Young people’s reaction to the Boston Marathon bombings

As Boston begins the healing process after Monday’s violence, many of us will turn to each other. Yesterday, Thriving shared advice from psychiatry experts on how to help children deal with fears they may be experiencing. Today, we will share a different perspective: real-life accounts from two young Bostonians. Elan and Erica, senior peer leaders for Boston Children’s Center for Young Women’s Health and the Young Men’s Health initiative, blog for TeenSpeak, a website maintained by Boston Children’s Center’s for Young Women’s Health and the Young Men’s Health Initiative; a forum where teens, young adults, youth advisors, mentors and health care providers write about real life issues. Like everywhere else in the city, the talk at TeenSpeak yesterday focused on Mo...

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