching across the dinner table…
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Palau celebrates “Leaders as Clowns” for Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day

Posted on May 25, 2015
Morning Zen Guest Blog Post ~ Jasmine VergaraUpdate from Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day, Long Island Park, Koror Palau!…
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Staying

Posted on May 21, 2015
Morning Zen Guest Blog Post ~ Tahirah Alexander Green On Friday, February 25, 2011, a nineteen-year-old college sophomore lost her…