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...ever really do that because that would be blocking my [biological] mother out of my life." He continues to hope that he can find his missing birth mom and has even searched for her "once or twice" on the Internet. Having his sister with him helps, but sometimes the stress of dueling loyalties makes him moody. "He holds a lot in. I keep telling him it's not good holding in," says Williams. Admits Lamar: "I think I have less feelings than everybody else. Being in the [foster care] system kind of dilutes your emotions. I basically have two feelings...
...study by Casey Family Programs, a foster-care foundation, and Harvard Medical School found that 54% of young adults formerly in foster care as adolescents (including those who later got adopted, aged out or were reunited with their birth family) have mental-health problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. "A big part of our counseling is telling parents how to ride this roller coaster," says Kathy Boyd, supervisor of post-adoption services in Chester County, Pa. No matter how rocky things get, Boyd advises parents never to cut off communication. "Even if the child is rejecting...
Horses are designed to run. All their muscles are concentrated in the upper body, supported by long, thin legs. The massive hind muscles of a Thoroughbred drive enormous stress onto ankles not much bigger than a human...
...some men in Kilo Company apparently snap? Perhaps because of the stress of fighting a violent and unpopular war--or because their commanders failed them. Military psychiatrists who have studied what makes a soldier's moral compass go haywire in battle look first for a weak chain of command. That was a factor in the March 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam, when U.S. soldiers, including members of an Army platoon led by Lieut. William Calley, killed some 500 Vietnamese. Says a retired Army Green Beret colonel who fought in Vietnam: "Somebody has failed to say, 'No, that...
...Harvard party. There are the traditional acts of sexual promiscuity, as any browser of Craigslist can see. For the lucky few who do find a match, a lockable storage closet on the second floor has made the study break even easier. And when not used for DVD storage or stress release, the closet has been transformed by a dedicated group of Lamonters into a space for late-night cheese soirees. But as papers and exams have compounded in recent weeks, these acts have escalated as student sanity has deteriorated. On Monday night, six students from the improv comedy troupe...