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Raising kids is harder now than 10-15 years ago, so much so that the U.S. Surgeon General issued a health advisory about parenting. A Kansas City mental health expert and parent discuss the modern day challenges to raising children.

Americans are more stressed than normal about this year's presidential election. If you're feeling anxious waiting for results to come in, here are a few tips.

Stress is a part of every human’s life, but the way it feels and how we handle it varies based on the individual. That’s one of the reasons stress is such a challenging topic for scientists to study. Dr. Rajita Sinha of Yale’s Stress Center says new brain imaging technology is helping us better understand our stress biology, the lasting effects of chronic stress, and healthy ways of dealing with it.

In the two years I've spent talking to Kansas Citians about how the pandemic has changed their lives and beliefs, I've heard a lot about the pressures that people want to let go. Even in 2022, that's proving easier said than done. Can a Disney song put us on the right path?

Stress levels are high these days for adolescents readjusting to life in the classroom and in-person socializing.

Whether alone or living with others, working from home does present challenges to maintaining good mental health. Here is advice on balancing work and home when both are in the same place.

How to maintain your mental health while working from home and where to find the best bowls of warm sustenance in the metro.

According to an AP report, 1 in 8 Americans live in a county whose health department leader has left the job during the pandemic.

Kansas and Missouri are losing public health workers to pandemic burnout, and the Lansing correctional facility is the future site of a career campus providing returning citizens with opportunities before and upon their release.

Shawnee Mission is the latest district to bring high school students back for in-person learning two days a week. Students have mixed feelings about being back in classrooms.