September is national suicide prevention month. Suicide prevention is important every day of the year, but for the many organizations doing crucial and often unsung work all year long, September provides unique opportunities to raise awareness of risk factors, provide help for those who are struggling, and give support to those affected by the suicide [...]

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Human milk is recognized as the optimal infant feeding method for at least the first 12 months of life to promote the health of both the lactating parent and the child. Compared to formula-fed infants, those fed human milk have fewer ear infections, gastrointestinal and respiratory illnesses, and even have a reduced risk of certain [...]

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It takes time to find care you care trust, especially when you have children of different ages. UW employees and students benefit from several programs and services to help it easier to identify options that work for your family. Prefer another way to access this information? Check out the recording Programs and Resources for School-Age [...]

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The long-term effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the mental health of kids and teens – the pandemic generation, or Generation Covid (already truncated to “Gen C”) – is not yet known or fully understood. One secondary effect of the pandemic is already clear, however: after more than two years of remote learning, quarantining and [...]

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Many of us enjoy going on vacation or taking a break from working to relieve stress and feel rested. But did you know that in addition to regularly taking time off from your job, practicing daily meditation and spending time in natural surroundings are also directly correlated with better overall health and stress reduction? Studies [...]

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For parents hoping to enroll their children in summer activities, it is already time to start planning. We spoke with Leslie Rome, Director of UW Youth & Teen Programs, and leveraged her expertise to provide parents with advice on how to tackle enrolling and registering for summer activities this year. Where to begin and when [...]

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Family gatherings can be filled with mixed emotions; excitement to see loved ones, anticipation of meeting new partners or additions to your family, a sense of obligation, anxiety over relational dynamics and more. With the ensuing continuation of the pandemic and holidays coming up around the corner for some, it can be easy to feel [...]

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UW is embracing hybrid work this fall and many employees are returning to their offices for the first time in 18 months. With this shift comes changes – some exciting, and others challenging. Some changes may even try our patience a bit. While taking a deep breath and pausing before reacting to something unpleasant are [...]

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Starting a conversation with our loved ones and family members in regard to their long-term and future health planning can bring up mixed feelings. If you’ve never approached this type of conversation before, you may not know where to start. We spoke to geriatric and family health experts from UW, and they answered our questions [...]

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Most employees whose jobs did not require them to work onsite during the pandemic have been working from home. This shift from being at a work location to veritably being home 24 hours a day has not only had an impact on ourselves, it’s also had an impact on our pets and the level of interaction and human [...]

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For most college students, the impending flourish of new experiences and opportunities is an exciting milestone. With the onset of COVID-19 significantly changing how colleges and universities served students, many first-year students were left feeling like their college journeys began with a false-start. Classes and programs were suddenly socially distanced – or in many cases, [...]

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Is your family’s summer calendar filled with question marks? If so, you are not alone.  Many families have kept their options for 2021 open, whether by choice or by necessity. Some have found it hard to schedule summer camps and youth programs, which are in shorter supply than they were before the pandemic. Other parents [...]

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