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16 Simple Things All Dads Should Do For Their Mental Health

By Matt Schneiderman

9 Signs You're Mentally Exhausted — And How to Bounce Back

By Brittany Risher

How to Check on an Aging Loved One's Mental Health From Afar

By Virginia Pelley

What Working Parents Need Above All Else Right Now, According to 6 Experts

Father & Child Relationships

Running to Meet My Kids, Way Down the Road

By Joe Oestreich

The Surprising Ways Laughter Helps Build Our Bodies and Brains

By The Conversation

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David Chang Is Opening Up The chef, host, and culinary mastermind's new memoir serves a lot of inspiration — and some deep truths about mental health.

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Election Anxiety Is Very Real. Here are 7 Ways to Cope This is how to stay calm and centered during election season.

Is Your Positivity Toxic? Here’s How to Know Gratitude is crucial. But if you regularly skim over what someone is saying and toss off an optimistic expression, you're doing more harm than good.

Men Are Suffering. I Would Know There's no need to suffer in silence.

When Kids Witness Police Violence, the Trauma Can last a Lifetime When a child witnesses their parent abused by the police or at home, they experience deep trauma. Healing from it can take many years.

8 Signs You Might Be an Energy Vampire Do you suck the energy out of a room?

55 Small, Nice Things to Do for Yourself In order to be there for your family, you have to be there for yourself

How I Calm Down When the Kids Are Out of Hand Every dad has his methods. Here, 14 weigh in with their personal tricks.

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Sick and Tired of Caring? You Might Have Compassion Fatigue There's burnout. And then there's compassion fatigue.

Being Open About My Depression Helps Me Be a Better Father Depression can seem like an 18-wheeler barreling down on you. But with help and support, you can move out of the way.

How to Find a Good Therapist Depressed? Anxious? Fearful? A therapist can help you sort it all out. Here's how to find the right one.

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Millions of People Live With Mental Health Issues. Kim Kardashian’s Letter Is for Them Mental health disorders in families are far more pervasive than you probably think and the outcomes aren't great.

Why Every Parent Needs a "Board of Directors" Selecting a trusted group of individuals to help you along the way is crucial to getting through rough patches.

Depression Is My Personal Death Star. Here's How I've Learned to Handle It Sometimes the right analogy goes a long way.

5 Things That Truly Helped Us Be There For Our Son's Mental Illness "We wanted to fight for my son as a family, and we decided not to hide anything from our other children."

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