How to deal with childhood trauma
Your article on how to help children affected by traumatic experiences was quite educative. I now feel capable of helping a young relative who has signs of depression. (READ: Traumatic stress in children: Can you spot the signs?)
Njeri
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Thank you for an informative read last week. This is information that every parent and teacher should have.
Amos Njoroge
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Last week’s feature on how to identify a child suffering from traumatic stress disorder and how to help them was a great piece for us in education and human rights and social justice.
2001KakaMbweha16
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I enjoyed Josaya’s piece last week, talking about Pudd’ng’s voracious appetite. Now that she is eating just about everything, restrict some foods, especially snacks, to avoid unhealthy weight gain. (READ: Somebody please tame baby girl’s appetite!)
Centimetre Metre
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Josaya should tell me which brand of appetite boosters he is giving Pudd’ng because mine do not seem to work. I have a three-year-old who despises food so much that when he sees a plate of food coming his way, he feigns a stomachache or pretends he is about to vomit after just a few bites. It is so frustrating. What comforts me is the fact that the doctor told me that his appetite will improve as he grows older. I cannot wait.
Emma Ruoya
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Last week’s nutrition article about what your stool colour says about the state of your health was very insightful. Thank you, and keep educating us. (READ: Pay attention to colour)
Ken Kinuthia
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Until I read this article, I never paid any attention to my hmm… bowel movements. Who would have thought that colour alone would say so much?
Mary MK
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I refer to Asunta’s column last week. You did not have to have lost a loved one for what happened at the Westgate Mall to affect you. I am a mother and just like Asunta, I grieved with the mothers whose children died under the hateful terrorists’ bullets. I pray that we will never have to go through such terrible pain again. (READ: I grieve with all the mothers that lost their children)
Zubeida H
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I watched what was happening at Westgate from afar, but I am yet to get over what happened, even though I do not know anyone who died in the attack. I pray that all those who lost loved ones will take heart and that time will wash away their sorrow.
Anthony Kariuki
