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Youth mentor program Friends of the Children opens chapter in North Philly

February 18, 2025
Traumatic events can take a heavy emotional toll on the mind and body, psychologist says

February 1, 2025
Deadly school shooting in Georgia renews calls for proper gun storage Experts say these violent incidents can weigh heavy on kids’ mental health

September 6, 2024
Through new program, Philly police will notify schools of students who experience trauma in their neighborhoods School district aims to better understand and help students who witness traumatic, violent events

March 26, 2024
Emotions pour into school board meeting after 11 Philadelphia students shot in a week ‘This should not be a common occurrence,’ student laments at emotional meeting after a week of youth violence

March 8, 2024
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t: How toxic masculinity plays a part in the cycle of violence On this episode of Ricochet: Race, grief and pride fuel gun violence. Is there a solution?

February 21, 2024
Delco’s newest state-of-the-art support center caters to young victims of sexual assault In the last fiscal year, the center helped over 700 kids in the county

February 7, 2024
‘I will never be the same’: What bullets do to bodies On this episode of Ricochet: Gunshot victims face lifelong pain, and medics struggle in a crisis growing more and more violent

February 7, 2024
‘Your brother’s gone’: How one mother tried to stop her son’s inevitable, violent end On this episode of Ricochet: Does a gun really protect you? And, how much influence does a family have on violence prevention?

January 31, 2024
Parents warned to keep kids off social media as graphic images, videos of war in Israel circulate Activists say Hamas’ posts on social media are being used as ‘psychological warfare’

October 12, 2023