While watching the NBC special, “Justice for All,” about life for the formerly incarcerated and prison reform, John Legend said, “when you’re locking someone up, you’re locking up their whole family too.” If you’re a regular reader, you know I’ve been responding to questions over the past few months. This will month will be a little different, as I’m going to write about something that’s personal for me. I am not naïve. I know that there are times when, for safety (both for t

July is National Minority Mental Health Month. I can think of no issue that has a more profound impact on children and their mental health than traumatic separation. According to the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), traumatic separations occur when children are suddenly, unexpectedly, and prolongedly separated from parents, guardians, siblings, or other pillars of their day-to-day lives. Such separations are frequently associated with other traumatic events. W