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Tag: Our Children’s Place

DeMorris Tucker reads with his son.
Posted inCOMMENTARY, Mental Health, NC Health Briefs

Yes, We Have Markers!

by Editor March 14, 2014March 21, 2014

By Melissa Radcliff This post originally appeared on the North Carolina Reading Association blog. “Do you have markers,” the child asked a volunteer. “I want my dad to write a message in my books.” As the word spread, other children asked their fathers to do the same. An event at the library? A parent and […]

One of the inmates' children displays her paint-covered hands after finishing her bluebird house.
Posted inChildren's Health

Prison Visitation Day Helps Mental Health for Inmates, Their Kids

by Rose Hoban October 12, 2012October 19, 2021

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