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☆ I survived stage 4 cancer as a new mom, but couldn't return to my job or have more kids. But I found a new, fulfilling career.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ceinwen Giles, 48, co-CEO of Shine Cancer Support, who lives in London. Weeks after giving birth to my first child at 34, I was diagnosed with stage four cancer. Ceinwen GilesTreatment left a permanent markI don't think that there was any part of my life that wasn't affected by cancer. I didn't know anyone my age with cancerCeinwen Giles and Emma Willis founded Shine Cancer Support in 2012. She was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 29 and was organizing coffees for younger adults with cancer.

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☆ I admitted my teen to a psychiatric ward. With time apart, I realized I also needed to take care of myself.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Brittany Miles | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

She was admitted, and I realized I also needed to take care of myself. AdvertisementIn November 2023, after many false starts, my schizophrenic daughter and I made our way to Seattle Children's Hospital. AdvertisementA month later, she was admitted to the hospitalIn December, she had a delusion the police were arresting her. There were emails to write and texts to send, but I didn't care. I didn't have to cook every night; my daughter, at 16, could take it on at least one night a week.

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☆ A retired Florida cop moved to Thailand with his wife and dog. He says his new life is cheaper, safer, and less stressful.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

A month after retiring from his 26-year career in law enforcement, Fred Jones moved from Florida to Thailand. Fred Jones and his wife left Florida and moved to Chiang Mai, Thailand, last year. Fred Jones. Fred Jones. Fred Jones.

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☆ How Gen Zers can beat negative stereotypes in a tough job market
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewEveryone is likely to face challenges early on in their career, but Gen Zers feel they're discriminated against — largely because of their age. Gen Zers are seen as the cohort most likely to write their résumés and cover letters with the help of ChatGPT and other AI services. A Gen Z creator was the first to coin the term " lazy-girl job." The workforce's expectations are shifting; it's not just the impact of "Gen Z particulars," she added. "I applied to hundreds of roles before landing a job at Applied, which eventually led to my becoming CEO," she said.

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☆ How women runners stay safe while running alone
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

More than two-thirds of the women surveyed take specific safety precautions, including running alongside a friend or partner who can protect them. She also avoids carrying pepper spray because she’s afraid someone could overpower her and use it against her, she says. “If I see a guy coming toward me, I make sure the pepper spray is ready to go. Lyon says she sometimes gets unwanted catcalls when running on sidewalks, and carries pepper spray on a hand strap so it’s easy to access. Most days, she makes sure her hair is in a french bun — not a ponytail — when she’s running, she says.

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☆ Are His Parents Responsible? A Mass Shooter’s Mother Goes on Trial.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Campbell Robertson | More About Campbell Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

These starkly different images were presented to jurors in a courtroom in Pontiac, Mich., about 20 miles south of Oxford High School, where the mass shooting took place on Nov. 30, 2021. While the case centered on a momentous legal question — whether parents should be held criminally liable for violent crimes committed by their children — the horror of that day in Oxford hung over the first day of testimony in the trial. School employees, including one who was shot in the arm, testified of the terror they experienced, and surveillance videos of the shooting were played, showing some of the victims. The shooter, Ethan Crumbley, who was 15 at the time, killed four students and injured seven others. He pleaded guilty to 24 charges, including first-degree murder, and was sentenced last month to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Persons: Jennifer Crumbley, Ethan Crumbley Organizations: Oxford High School, School Locations: Michigan, Pontiac, Mich, Oxford

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors arguing that a Michigan school shooter's mother is partly responsible for the deaths of four students told jurors Thursday that the tragedy could have been easily prevented when she was confronted with his violent drawings just a few hours earlier. “Even though she didn't pull the trigger, she's responsible for those deaths,” Keast said in his opening statement. Jennifer Crumbley, 45, is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the Nov. 30, 2021, attack. “The two people with all of the information, all of the background to put this drawing into context, were James and Jennifer Crumbley,” Keast said. Jennifer Crumbley, who will testify in her own defense, was a “hypervigilant mother who cared more about her son than anything in the world,” Smith said.

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☆ Why America hates its children
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-07 | by ( Lydia Kiesling | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Time and again, I was struck by a public attitude toward children I seldom encountered in America: unequivocal support. In America, we socialize our children to see strangers not as helpers but as threats. Virtually every other industrialized nation provides more government aid for their children than America does. Children who are neglected — a loose term inextricably tied to poverty — are thrown into a foster-care system known for its propensity to harm children. From the tumult of the pandemic, the calls for America to care more for its children are getting louder.

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☆ 6 signs you grew up with a reactive parent who had trouble controlling their emotions, even if you're close with them
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-04 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Reactive parents are highly emotional, often expressing their anger or sadness with no filter. And then there are children who grow up with the opposite: a reactive parent who can't control their emotions at all. "Very emotional parents, psychologically speaking, are using other people as containers for their emotional upset." Gibson shared some of the signs you grew up with a reactive parent. Part of it has to do with how kids of reactive parents define their own sense of self-worth.

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☆ Released hostages, detainees may face severe psychological effects, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Newly freed hostages and detainees may experience a range of layered psychological impacts including anxiety, depression, disorientation, grief, post-traumatic stress and survivor’s guilt as they return home and beyond the Israel-Hamas truce, experts say. Over the first four days, Hamas released 69 hostages and Israel freed 150 Palestinians from prison, many of whom were detained but never charged. Eth has not been involved in the hostages’ care, but he said that those who have been released may undergo medical evaluations that might include “very careful” psychological and psychiatric evaluations. Those evaluations could involve looking for signs of traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder or other psychological conditions. “Some might look like they’re doing very well, like they’re resilient early on, and then develop serious symptoms later.

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☆ Clarence Thomas didn't recuse himself from a 2004 appeal tied to Harlan Crow's family business, per Bloomberg
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Lauren Steussy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Clarence Thomas previously said his friend Harlan Crow had no business before the court. But a case involving Trammell Crow Residential made its way to the Supreme Court in 2005, per Bloomberg. Harlan Crow was CEO of Crow Holdings from 1988 to 2017, and remains chair of its board, per Bloomberg and The Real Deal. "At the time of this case, Trammell Crow Residential operated completely independently of Crow Holdings with a separate management team and its own independent operations," the statement to Bloomberg said. Neither Harlan Crow nor Crow Holdings had knowledge of or involvement in this case, and a search of Crow Holding's legal records reveals no involvement in this case.

☆ Startup founders are panicked amid a market meltdown, but most VCs don't want to hear it. 'It's like don't ask, don't tell.'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

"It's like don't ask, don't tell," Josh Felser, a successful founder and outspoken investor, said. The following report on how startup founders are coping with the funding crunch was originally published on August 4. Seven Seven Six partner Katelin Holloway. Her investor, Seven Seven Six, pays for its founders to participate. Caleb Frankel, whose Seven Seven Six-backed startup, EarlyBird, helps families invest in their kid's financial future, wants desperately to have kids, but he and his wife have struggled with pregnancy loss.

☆ Satanic panic is making a comeback, fueled by QAnon believers and GOP influencers
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Brandy-Zadrozny-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Brandy Zadrozny | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +23 min

Utah County Attorney David O. Leavitt speaks on July 31, 2019, in Provo. The accusations were part of a new case from Utah County Sheriff Mike Smith. Discussion about satanism and satanic abuse has increased in recent years, according to data provided to NBC News by Zignal Labs, which analyzes social media conversations. Popular culture and social media have also ferried ideas about satanism and widespread child abuse from fringe to the mainstream. (Anti-LGBTQ politicians and activists have equated LGBTQ people with predators who abuse children as part of a “gay agenda,” the well-worn panic that the gay rights movement’s true motivation is recruitment.

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