During annual Marjorie Pay Hinckley lecture at BYU, Ronald B. Mincy from Columbia University shared how more can be done to improve the quality of interactions between fathers and their children.
April 20, 2021 When she began her master’s in social work at BYU, Beth O’Brien already had a clear vision of what she most wanted to accomplish: to provide emotional support to postpartum women navigating the mental health challenges that are common to new mothers.
She knew personally how much it helps women to have high-quality postnatal care. As a mother of six, O’Brien experienced firsthand the difference between not having and having appropriate support for postpartum challenges like depression or anxiety. “The difference was life-changing,” she recalled.
Working in childcare settings for 20 years, O’Brien also began to understand that the best way to support children was to support their parents. “It seemed so unnecessary that in new parenthood, it’s culturally inevitable that we feel like failures and that we’re so isolated,” she said. “It’s contrary to how families thrive. And so I’ve been passionate about supporting families, spec
Novel Approach: Humor and disaster shine in Early Morning Riser
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“Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst.” Marjorie Pay Hinckley
Some books are driven by dynamic moments in the plot, like war or death or the pursuit to travel back in time and prevent a zombie apocalypse caused by a radioactive potato chip (okay, so I don’t know if that last one is a real book yet, but if it is please let me know). Other books are more contemplative or focus on a character’s internal journeys. Our latest book is neither, it shares the witty and silly life of a second grade teacher and her family in a small city in Michigan.