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Pandemic Impacts on Mental Health: Uncertainty & Isolation Are Tough on Kids

November 1, 2021 / Mary Jo Brooks / Community Issues, Families, Health & Wellness, Kids / No Comments

Jenna Glover doesn’t mince words. She says the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a full-blown mental health crisis in children and teens, especially with issues of depression and anxiety.

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Tween Drug Use & Support: “I thought I was doing Percocet. It was fentanyl.”

September 1, 2021 / Martina Will, PhD / Community Issues, Community Organization, Families / No Comments

“If you start doing drugs you’ll probably like them. That’s the problem,” says Ben Stincer.

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Child Tax Credit Is a Reality; Bennet’s Work Made it Happen

April 1, 2021 / Carol Roberts / Families, National Issues, Parenting, Politics / No Comments

During the Democratic primary, Sen. Bennet ran on his American Family Act, which was subsequently endorsed by the Biden-Harris campaign and now has been included in the American Rescue Act.

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Sue Stomps into Denver

March 1, 2021 / Mary Jo Brooks / Events, Families, Science, Video / No Comments

SUE, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found, has arrived at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science for a two-month visit. Designed to appeal to dinosaur lovers of all ages, the exhibition features large-screen animations of SUE’s swampy habitat, a re-creation of the archaeological dig where SUE was found, touchable bronze casts of SUE’s bones, and more than 20 fossils of dinosaurs discovered in Colorado.

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Books by Local Authors

January 1, 2021 / By Carol Roberts with information about the books provided by the authors / Arts/Culture, Families, History, Psychology/Self-Help / 1 Comment

Roger Kahn’s “How Crested Butte Became a Tourist Town: Drugs, Sex, Sports, Arts and Social Conflict,” Zoe Argento’s “Isolation Island: A Pandemic Story,” and Kathryn Haber’s “Fear Less, Love More.”

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DMNS Space Odyssey Relaunches

December 1, 2020 / Laurie Dunklee / Entertainment, Families, Science, Technology / No Comments

The original Space Odyssey, opened in 2003, has been expanded and updated to include the new tools used by science and aerospace professionals.

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Reducing Kids’ Stress During the Pandemic

December 1, 2020 / Mary Jo Brooks / Families, Kids, Parenting, Psychology/Self-Help / No Comments

The challenges of parenting during the pandemic are daunting: trying to keep everyone safe and healthy, managing online schooling, curtailing children’s social activities, and keeping harmony as everyone’s patience is being tested.

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Foster Care to Adoption: A Challenging, Rewarding Road

September 1, 2020 / Martina Will, PhD / Families, Parenting / No Comments

826 days. That’s how long Poppy was in foster care. She was fortunate to be cared for and loved by a single family for most of those days. For foster parents, living with the knowledge that biological parents have the opportunity to have their kids back until their rights are officially terminated is the biggest hurdle.

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Back to (Home) School

August 1, 2020 / Martina Will, PhD / Community Issues, Families, Schools/Education, State Issues / No Comments

If you were listening carefully on July 17, you could almost hear the city-wide moan as DPS announced its decision to postpone in-person learning until at least after Labor Day.

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Family-Owned Pizza—Characters Included

April 1, 2020 / Martina Will, PhD / Business, Families, Food / No Comments

It’s not just princesses who are regulars at Park Hill’s oldest neighborhood-owned and -operated pizzeria. All sorts of characters are regulars at the restaurant that Morgan McKay’s parents opened in 1996, and which she bought back about four years ago.

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