Living Life:
By Dianne Smith Reader Columnist Jeff D. was a 15-year-old who, after being declared emotionally disturbed and mildly mentally disabled, was placed in the custody of the state of Idaho. The problem was, the...
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Living Life: Childhood resilience
By Dianne Smith Reader Columnist Why do some children bounce back from what the mental health community calls adverse childhood experiences and others are so affected that it continues to negatively impact them into...
Living Life: Calling all Youth Organizations
By Dianne Smith Reader Columnist Last December organizations who work directly with youth met at the school district office with Dr. Joy Jansen, director of special education, and Jeralyn Mires, Idaho’s counselor of the...
Living Life: Sense of Community
By Dianne Smith Reader Columnist “One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn’t as individuals. When we pool our strength...
Living Life: Meanie
By Dianne Smith Reader Columnist As parents it is always hard to hear our child is struggling. Our heart hurts if our child’s feelings are hurt or someone has been mean to them—but what...
Living Life:
By Dianne Smith Reader Columnist I am always so impressed by passion of people in the community who want Sandpoint to be a safe place to live, raise children and grow old. One of...
Living Life:
By Dianne Smith Reader Columnist When we first realize our elderly parent needs help, we are confronted with our own aging and mortality. We look in the mirror and see our wrinkles, gray hair...
Living Life:
By Dianne Smith Reader Columnist As parents, our job is to raise children who are prepared for the adult world. We all do the best we can to give them what they need to...
