Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Losing their tween years and the increased impact on girls. Embracing the benefits of suffering in helping others. Lots of articles and graphics to assist you this week in parenting, teaching or working with children/youth.
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Year 3, Week 38 (140 total reports)
04.01.2023-10.01.2023
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Losing their tween years and the increased impact on girls. Embracing the benefits of suffering in helping others. Lots of articles and graphics to assist you this week in parenting, teaching or working with children/youth.
This Week’s Top Links
10.01.2023
Girls on the Brink: Helping Our Daughters Thrive in an Era of Increased Anxiety, Depression, and Social Media
The tween years are developmentally critical (there are two articles about that in this week’s feed). Girls are starting puberty earlier, but their tween years are shortening. That is a problem resulting in an increased mental health risk for female adulthood. There is much we can do to mitigate the demands of our culture on young adolescents and we need to be conscious of how to assist them through conversations, modeling (co-regulation) and relationships.
09.01.2023
Self-Regulation in the Personalized Classroom
https://esheninger.blogspot.com/2023/01/self-regulation-in-personalized.html
This principal’s article about self-regulation is a great training aid for adults; teachers, foster care staff and increased parental understanding.
08.01.2023
2 Self-Defeating Attitudes to Leave Behind
With the start of a New Year, there are old habits we need to analyze and abandon. That includes mental habits as well as physical ones. This article highlights two self-defeating behaviors without which all of us could be healthier. I would add that we can rarely “break” a habit, we need instead to think about “substituting” them. Initially, substituting habits takes a lot of practice (just think of the years it took to develop that negative habit). Generally, it takes ninety days to completely substitute a behavior until the new behavior (or thought process) becomes habitual itself. Be kind to yourself--and patient.
07.01.2023
9 Benefits of Volunteering That Will Inspire You to Sign Up Today
https://www.rd.com/article/benefits-of-volunteering/
Where a person has volunteered should be one of the most consistent questions we ask of people running for office. Barack Obama was a community organizer, his Republican counterparts used that against him in debates, but it was in the impoverished communities in his hometown of Chicago that formed his commitment to education and healthcare. This article is great for those of us to have needed—or still need—to recruit volunteers to our outreaches.
06.01.2023
The Crucial Work of Facing Suffering
I saw an article the other day about “curing old age.” It made me laugh because I had never thought of aging as a disease, I’ve always considered it a natural part of living. In biblical traditions, there is a set of false testaments called the “Gnostic Gospels.” The belief that aging is a disease is what I call one of our contemporary “Noxious Gospels (poisonous falsehoods).” Another one would be the central point of this article, that suffering is to be avoided. The author wisely points out that we cannot help other people until we have faced suffering ourselves. Not that suffering is something to seek (martyrdom), but it is something to address. Suffering is NOT an option, our response to it can either be healthy or damaging.
05.01.2023
Winnie the Pooh: The Theory That Every Character Represents a Mental Illness, Explained
https://movieweb.com/winnie-the-pooh-characters-mental-illness/
I had not thought about this theory until I read this article, but once I read the article, everything fell into place. Now, it will be difficult NOT to see certain characteristics as examples of the lovable A.A. Milne characters.
04.01.2023
Kids driving you crazy? Try these science-backed anger management tips for parents
It’s cyclical, we lose perspective and see the world in a more hostile manner. When that happens, we are less able to regulate our emotional responses. There are always times when our lack of self-regulation will make us more susceptible to being “driven crazy” and not just by our children; for me it can be traffic in the city, noisy neighbors and street sounds. Whatever it is for you… these anger management tips will help.
This Week’s Links
10.01.2023
Girls on the Brink: Helping Our Daughters Thrive in an Era of Increased Anxiety, Depression, and Social Media
What Tweens Need to Learn Before Becoming Teens
https://www.scarymommy.com/parenting/tween-life-skills-before-teenage-years
Empathy the most important leadership skill
How the brain transfers fear memories to long-term storage
https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/brain-long-term-fear-memory/
ADHD and Oppositional Defiant Disorder
https://www.verywellmind.com/understanding-and-treating-adhd-and-odd-6541410
7 Simple Ways to Practice Gratitude in Your Everyday Life
https://www.rd.com/article/how-to-practice-gratitude/
Study Finds There Are 4 Subtypes of Long COVID
https://www.prevention.com/health/a42433806/long-covid-subtypes-study/
09.01.2023
Self-Regulation in the Personalized Classroom
https://esheninger.blogspot.com/2023/01/self-regulation-in-personalized.html
How does grief affect the brain?
https://www.livescience.com/how-does-grief-affect-the-brain
7 Physically Calming Things You Can Do To Soothe a Stressed-Out Mind
https://www.wellandgood.com/physical-ways-relieve-stress/
Ditch your toxic relationships — healthy friendships actually help you live longer and heal wounds faster. Here’s why.
https://www.insider.com/good-relationships-help-you-live-longer-reduce-physical-pain-2023-1
'Kraken' subvariant shows COVID continuing to evolve, vaccine equity needed: experts
08.01.2023
2 Self-Defeating Attitudes to Leave Behind
I talked to 70 parents who raised highly successful kids—here's the 'surprising' parenting style they all used
Oregon church puts out the most hilarious and inclusive messages
6 Child Behavioral Problems Parents Should Never, Ever Ignore
https://www.yourtango.com/family/child-behavioral-problems-parents-never-ever-ignore
07.01.2023
9 Benefits of Volunteering That Will Inspire You to Sign Up Today
https://www.rd.com/article/benefits-of-volunteering/
10 things that made us smile this week
https://www.upworthy.com/10-things-that-made-us-smile-this-week-1-6-23
‘It altered my entire worldview’: leading authors pick eight nonfiction books to change your mind
7 Ways Strong Moms Can Raise Daughters Who Love Themselves
https://www.yourtango.com/family/strong-moms-confident-daughters
5 Sad, Underlying Beliefs You May Have If You Were Raised By A Toxic Parent
https://www.yourtango.com/family/sad-underlying-beliefs-you-may-have-raised-toxic-parents
06.01.2023
The Crucial Work of Facing Suffering
Pandemic Catch Up: What Will it Take for Left-Behind Students to Learn to Read?
6 Tips to Be More Adventurous in Everyday Life
https://www.rd.com/article/how-to-be-more-adventurous/
Can Stress Cause Lightheadedness?
https://www.verywellmind.com/can-stress-cause-lightheadedness-6951448
How to take control of your self-narrative for a better, happier life
5 Questions That Will Make You Emotionally Strong
https://www.yourtango.com/self/questions-will-make-you-emotionally-strong
Florida School District Bans Book About Real-Life Same-Sex Penguin Couple: Report
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tango-makes-three-banned-florida-book_n_63b7508fe4b0cbfd55e7d2ec
Gov. Ron DeSantis Administration Demands Universities Report Programs On Diversity, CRT
https://newsone.com/4477303/ron-desantis-critical-race-theory/
Physical Activity May Cut Depressive Symptoms in Children, Teens
Comedian David Cross lampoons anti-maskers
https://boingboing.net/2023/01/05/comedian-david-cross-lampoons-anti-maskers.html
COVID’s New Year’s Resolution Is to Infect Us All Again (and Again)
05.01.2023
Winnie the Pooh: The Theory That Every Character Represents a Mental Illness, Explained
https://movieweb.com/winnie-the-pooh-characters-mental-illness/
What are the benefits of reading books? A lot, actually
https://www.today.com/life/inspiration/benefits-of-reading-rcna61735
How To Stop Overthinking And Make Better, Faster Decisions
https://hive.com/blog/how-to-stop-overthinking/
How Science Says Emotionally Intelligent People Embrace the Rule of Awkward Conversations to Make a Great First Impression
04.01.2023
Kids driving you crazy? Try these science-backed anger management tips for parents
How to know if your inner voice is a liar
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
The fears of children and adolescents is a bellwether issue of societal health, Borderline Personality Disorder and the need for validation, the power of poverty in undermining children’s lives. A number of great links (and visuals) in this week’s links.
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Year 3, Week 37 (139 total reports)
28.12.2022-03.01.2023
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
The fears of children and adolescents is a bellwether issue of societal health, Borderline Personality Disorder and the need for validation, the insidious power of poverty in undermining children’s lives. There are a number of great links (and visuals) in this week’s links.
This Week’s Top Links
03.01.2023
Why Climate Science Shouldn’t Forget to Factor in Brain Health
https://worldcrunch.com/culture-society/climate-change-health-brain?share_id=7382763
The social litmus test of every generation SHOULD be the greatest fears of their children. I remember reading a study that spoke of the fifties and the greatest fears; getting caught with an untucked shirt, chewing gum in the hallway or forgetting your locker number. In my childhood, the greatest concerns were nuclear war and civil rights. We were the Assassination Generation, watching the shootings of John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. Yet, that still somehow felt far away and distant—even when television brought it right into our living room in black and white. A list of children’s fears today are not so distant, particularly if you are a child of impoverished parents. Police Shootings, School Shootings, the end of democracy, the disintegration of our climate. Not only are these fears personal, but they feel unmanageable—not just to children—but also to adults. It is important to ask ourselves, “Are these the fears we want our children to face?” What concerns should be top on our children’s minds and how do we—as adults—work towards that world?
02.01.2023
The Former Foster Youth Sharing Meditation With New York City School Kids
I love stories like these. Commendations to New York City for seeing this issue as a critical need and for hiring the specific person they employed. Kudos also to this young man who seems to spend as much time listening as he does teaching.
01.01.2023
This Nerve Influences Nearly Every Internal Organ. Can It Improve Our Mental State, Too?
I’m a big believer in shocking the Vagus Nerve on a regular basis. Fortunately, I live with access to a cold ocean and cold pool. But simply splashing cold water on your face in the early morning or turning your shower to cold before getting out can have the same effect. This is like a “Hard Reset” for your nervous system and if you’re at all like me, you need that throughout the day.
31.12.2022
Borderline Personality and Validation
There are people in my circle who continually need external validation. This article truly helps with understanding that need. I enjoyed another article this week that compared FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) with JOMO—try to guess what that is before you read it—(Joy of Missing Out). Since I lean towards JOMO, I have to work a little harder to understand people who constantly hunger for external validation to buoy their esteem. Yesterday was a national holiday for people like me; International Introverts Day. I think it’s important not just to be conscious of those with a high need for external validation, but to realize that being an Introvert doesn’t mean you dislike people, it seemly means you don’t get energized being with people. It’s all about finding where you get your energy and building balance in those areas. In University, I once asked a professor (when we were studying personality assessments like Myers-Briggs), whether he was an Introvert or an extrovert. He said, “I’d like to think I’m mature enough to be WHO I need to be WHEN I need to be it.” That would make him an Ambivert. Ambiverts are like people who are ambidextrous and can use both hands. They can tap into both Introversion and Extroversion depending on what their mental health needs are at the time.
30.12.2022
Your Brain is a Box of Stories
This is such an important analogy. If we understand the concept, it will help us realize that one of our greatest tasks with children and teens is to help them become the editors of the stories they tell themselves. Indeed, the best leaders are beginning to transform their roles into Corporate Narrators, realizing that their primary duty is to tell the story of the company and to find the stories that grow the healthiest culture. That is indeed our role with children—to give them the power to narrate their stories for themselves.
29.12.2022
'I had it first!' 4 steps to help children solve their own arguments
https://theconversation.com/i-had-it-first-4-steps-to-help-children-solve-their-own-arguments-167979
To have siblings is to have arguments. Healthy adults will not always try to solve these disagreements, but give power to children to work them through independently. This article gives some good tips for assisting children in building that capacity.
28.12.2022
Poverty Is Violent
https://apple.news/A4KU4oj8fQDerI2f9NlsF2Q
I was discussing this concept with a good friend of mine who is a child psychologist working with adolescents just yesterday. We both agreed that poverty is an often concealed factor in determining a child’s well being. I have worked with children and teens in a number of States, Provinces and Countries, and it is always apparent that the majority of marginalized and institutionalized children come from poverty. Because poverty is also unfairly a race issue, it may seem like racism is the primary issue in injustice, but if you look deeper, there are pockets of the country where Anglo people—who are impoverished—have as many issues as impoverished minority children in other locations. This should assist in how we approach civil rights. When we address poverty, we will also address racism.
This Week’s Links
03.01.2023
Why Climate Science Shouldn’t Forget to Factor in Brain Health
https://worldcrunch.com/culture-society/climate-change-health-brain?share_id=7382763
Martha Beck’s New Cure for Anxiety
https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/health/a42167556/martha-beck-strategy-for-dealing-with-anxiety/
The mindset that brings unlimited willpower
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230103-how-to-strengthen-willpower
A Child Psychologist On How Parents Can Survive Temper Tantrums
https://www.fatherly.com/parenting/temper-tantrums-strategy-child-psychologist
It’s 2023. We need to stop using harmful language. Here’s what we can say instead
12 Of The Best New Children’s Books Out January 2023
https://bookriot.com/new-childrens-books-january-2023/
Childhood anxiety: How to spot it, and how to help
My Teens Are Moody And This Is How I’ve Learned To Deal With It
https://www.scarymommy.com/parenting/my-teens-are-moody-this-is-how-ive-learned-to-deal-with-it
Supporting a child with long COVID – tips from parents of children living with the condition
02.01.2023
The Former Foster Youth Sharing Meditation With New York City School Kids
Shaming Is an Aggressive Act
01.01.2023
This Nerve Influences Nearly Every Internal Organ. Can It Improve Our Mental State, Too?
La Jolla high school student publishes computer programming book for kids, in Spanish
10 Mantras for a Healthier 2023
https://www.cnet.com/health/mental/10-mantras-for-a-healthier-2023/
Broken classrooms: Why teachers and parents don’t stand a chance
31.12.2022
Borderline Personality and Validation
The Missing, Essential Ingredient For Meaningful Work
‘Want-To’ Versus ‘Have-To’ Motivation Makes It More Likely You Will Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
ADHD And Autism Aren’t The Same, But They Are Closely Related
https://www.fatherly.com/health/adhd-autism-spectrum-closely-related
40 Motivational Affirmations To Encourage You In 2023
https://www.brit.co/motivational-quotes/
How Schools Can Help Overloaded Teens
https://www.the74million.org/article/how-schools-can-help-overloaded-teens/
30.12.2022
Your Brain is a Box of Stories
Want To Teach Your Kids Emotional Resilience? A Conscious Parenting Expert Says To Model That Behavior Yourself
https://www.wellandgood.com/conscious-parenting-tips/
To Be Honest, These Overused Filler Phrases Really Get on Other People's Nerves
8 Philosophy Books to Read for a Happier, More Meaningful 2023
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/8-philosophy-books-read-happier-meaningful-2023/38460/
How To Change A Limiting Belief In Under One Minute
https://www.yourtango.com/self/how-change-limiting-beliefs-under-one-minute
The Smartest People in The Room Often Overlook This Critical Attribute to Success
The Benefits of Solitude
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/what-are-the-chances/202212/the-benefits-of-solitude
For Entrepreneurs, Or Perhaps Everyone, Answer These Six Questions To Potentially Find Your Purpose In Life
Jobs projected to grow the most in the next decade: COVID-19 restrictions changed almost all forms of work. Stacker compiled a list of jobs expected to grow the most over the next 10 years.
Pope Francis: Use Your Pain Like a Sculpture
China Covid: experts estimate 9,000 deaths a day as US says it may sample wastewater from planes
29.12.2022
'I had it first!' 4 steps to help children solve their own arguments
https://theconversation.com/i-had-it-first-4-steps-to-help-children-solve-their-own-arguments-167979
How Narcissism Is Tearing Us Apart
Tell Your Story: Teaching Students to Become World-Changing Thinkers and Writers
https://www.ascd.org/books/tell-your-story?chapter=about-the-authors-tell-your-story
Changing how we talk can go a long way in banning toxic productivity from 2023
https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2022-12-29/toxic-productivity-is-linked-to-how-we-talk
Routines: The powerful tools that can help you adjust to a "new normal"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/routines-habit-formation-new-normal-new-years-resolution/
Children who play video games show altered brain activity that suggests improved cognitive abilities
28.12.2022
Poverty Is Violent
https://apple.news/A4KU4oj8fQDerI2f9NlsF2Q
5 Conflict Resolutions Tips For The Workplace
https://hive.com/blog/conflict-resolution-in-the-workplace/
Banned Books: Author Jerry Craft on telling stories all kids can identify with
https://apple.news/AOPCAq2v2RHaqNCkesQ7ziA
The Post-COVID “Immunity Gap” Continues to Pummel Pediatric Wards
https://apple.news/Apn8z6dUFTdSEJpWThK1Bbg
Reviewing 2022 For Insight Into 2023
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Among your New Year resolutions, include your own well-being and that of the people you influence. In this week’s links, be inspired by self-transcendence, forgiveness and true leadership.
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Year 3, Week 36 (138 total reports)
22.12.2022-27.12.2022
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Among your New Year resolutions, include your own well-being and that of the people you influence. In this week’s links, be inspired by self-transcendence, forgiveness and true leadership.
This Week’s Top Links
27.12.2022
7 Daily Habits That Will Improve Your Mental Health in 2023
https://www.cnet.com/health/mental/7-daily-habits-that-will-improve-your-mental-health-in-2023/
Not all resolutions should be about your physical health or material wealth this year. Consider your well-being and the depth of the relationships you treasure.
26.12.2022
Dave Barry’s 2022 Year in Review
https://apple.news/AmPenIE3kSYKjX3JRTBZbaA
I’ve enjoyed Dave Barry’s columns since I first stumbled upon him while living in his home state of Florida. His yearly review is always both comical and insightful. Give yourself the gift of a smile and take a moment to share Dave’s reflections on 2022.
25.12.2022
How Forgiving Others Helps You to Restore Your Own Humanity
Gratitude and forgiveness. Perhaps the two bookends of a well-shaped mind. And both are practices, not automatically given at birth. My favorite article this year was no doubt the research into Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs with the highest need being revealed as self-transcendence rather than self-actualization. Forgiveness and gratitude are key components of self-transcendence.
24.12.2022
Breaking Down Harvard’s 15-Step Leadership Checklist
https://hive.com/blog/leadership-checklist/
We are all leaders, whether in parenting, educating, relationships or at work. These 15-components are the fundamentals of the type of leadership that transcends tasks and time.
23.12.2022
The Classic Parenting Book ‘How to Talk So Kids Will Listen’ in Under 1,000 Words
In my opinion, this is the best book on parenting I have ever read. The book is not that difficult to comprehend, but if this condensed version leads you to understanding the concepts better than it is well-worth the read.
22.12.2022
Zelensky Recalled Us to Ourselves
I was entranced by Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s speech to the US Congress. Thought often cited as a politician and comedian, Zelenskyy is, above all else, a great communicator. It truly reminds us of the frameworks that once made the US a beacon of light to the world. It truly shows that our world needs to raise more communicators and less career politicians.
21.12.2022
We Are More Than Our Grades: A Student's Perspective (Opinion)
This article reminds us that grades are often not a result of a students efforts, nor an indicator of a student’s worth. That is critical to remember at a time when education is struggling to meet the needs of students during another wave (a trifecta) of viruses.
This Week’s Links
27.12.2022
7 Daily Habits That Will Improve Your Mental Health in 2023
https://www.cnet.com/health/mental/7-daily-habits-that-will-improve-your-mental-health-in-2023/
5 Mantras to Adopt That Will Immediately Improve Your Life
https://www.entrepreneur.com/living/practicing-and-believing-these-5-mantras-will-change-your/439530
5 New Studies That Challenge Conventional Wisdom About Kids and Tech
https://reason.com/2022/12/27/5-new-studies-that-challenge-conventional-wisdom-about-kids-and-tech/
5 Steps for Building Trust and Becoming the Go-to in Your Field
https://www.entrepreneur.com/growing-a-business/5-ways-to-build-trust-and-reliability/440637
26.12.2022
Dave Barry’s 2022 Year in Review
https://apple.news/AmPenIE3kSYKjX3JRTBZbaA
5 New Year’s resolutions for calmer parenting in 2023
https://www.goodto.com/family/new-years-resolutions-for-parents
A nutritionist shares the best snacks to bring on a plane to boost your immune system
How the pandemic ushered in a new era of hybrid homeschooling
25.12.2022
How Forgiving Others Helps You to Restore Your Own Humanity
How to let your teenager make mistakes
https://www.mother.ly/teen/letting-your-teenager-make-mistakes/
“Make Time for Curiosity and Creativity”—These Are the Intentions Our Editors Are Setting for 2023
https://camillestyles.com/wellness/new-year-intentions/
15 People Share What It’s Like To Be COVID Cautious—When it Seems Like Everyone Else Has Moved On
https://www.wellandgood.com/cautious-about-covid-19/
Masks Are a Proven Way to Defend Yourself from Respiratory Infections
24.12.2022
Breaking Down Harvard’s 15-Step Leadership Checklist
https://hive.com/blog/leadership-checklist/
It’s all too easy to get sick right now. Here’s how to protect yourself.
https://www.vox.com/even-better/2022/12/23/23516609/tripledemic-covid-flu-rsv-tips
Mask mandates fail to make a comeback, despite pleas from public health experts
Critical thinking training: 5 key lessons for employees
https://bigthink.com/plus/critical-thinking-training/
The 7 Kinds of Rest You Need to Actually Feel Rejuvenated
23.12.2022
The Classic Parenting Book ‘How to Talk So Kids Will Listen’ in Under 1,000 Words
UNSTOPPABLE US: Yuval Noah Harari on Our Past, Present, and Future
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/unstoppable-us-yuval-noah-harari-past-present-future/38378/
9 Healing Books About Trauma
https://bookriot.com/books-about-trauma/
How To Find the Best Adult ADHD Therapist
https://www.verywellmind.com/adhd-therapist-how-to-find-one-5498983
22.12.2022
Zelensky Recalled Us to Ourselves
Deliberate Calm: How to Learn and Lead in a Volatile World
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/deliberate-calm-learn-lead-volatile-world-bookbite/38298/
8 Picture Books To Teach Growth Mindset
https://bookriot.com/growth-mindset-picture-books/
7 Ways to Be a More Patient Parent, According to a Patience Expert
https://www.fatherly.com/life/how-to-be-more-patient
3 easy breathing techniques to relieve stress and anxiety, according to a neuroscientist
https://www.countryliving.com/uk/wellbeing/a42280718/neuroscientist-stop-stress-anxiety/
How to Stay Healthy While Traveling This Holiday Season, According to a Doctor
https://www.travelandleisure.com/health-cold-flu-covid-tips-traveling-holiday-6975609
21.12.2022
We Are More Than Our Grades: A Student's Perspective (Opinion)
A mass exodus from Christianity is underway in America. Here’s why.
Use the 'Feynman Method' to Learn New Things
https://lifehacker.com/use-the-feynman-method-to-learn-new-things-1849905388
Gen Z is re-thinking college and career plans in post-Roe America: ‘I want to leave the country’
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/19/gen-z-on-new-college-and-career-plans-in-post-roe-america.html
The leader’s playbook for channeling fear into courage
War on wokeness: the year the right rallied around a made-up menace
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/20/anti-woke-race-america-history
Feeling a Little Hectic or Chaotic? De-Stress With This 12-Minute Stretching Routine
https://www.wellandgood.com/de-stress-stretches/
5 Ideas for Developing Real-World Thinking Skills
Is everyone you know sick? Explaining winter's early rush of illness – and if it will continue.
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Happy Holidays (well maybe not for everyone). Suggestions for helping you or those in your life who experience painful holidays. Also, a number of inspiring posters I found in this week’s news feeds.
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Year 3, Week 35 (137 total reports)
14.12.2022-20.12.2022
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Happy Holidays (well maybe not for everyone). Suggestions for helping you or those in your life who experience painful holidays. Also, a number of inspiring posters I found in this week’s news feeds.
This Week’s Top Links
20.12.2022
Were You Parentified as a Kid? Here’s What That Means, and How It Might Affect Your Relationships in Adulthood
https://www.wellandgood.com/parentification-effects/
Working with orphanages or the foster care system—or really, any group of children today—one certainly sees the far-reaching impact of parentification. Whether it is a child who feels they need to go “home” to care for a recovering parent or for their younger siblings, the feelings can be overwhelming for the child. This article does a good job explaining how prettification occurs and what its impacts can be. So whether you feel you were parentified or work with others who might have been, this is a good article to review and share.
19.12.2022
How to handle those people who always have to be right
I’m fond of mentioning one of my Marriage and Family Professors in University who said, “Would you rather be right or married?” Unfortunately, some people really would rather be right and divorce rates partially attest to that. But what do you do when you know someone—in a friendship or otherwise—whose self-esteem is tied to being right or knowing-it-all? That’s what this article is about and with family visits over the Holidays on the horizon, this is a very timely article.
18.12.2022
Mastering the art of constructive disagreement
Unless you have no personal values, you will inevitably have disagreements. Disagreements don’t have to end on a destructive note and this article gives some very fine suggestions on how to make sure your disagreements have mostly constructive outcomes.
17.12.2022
Festive season, a joyous time for some and a threat to mental health for others
I and many others know people who will be institutionalized and/or pain during this holiday season. Emotional or physical; holidays, birthdays and other days of celebration can be painful reminders of promises unfilled or relationships abandoned. With COVID, we need to extra vigilant of those who have lost loved ones over the last few years or are now facing a debilitating illness perhaps even related to the virus. This article will help, not only with raising awareness, but also with assisting others who find the Holidays daunting.
16.12.2022
How to Help a Teen Who Has Very Few Friends & Is Suffering With Loneliness
https://www.yourtango.com/family/help-teens-make-friends
Loneliness has been an epidemic exacerbated by the epidemic of COVID. Especially for teens whose primary tool of socialization (school and school-related activities) has been taken away. As we have seen, social media is no substitute for actual relationships and those who are lonely (at any age) need a special assist right now. This is a simple, compassionate read on reaching out. Read it yourself and/or pass it along.
15.12.2022
'There’s No Such Thing as Bad Emotions' and Other Truths Students Need to Know (Opinion)
Most of us have been called “bad” at one time or another for expressing intense emotions. Those doing the “name-calling” may not have been adept at discerning between the emotion and its expression (behavior). From infancy to adulthood, we need to know that all feelings are legitimate, and we need help learning what expressions are constructive.
14.12.2022
5 Reasons Complaining Is Ruining Your Life and Crushing Your Happiness
https://everydaypower.com/stop-complaining/
I remember in University reading research that counteracted the benefits of cathartic behaviors such as hitting a pillow or complaining. There is constructive catharsis and destructive catharsis. This article examines how complaining is a destructive cathartic behavior.
This Week’s Links
20.12.2022
Were You Parentified as a Kid? Here’s What That Means, and How It Might Affect Your Relationships in Adulthood
https://www.wellandgood.com/parentification-effects/
How to stop toxic self-talk, explained in 6 minutes
https://bigthink.com/the-well/toxic-self-talk/
That Feeling When Have So Many Things to Do You Can't Do Any of Them? Psychologists Have a Name for It and a Solution
The Ten Best Children's Books of 2022
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-ten-best-childrens-books-of-2022-180981325/
Don’t send Grandma to the ICU this Christmas
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/20/health/covid-flu-vaccine-fatigue-holiday-masking-wellness/
19.12.2022
How to handle those people who always have to be right
Avoid these 5 passive-aggressive phrases that 'irritate' people the most, says speech expert
5 Helpful Things to Do When You Think Life Sucks
https://tinybuddha.com/blog/5-helpful-things-do-when-think-life-sucks/
10 Oddly Effective Psychological Tricks To Help You Win An Argument (Fairly)
https://www.yourtango.com/self/win-argument-fairly
18.12.2022
Mastering the art of constructive disagreement
What Is Catastrophizing And How Can You Stop It? - Glam
https://www.glam.com/1134350/what-is-catastrophizing-and-how-can-you-stop-it/
Emotionally Intelligent People Use 3 Simple Words to Beat Perfectionism and Work Faster (and Better)
Our Best Tips For Fighting Back Against Low Self-Esteem - Glam
https://www.glam.com/1137313/our-best-tips-for-fighting-back-against-low-self-esteem/
What Pretend Play Tells Us About Social Cognition
https://neurosciencenews.com/pretend-play-social-cognition-22103/
How Poverty Academically Affects Black Children
Everything You Need to Know About COVID on Surfaces
https://parade.com/health/how-long-covid-stays-on-surfaces
Updated COVID booster shots reduce the risk of hospitalization, CDC reports
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/18/1143833585/covid-bivalent-booster-reduce-hospitalization-risk-cdc
17.12.2022
Festive season, a joyous time for some and a threat to mental health for others
How to Practice Forgiveness
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/a-shared-existence/202212/how-to-practice-forgiveness
Three Skills Leaders Will Desperately Need In 2023
Top 10 ADHD News & Research Highlights of 2022
https://www.additudemag.com/top-adhd-news-research-dyslexia-medication-time-blindness/
A Harvard brain expert shares 6 things he never does in order to stay 'sharp, energized and healthy'
This Beauty: A Philosophy of Being Alive
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/beauty-philosophy-alive-bookbite/38076/
16.12.2022
How to Help a Teen Who Has Very Few Friends & Is Suffering With Loneliness
https://www.yourtango.com/family/help-teens-make-friends
An Age-by-Age Guide to SEL Activities for Kids and Teens
https://apple.news/AR-vjUQzHQ62KXt01TV-I6A
5 Signs Your Child's Behavior Is Out of Control
https://www.verywellmind.com/signs-your-childs-behavior-is-out-of-control-6892302
The Obvious Answer to Homelessness
https://apple.news/ATzWu5vrdQQmkB8MzF0nBZg
They lost best friends, became hypervigilant, felt guilt: The kids — now teens — who survived Sandy Hook
https://apple.news/ArrTdw1_qQXazSOICqLBuFQ
How to support grieving children over the holidays: 5 tips from a child psychologist
https://apple.news/AbPKwdMXkTo-laAWRd6K2Fg
15.12.2022
'There’s No Such Thing as Bad Emotions' and Other Truths Students Need to Know (Opinion)
7 Books About Codependency to Help You Better Understand the Condition
https://bookriot.com/books-about-codependency/
Sneaky Signs Your Kid Craves Connection (& How Not To Blow It)
https://www.scarymommy.com/parenting/sneaky-signs-kid-craves-connection
How to Create a Healthy Relationship With Social Media
14.12.2022
5 Reasons Complaining Is Ruining Your Life and Crushing Your Happiness
https://everydaypower.com/stop-complaining/
Amid Pandemic Learning Loss, There’s an Urgent Need to Bring Parents and Teachers Together
https://msmagazine.com/2022/12/13/pandemic-covid-learning-loss-parents-teachers/
14 Charts This Year That Helped Explain COVID’s Impact on America’s Schools
https://apple.news/AKffTMze_Qq-NgP_BbebWBg
Eight weeks of mindfulness training improves adolescents’ attentional control, study finds
The Only ADHD Study Playlist
https://bwog.com/2022/12/the-only-adhd-study-playlist/
Coronavirus Today: The people who face the greatest COVID risk
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Confidence and Courage: We won’t always be confident, but we can always choose to be courageous. Inside this and future blogs I am beginning to add posters that inspire me throughout the week.
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Year 3, Week 34 (136 total reports)
07.12.2022-13.12.2022
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Confidence and Courage: We won’t always be confident, but we can always choose to be courageous. Inside this and future blogs I am beginning to add posters that inspire me throughout the week.
This Week’s Top Links
13.12.2022
Cultivating the Four Kinds of Creativity
https://hbr.org/2023/01/cultivating-the-four-kinds-of-creativity
When you’re trying to build a business or establish a personal brand, the key is always creativity. The question behind every decision needs to be, “How does this decision help promote our uniqueness?” Creativity will be ever-increasing in importance as humans seek to differentiate themselves from AI and a world where bots take mundanity away from human labor. If what you do is repetitive, it will become robotic. I found this article interesting from a perspective on not only enhancing creativity, but also examining types of creativity.
12.12.2022
4 Ways to Respond Effectively to Our Intense Emotions
A person who cannot control intense emotions will become their slave. None of us are born with the ability to handle intense emotions and we need adults who will both model regulation and co-regulate with us (calmly sit with us while work through intense emotions and finally name them).
11.12.2022
10 Ways To Immediately Be Less Judgmental Of People You Disagree With
https://www.yourtango.com/self/ways-immediately-less-judgmental-people-disagree-with
It is far too easy to let disagreement become judgment and examples of that are rampant. When we become judgmental we lose the ability to rationally solve disagreements. To look at opinions instead of draw lines of battle. One of the first signs of behaving in a closed-minded, judgmental manner, is name-calling. In our fear, we want people to fit stereotypes for people that we think threaten our inner balance. We overcompensate by judging and finding ways to categorize as less-than-human.
10.12.2022
The Gift of Influence: Creating Life-Changing and Lasting Impact in Your Everyday Interactions
Influence is far more important than success. Though success is often monetized, influence sees money and power as optional. No one can be successful without being influential, but many people throughout history have chosen to be influential without being successful. This is a very important distinction in our education and development of children.
09.12.2022
Choose Courage Over Confidence
https://hbr.org/2022/12/choose-courage-over-confidence
I really liked this article and would enCOURAGE you to share it with others while using it as a springboard for meaningful conversation. This is a great conversation to have with your tween and teen. We won’t always be confident, but we can always choose to be courageous.
08.12.2022
Subtle Ways to Check on Students' Well-Being
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/subtle-ways-to-check-on-students-well-being/2022/12
Checking in on young people’s emotions often requires a great deal of subtlety. Being too blunt can send a young person into hiding (emotional or physical), especially if that bluntness is done in public. This article does a good job at teaching how to check in with young people while not frightening them away.
07.12.2022
We all can reach a “flow state.” Here’s how.
https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/reach-a-flow-state/
Flow is an amazing state often associated with peak creativity and total engagement. Flow can occur in almost any creative endeavor from sports and arts to relationships and conversations. Flow is like happiness in that it is not achieved and permanent. There are habits to reach flow and, when practiced, flow becomes easier to reach and longer to sustain.
This Week’s Links
13.12.2022
Cultivating the Four Kinds of Creativity
https://hbr.org/2023/01/cultivating-the-four-kinds-of-creativity
What To Do When Your Child Is A Late Talker
https://www.fatherly.com/health/michelle-macroy-higgins-late-talkers
Why Am I So Insecure? What Causes Insecurity + 7 Ways To Overcome It
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/why-am-i-so-insecure
Cultivating the Four Kinds of Creativity
https://hbr.org/2023/01/cultivating-the-four-kinds-of-creativity
What To Do When Your Child Is A Late Talker
https://www.fatherly.com/health/michelle-macroy-higgins-late-talkers
6 essential tips for helping your kids develop empathy, according to child psychologists
https://www.insider.com/guides/parenting/how-to-teach-empathy-to-kids
Kindness Can Have Unexpectedly Positive Consequences
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/kindness-can-have-unexpectedly-positive-consequences/
Three Key Elements To Be A Servant Leader
12.12.2022
4 Ways to Respond Effectively to Our Intense Emotions
12 Questions to Ask Yourself If You Want to Reinvent Your Life in 2023
10 Things The Most Resilient People Do Every Day
https://www.yourtango.com/self/things-most-resilient-people-do-every-day
This Christmas whiskey ad about trans acceptance is warming hearts around the world
A Psychologist Teaches Us How To Rise Above The Holiday Family Drama
11.12.2022
10 Ways To Immediately Be Less Judgmental Of People You Disagree With
https://www.yourtango.com/self/ways-immediately-less-judgmental-people-disagree-with
Worries Teens Have About Themselves
Teens in crisis
https://theweek.com/health-and-wellness/1019123/teens-in-crisis
Local health officers and health care leaders recommend wearing masks indoors
10.12.2022
The Gift of Influence: Creating Life-Changing and Lasting Impact in Your Everyday Interactions
Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/life-hard-philosophy-can-help-us-find-way-bookbite/37836/
09.12.2022
Choose Courage Over Confidence
https://hbr.org/2022/12/choose-courage-over-confidence
Creating the Safe and Calm Classroom
What Are Behavioral Disorders in Children?
Turn A Stubborn Toddler Into A Helper With These Magic Words
https://www.fatherly.com/parenting/make-stubborn-toddler
GOP Congresswoman sobs as she pleads for colleagues to vote against LGBTQ+ rights
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/12/gop-congresswoman-sobs-pleads-colleagues-vote-lgbtq-rights/
How to Calm Down From a Panic Attack
https://www.yogajournal.com/lifestyle/balance/how-to-calm-down-from-a-panic-attack/
5 signs your child is struggling with their mental health
https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/life/signs-your-child-is-struggling-mental-health
The 43 Funniest Chemistry Jokes for Kids
https://www.fatherly.com/entertainment/funny-chemistry-jokes-for-kids
FDA clears updated COVID-19 vaccines for kids under age 5
https://apnews.com/4e23cb1532f66bbb62318a461203095b
08.12.2022
Subtle Ways to Check on Students' Well-Being
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/subtle-ways-to-check-on-students-well-being/2022/12
A Training Hub for Teaching Students in Poverty
https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/a-training-hub
Failure is a good teacher, explained
Want to Be Happier? Use the 3-Minute Method to Dramatically Increase Feelings of Contentment, Satisfaction, and Well-Being
Measure your level of job burnout with this simple visual scale created by a behavioral scholar
07.12.2022
We all can reach a “flow state.” Here’s how.
https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/reach-a-flow-state/
How to Get Your Brain To Shut Up: 8 Ways to Quiet Your Mind
https://www.fatherly.com/life/how-to-quiet-your-mind
3 categories and 8 subcategories of management styles
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/categories-and-subcategories-of-management-styles
How Gaming Creates Opportunities for Learning That Endures
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-12-05-how-gaming-creates-opportunities-for-learning-that-endures
Understanding ADHD and Trauma
https://www.verywellmind.com/understanding-adhd-and-trauma-6831287
Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/thinking-101-reason-better-live-better-bookbite/37591/
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Prepare to be touched, have your heart strings pulled and mind stretched. This week’s links included parenting styles, SEL development in response to setbacks from COVID in education.
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Year 3, Week 33 (135 total reports)
30.11.2022-06.12.2022
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Prepare to be touched, have your heart strings pulled and mind stretched. This week’s links included parenting styles, SEL development in response to setbacks from COVID in education. In addition to the best links, I am attaching some of the best posters I have seen this week.
This Week’s Top Links
06.12.2022
10 Types of Play for Child Development
https://www.parents.com/types-of-play-6835400
This is a pretty comprehensive list of the types of play children do as they progress through their cognitive development. It is wise to pay attention to how children play as that is a strong indicator of their maturation. Styles of play are critical tools in the evaluation of children’s mental health and well-being.
05.12.2022
A pediatrician's viral post will bring you to tears and inspire you to be a better person.
The title of this article was very accurate for me. The pediatrician spent time speaking with children who had a terminal diagnosis asking them about what they liked and didn’t like (what was important to them and what didn’t matter). Regardless of your age, this is a meaningful—and touching—article to review.
04.12.2022
Kids want to know: 'Will It Be Okay?' — this book answers that question
Find a child—or even someone older—and read this book with them. It will generate a lot of emotions and opportunities for conversation. I especially loved the name of the book’s author.
03.12.2022
‘NO’: Grad Students Analyze, Hack, and Remove Under-Desk Surveillance Devices Designed to Track Them
As I read this, I thought, “This is exactly why authoritarians do NOT want to support higher education.”
02.12.2022
The pandemic "ruptured" childrens' social skills around the world, researchers say
In the past couple of decades there was initially a great deal of talk about STEM education (science, technology, engineering, math), this graduated into STEAM (add the Arts to STEM), this article indicates the vital importance of SEL (social emotional learning). In the long run, people are hired, promoted or fired for their SEL abilities. As a former executive in a health care company, I would always rather take the B or C student, if they had high SEL abilities.
01.12.2022
Struggling during COVID, I helped my school develop a class about mental health
https://newark.chalkbeat.org/2022/12/1/23467213/covid-mental-health-class-newark
This educator had a great idea and won the support of her school and district. See what she did and look for aspects you could apply to your own situation—as an educator, parent or in a care home.
30.11.2022
Everything To Know About The 4 Main Parenting Styles & Which One Is Best For Kids
https://www.romper.com/parenting/four-types-of-parenting-styles
In my own workshops on parenting and child development I used to always bring a graph on parenting styles. Attendees and I would brainstorm on responses and activities that would apply to each of the four areas on our diagram: Relationship (High & Low), Authoritative (High & Low). We may have differing parenting styles in a variety of settings, but which style suggests your overall style of parenting (teaching, counseling, coaching), which style would you like to develop and what could you do to grow it?
This Week’s Links
06.12.2022
10 Types of Play for Child Development
https://www.parents.com/types-of-play-6835400
A Humorously Honest Animation About ADHD Diagnosis
https://laughingsquid.com/adhd-diagnosis-animation/
Relationship Expert Reveals The Question That Can Stop An Argument Immediately
6 things I wish I'd known when my child was diagnosed with autism
https://www.mother.ly/health-wellness/childrens-health/child-diagnosed-with-autism/
The 11 Highest Rated Fidget Toys On Amazon For Every Age (Even Grownups)
https://www.romper.com/life/best-fidget-toys
Study suggests mind-wandering is an underlying dysfunction among children with ADHD
Writing a Personal Leadership Philosophy Will Make You a Better Leader
05.12.2022
A pediatrician's viral post will bring you to tears and inspire you to be a better person.
How Emotionally Intelligent People Turn Frustration and Stress Into Fulfillment and Achievement, Backed By Considerable Science
Exploring effects of COVID-19 pandemic on neurodevelopment and mental health in adolescents
04.12.2022
Kids want to know: 'Will It Be Okay?' — this book answers that question
Disenfranchised Grief—Grief That Doesn’t Fit Society’s Standards and Is Not Often Acknowledged—Is Complex But Common
https://www.wellandgood.com/disenfranchised-grief/
To Help Struggling College Students, Look To Cognitive Science
Exercise may increase the effectiveness of your Covid-19 vaccine, a new study found: Here's how to get the most benefit
Every-10-year religious study of USA shows some surprising numbers
https://aleteia.org/2022/12/04/every-10-year-religious-study-of-usa-shows-some-surprising-numbers/
03.12.2022
‘NO’: Grad Students Analyze, Hack, and Remove Under-Desk Surveillance Devices Designed to Track Them
5 habits of confident people
Teen Brains Aged Prematurely During the Pandemic. Schools Should Take Note
Why We Need to Have More Critical Conversations About Social and Emotional Learning
Happiness in Action: A Philosopher’s Guide to the Good Life
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/happiness-action-philosophers-guide-good-life-bookbite/37525/
7 Brutal Lies That Kill Your Success, and How to Stop Believing Them
02.12.2022
The pandemic "ruptured" childrens' social skills around the world, researchers say
The 6 Best Smartphone Apps for Children With Autism
https://www.makeuseof.com/children-with-autism-best-apps-android-ios/
3 rules to express your thoughts so that everyone will understand you
https://bigthink.com/the-learning-curve/3-rules-express-your-thoughts-clearly/
01.12.2022
Struggling during COVID, I helped my school develop a class about mental health
https://newark.chalkbeat.org/2022/12/1/23467213/covid-mental-health-class-newark
The pandemic "ruptured" childrens' social skills around the world, researchers say
School principals say culture wars made last year 'rough as hell'
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/01/1139685828/schools-democracy-misinformation-purple-state
‘The hardest years of my career’: Principals say political combat has engulfed schools
The 22 most amazing discoveries of 2022
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/most-amazing-discoveries-2022
6 Everyday Activities That Naturally Release Dopamine In Your Brain
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/activities-release-dopamine-in-brain_l_6377bf04e4b06d5b6094f0d7
30.11.2022
Everything To Know About The 4 Main Parenting Styles & Which One Is Best For Kids
https://www.romper.com/parenting/four-types-of-parenting-styles
What it's like to grow up with autism
What to Know About Autism in Boys
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-to-know-about-autism-in-boys-6748940
COVID-19 Misinformation Is Allowed On Twitter Now, Apparently
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
There are many people to thank for last week’s successful benefit concert. The musicians (Vince Ruttan and Brian Richmond), the venue providers and its wait/cook/cleaning staff, the people who attended and, of course, YGO and AMPAY for the tireless work they do. Thank You!
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Year 3, Week 32 (134 total reports)
23.11.2022-29.11.2022
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
There are many people to thank for last week’s successful benefit concert. There are the musicians (Vince Ruttan and Brian Richmond), the venue providers and it’s wait/cook/cleaning staff, the people who attended and, of course, YGO and AMPAY for the tireless work they do. Thank You! Please join us for future events supporting more causes.
This Week’s Top Links
29.11.2022
A ‘Fiercely Compassionate’ Approach to Student Mental Health
https://www.the74million.org/article/a-fiercely-compassionate-approach-to-student-mental-health/
There are a number of rock-solid statements in this article for those who work with young people (or are raising them). A number of these statements would make great posters placed in the staff room as a reminder of being Fiercely Compassionate.
28.11.2022
How College in Prison is Leading Professors to Rethink How They Teach
I mentor a young man who is pursuing his Christian Counseling degree from Corban University at the Oregon State Penitentiary outside of Salem, Oregon. When closed-minded people ask “why would we want to educate inmates?” I like to remind them that almost all of the inmates are going to be their neighbor someday and would they prefer someone released who was angry and uneducated or grateful and educated. It’s not just the RIGHT thing to do, it is the BEST thing.
27.11.2022
15 Cheat Codes for Life: Jump 7 Years Ahead of People
https://www.entrepreneur.com/finance/15-cheat-codes-for-life-jump-7-years-ahead-of-people/439915
Calling these insights “cheat codes” implies there is something wrong with knowing them. But they really are good insights for improving your life and helping others “hack” into a deeper life and increased well-being. That’s not cheating, that’s growing.
26.11.2022
A Texas dad gave a heart-wrenching speech about his trans son. It's a must-see.
I applaud this father and hope more people affirm this video by both watching and sharing it. The attacks on homosexuality and transsexuals has no basis in the Gospels of Jesus Christ. They come from inaccurate interpretations of the Old Testament and letters. Christians often forget that the Old Testament and the Letters in the New Testament have one primary purpose that is to point to Jesus Christ in the Gospel. They also tend to overlook that the twin purposes of Christ’s life were personal transformation and communal restoration. Though he showed anger in his life, it was always directed towards either Satan or the Judgmental Religious leaders (interesting juxtaposition).
25.11.2022
Mind the gaps: the world needs to radically transform its educational systems, not just upgrade them
There are times when minor tweaks won’t work anymore. Many of our institutions are beyond “tweaking” and need critical overhauls. I would include political, religious, economics, judicial as well as education in this state. These were systems designed to enhance corporate capitalism and they are creating a less sustainable world.
24.11.2022
Why do kids bully? And what can parents do about it?
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-kids-bully-parents.html
Having been brought to multiple school districts (in both short-term and long-term capacities), I have tired of bullying programs that focus solely on the young people. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a school or school district that was high in youth violence that wasn’t also high in adult sarcasm. Sarcasm with a child is an adult version of bullying, but it’s like throwing hardballs at an armless man. Children simply don’t have the cognitive capacity to respond to sarcasm—it’s a learned response. And why we would want our children to learn that? I encourage both educators and parents to focus on growing a culture of specific praise and to “Fast” from sarcasm. If you are witty enough to use sarcasm, you are intelligent enough to master praise.
23.11.2022
See what a kid with autism sees for 90 eye-opening seconds.
https://www.upworthy.com/see-what-a-kid-with-autism-sees-for-90-eye-opening-seconds-rp
Anyone who sees this video will walk away with increased empathy for both people with autism and also for adults who spend time with neurodiverse children. Please review this and pass it on.
A Link to This Week’s Links
This week, I am supplying a link to my web site if you would like more information about the rest of the links I selected this week. My primary goal is to select links that will foster healthy development in children and teens. This week’s links can be found at:
https://www.communitiesoftrust-jerrygoebel.com/teenmentalhealth
This Week’s Links
29.11.2022
A ‘Fiercely Compassionate’ Approach to Student Mental Health
https://www.the74million.org/article/a-fiercely-compassionate-approach-to-student-mental-health/
How to Create a Sacred Space, According to Indigenous Teachings
How Great Leaders Communicate
https://hbr.org/2022/11/how-great-leaders-communicate
Best of 2022: Our Favorite Picture Books | Kirkus Reviews
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/best-of-2022-our-favorite-picture-books/
What Does It Mean For a Therapist to Be Neurodiversity-Affirming?
A nurse's view as three viruses send Americans to hospitals
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/28/1139544103/a-nurses-view-as-three-viruses-send-americans-to-hospitals
28.11.2022
How College in Prison is Leading Professors to Rethink How They Teach
Parents of successful kids don't worry about screen time, expert says—they teach these 3 skills instead
Neurodivergent Versus Neuroatypical: What's The Difference?
https://www.healthdigest.com/1117474/neurodivergent-versus-neuroatypical-whats-the-difference/
Here's How To Tell If You Have A Cold, Flu Or COVID-19 & How Doctors Tell The Difference
News Wrap: 2 new COVID subvariants driving majority of U.S. cases
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-2-new-covid-subvariants-driving-majority-of-u-s-cases
As RSV Cases Surge, Experts Warn of America’s Worsening ‘Tripledemic’
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/11/rsv-covid-flu-cases-winter-2022/
27.11.2022
15 Cheat Codes for Life: Jump 7 Years Ahead of People
https://www.entrepreneur.com/finance/15-cheat-codes-for-life-jump-7-years-ahead-of-people/439915
Want to Raise Successful Kids? These 13 Simple Habits Pay Off Big-Time
It’s not just Covid. Flu and RSV means masks need to come back.
26.11.2022
A Texas dad gave a heart-wrenching speech about his trans son. It's a must-see.
To Raise Successful Kids, Encourage This Surprising Trait, According to a Parenting Expert
https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/successful-kids-parenting-learning-margot-machol-bisnow.html
Spare the rod, spanking your kids could permanently damage their brains
A More Just Future: Psychological Tools for Reckoning with Our Past and Driving Social Change
Parents who raise highly successful kids have these 3 things in common
How Great Leaders Communicate
https://hbr.org/2022/11/how-great-leaders-communicate
25.11.2022
Mind the gaps: the world needs to radically transform its educational systems, not just upgrade them
Teachers Are Drowning. So Are Students. What Can Be Done?
Does kindness get in the way of success?
From Tiny Krill To Concrete Jungles: 2022's Best Science Books For Kids
https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/2022-kids-science-books/
24.11.2022
Why do kids bully? And what can parents do about it?
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-kids-bully-parents.html
Man abandoned by his dad at 14 makes videos teaching children what dads normally teach kids
David McGrath: Grateful people are happier. In that spirit, here is my Thanksgiving list. – Chicago Tribune
Mental health conversation starters: 14–18 years
https://www.unicef.org/parenting/mental-health/conversation-starters-14-18-years
10 Supplements That Can Help Treat Symptoms Of ADHD
https://www.healthdigest.com/1115457/supplements-that-can-help-treat-symptoms-of-adhd/
These U.S. Companies Gave $8 Million to Election-Denying Midterm Candidates
The next COVID wave is here. Here’s what you’re in for
23.11.2022
See what a kid with autism sees for 90 eye-opening seconds.
https://www.upworthy.com/see-what-a-kid-with-autism-sees-for-90-eye-opening-seconds-rp
Highlighting ‘Good’ Mistakes in Student Work
https://www.edutopia.org/article/highlighting-good-mistakes-in-student-work/
My Husband Refuses to Accept Our Daughter’s New Diagnosis
https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/11/adhd-disagreement-care-and-feeding.html?via=rss_flipboard
Most young people’s well-being falls sharply in first years of secondary school
Somatic therapy: How working with the body can heal the imprints of trauma
Dr. Fauci, who has served under seven presidents, delivers his final White House Covid briefing
6 free gratitude meditations to help you get grounded
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
My friends and I have been working for months preparing for our benefit concert this Thursday. Tickets are going fast and proceeds will go to AMPAY (La Asociación de Mujeres para la Prevención de Abuso en Yucatán) and YGO (Yucatan Giving Outreach). If you haven’t bought tickets yet, please contact Crocodiles at 999 638 7088
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Year 3, Week 31 (133 total reports)
16.11.2022-22.11.2022
REVIEW
My friends and I have been working for months preparing for our benefit concert this Thursday. Tickets are going fast and proceeds will go to AMPAY (La Asociación de Mujeres para la Prevención de Abuso en Yucatán) and YGO (Yucatan Giving Outreach). If you haven’t bought tickets yet, please contact Crocodiles at 999 638 7088.
For those who have enjoyed my music (in the past) thank you and I have been able to post many of my songs to Spotify. Here is the link: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7gOYKzmnst7z280t2Y4uNE
This Week’s Top Links
22.11.2022
Equipping kids to defend against science misinformation
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-equipping-kids-defend-science-misinformation.html
I’ve just ordered a hat on the Internet that says, “Making Lying Wrong Again.” This week Governor Youngkin of Virgina has decided to emit Martin Luther King, Jr. and Barack Obama from school curricula. With so much disinformation—and rewritten histories—it becomes increasingly important to help our young people think critically. This article speaks about helping young people become “competent outsiders.” This phrase means to be able to critically observe scientific facts and reported findings without having to be an expert in the field.
21.11.2022
4 Things People With Great Communication Skills Will Do in a Conflict
Inc Magazine has long been my favorite go-to for business management and leadership information. This article is a treasure trove of ideas for dealing with conflict. If you work with young people (or are raising them) the information here will help you both communicate better with them AND teach them to deal with conflict in a healthier way.
20.11.2022
11 Ways to Support Teen and Young Adult Mental and Emotional Health Using Tech
https://www.makeuseof.com/support-teen-young-adult-mental-emotional-health-tech/
I’m a firm believer in using tech positively with young people. We know they ARE and WILL BE using it in their lives so using it in a positive manner is part of maturing. There are 11 helpful apps in this article to use with your teen. Apps can be like learning programs on TV, they should NOT be used as babysitters to put your child or teen in front of and then walk away. The best education comes from relationship—sitting side-by-side and learning together. Then sharing insights when you are done.
19.11.2022
'Equality Voters' Stopped the 'Red Wave,' Says New Poll
https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/11/18/equality-voters-stopped-red-wave-says-new-poll
This term, “Equality Voters.” will stay with me. I believe that the most important step in organizational development and training is to build a common glossary. This term should be in all of our glossaries and we should seek ways to grow a majority of Equality Voters in future elections.
18.11.2022
Walking can be a beautiful way to self-reflect — here are 21 questions to get you started
My little brother, Paul, who was an exceptional Physical Therapist, triathlete and marathoner, until he passed away from cancer. Shortly before his death (of lung cancer) in 2013, he ran in a marathon wearing a shirt that said, “Running with one lung.” Paul was very fond of saying, “the best exercise is the one you will do…” One of the reasons I love to promote walking is because it can be so relaxing and enjoyable, it is a great way to self-reflect. It is an exercise-you-will-do.
17.11.2022
Corporal Punishment Affects Brain Activity, Anxiety, and Depression
https://neurosciencenews.com/corporal-punishment-mental-health-21869/
The results of this research should not surprise us, but it should remind and affirm the primary reason that “spare the rod, spoil the child,” is nonsense. Rather it should be, “Use the rod, endanger the child…”
16.11.2022
5 Benefits of Pretend Play
https://www.parents.com/benefits-of-pretend-play-6828493
Pretend play with a child or just encouraging children to play alone is a major developmental tool. Most adults say they found out what they wanted to do in life through play. Also, please remember that most adolescents still play, they just play in a more cognitive manner. While the famed developmental psychologist, Jean Vanier, would tell us that “the work of children is play” and that children learn through play, I believe that adolescents learn through conversations. Most of the work an adolescent is doing is in their mind, we might call it fantasy. Help adolescents develop healthy fantasies and outlets for thinking about their anger, fears and anxiety.
This Week’s Links
22.11.2022
Equipping kids to defend against science misinformation
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-equipping-kids-defend-science-misinformation.html
5 Characteristics That Will Help You Succeed Through the Toughest of Times
I've been a nanny for over 18 years. These are my top 3 fail-safe techniques for dealing with tantrums.
https://www.insider.com/experienced-nanny-shares-her-techniques-for-dealing-with-tantrums-2022-11
Harvard psychologists have been studying what it takes to raise 'good' kids. Here are 6 tips.
Personalised learning is billed as the 'future' of schooling: what is it and could it work?
The Promise, Power, and Practice of Student Agency
For Better Relationships At Home And Work, Focus On How You Talk And Listen
21.11.2022
4 Things People With Great Communication Skills Will Do in a Conflict
Teens Know Climate Change Is Real. They Want Schools to Teach More About It
How to talk to your child about their autism diagnosis – the earlier the better
The Evidence Shows Masks Work
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-medical-critical-thinking/evidence-shows-masks-work
What Does It Mean to Care About COVID Anymore?
20.11.2022
11 Ways to Support Teen and Young Adult Mental and Emotional Health Using Tech
https://www.makeuseof.com/support-teen-young-adult-mental-emotional-health-tech/
For School Leaders, Empathy Isn't Optional
https://www.ascd.org/blogs/for-school-leaders-empathy-isnt-optional
4 Ways To Stop Taking Things So Personally
https://www.yourtango.com/self/ways-stop-taking-everything-personally
19.11.2022
'Equality Voters' Stopped the 'Red Wave,' Says New Poll
https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/11/18/equality-voters-stopped-red-wave-says-new-poll
Virginia’s GOP governor deleted MLK Day & Barack Obama from its history curriculum
The Promise, Power, and Practice of Student Agency
The U.S. Surgeon General’s Guide to Workplace Wellbeing
https://hive.com/blog/workplace-wellbeing/
4 Things People With Great Communication Skills Will Do In a Conflict
A Champion Debater’s Guide to Winning Arguments
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/champion-debaters-guide-winning-arguments-podcast/37237/
Your success will be determined by 3 things. Here’s how to get better at each
18.11.2022
Walking can be a beautiful way to self-reflect — here are 21 questions to get you started
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin Pushes ‘Racist’ K-5 Curriculum That Excludes MLK And Slavery
https://newsone.com/4449334/virginia-proposed-school-curriculum/
RSV, Flu, COVID: Here’s What Parents Need to Know About the Impending ‘Tripledemic’
If You Want More Joy, Wealth, and Success in Your Life, Start by Cleaning Your Room
17.11.2022
Corporal Punishment Affects Brain Activity, Anxiety, and Depression
https://neurosciencenews.com/corporal-punishment-mental-health-21869/
Regular exercise leads to improved performance on cognitive tests in overweight children
16.11.2022
5 Benefits of Pretend Play
https://www.parents.com/benefits-of-pretend-play-6828493
5 helpful tips for explaining autism to kids and teens, according to autism-affirming experts
https://www.insider.com/guides/parenting/how-to-explain-autism-to-kids
Adopting a smile can make you feel happier, large global study finds - The British Psychological Society
The Unusual Covid Symptom Affecting Kids You Should Be Looking Out For
10 Picture Book Biographies of Authors to Show Kids How to Use Their Words
https://bookriot.com/picture-book-biographies-of-authors/
What’s the best way to deal with a flood of misinformation? Maybe it’s time for some deliberate ignorance
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
A week until our Benefit Thanksgiving Concert at Crocodiles in Progreso. Tickets are going fast and proceeds will go to AMPAY (La Asociación de Mujeres para la Prevención de Abuso en Yucatán) and YGO (Yucatan Giving Outreach). If you haven’t bought tickets yet, please contact Crocodiles at 999 638 7088.
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Year 3, Week 30 (132 total reports)
09.11.2022-15.11.2022
REVIEW
A week until our Benefit Thanksgiving Concert at Crocodiles in Progreso. Tickets are going fast and proceeds will go to AMPAY (La Asociación de Mujeres para la Prevención de Abuso en Yucatán) and YGO (Yucatan Giving Outreach). If you haven’t bought tickets yet, please contact Crocodiles at 999 638 7088.
This Week’s Top Links
15.22.2022
5 Characteristics That Will Help You Succeed Through the Toughest of Times
Those of you who know me, know that I’m not a big fan of the word, “Success.” I believe it has too many consumer-based inferences. I prefer to think of influence and meaning. We’ve been witness to too many lives that have success without purpose or compassion. Where the end goal is the accumulation of money and the means becomes using people to get things. Throwing aside the terminology of success, I still think this article can help you pursue your goals in life through difficult times. I have a number of friends that will be able to grow from this article. Please take a look at it if you or someone you know is going through difficulty or if you work with young people want to help build their resilience.
14.11.2022
4 Simple Ingredients Every Person Needs To Create A Truly Happy Life
https://www.yourtango.com/self/simple-ingredients-every-person-needs-create-truly-happy-life
On all these lists of living a happier life, one never seems to find the pursuit of a happier life. Self-care, yes, but not the pursuit of happiness for it’s own sake. The best way to attain unhappiness is to pursue happiness.
13.11.2022
Harvard Study Reveals the 1 Thing That Makes Humans Happy. Why Are You Doing the Complete Opposite?
This study boils down the pursuit of a happier life to a singular fundamental element. I’m sure you can guess that it isn’t the accumulation of things or the pursuit of happiness in and of itself.
12.12.2022
Compassionate interaction between a frazzled dad and his 6-year-old son has people in tears
https://www.upworthy.com/compassionate-father-son-interaction-after-toddler-tantrum
We all need more teaching videos like this. As I watch this the scripture, “And a little child shall lead them…” [Is, 11:6] comes to mind.
11.11.2022
Mindfulness may treat anxiety just as well as medication, study says
https://www.wcax.com/2022/11/10/mindfulness-may-treat-anxiety-just-well-medication-study-says/
Let’s clarify there is a difference between anxiety and clinical depression and further clarify the importance of seeking professional assistance in diagnosis of treating either. There is nothing wrong with using medication to assist with either issue if that is what a professional determines. Still, medications are often over-prescribed as the most efficient solution—especially in institutional care and education.
10.11.2022
A school replaced detention with meditation. The results are stunning.
https://www.upworthy.com/this-school-replaced-detention-with-meditation-the-results-are-stunning-rp
There is no surprise in this finding to me, but I hope more schools, Correctional Centers and Group Homes will study this article and see how the principles could be applied to their circumstances.
09.11.2022
Why do we feel bad when our beliefs don't match our actions? Blame 'cognitive dissonance'
Cognitive Dissonance is one of the most important theories in human development. In short, if there is discord between what we believe and how we act, we will change the way we believe. This is one of the reasons why so many young people can come from healthy backgrounds and still get so lost.
This Week’s Links
15.22.2022
5 Characteristics That Will Help You Succeed Through the Toughest of Times
Pediatrician is changing the way we think about teens with 'lighthouse parenting' tips
https://www.upworthy.com/lighthouse-parenting
14.11.2022
4 Simple Ingredients Every Person Needs To Create A Truly Happy Life
https://www.yourtango.com/self/simple-ingredients-every-person-needs-create-truly-happy-life
How to Argue Effectively: Harvard Negotiation Expert Shares Techniques for Arguing Effectively, Especially About Politics
https://www.openculture.com/2022/11/how-to-argue-effectively-harvard-negotiation-expert.html
13.11.2022
Harvard Study Reveals the 1 Thing That Makes Humans Happy. Why Are You Doing the Complete Opposite?
‘I’m a Clinical Psychologist, and Here’s How To Spot—And Halt—Catastrophic Thoughts in Their Tracks’
https://www.wellandgood.com/how-stop-catastrophic-thinking/
How To Set And Protect Your Boundaries During The Holidays
https://www.brit.co/setting-boundaries-holiday-stress/
How To Find A Good Therapist Without Breaking The Bank - Glam
https://www.glam.com/1097580/find-a-good-therapist-without-breaking-the-bank/
Breathing May Measurably Modulate Neural Responses Across Brain - Neuroscience News
https://neurosciencenews.com/respiration-neural-activity-21828/
When Children Feel Pain: From Everyday Aches to Chronic Conditions
11 Simple-Yet-Powerful Changes That Set You Up For The Happiest Life Ever
https://www.yourtango.com/self/simple-yet-powerful-changes-set-up-happiest-life-ever
Joy Therapy: When did you last feel this happy? - YOU Magazine
https://www.you.co.uk/joy-therapy/
12.11.2022
Compassionate interaction between a frazzled dad and his 6-year-old son has people in tears
https://www.upworthy.com/compassionate-father-son-interaction-after-toddler-tantrum
What Happens to the Dopamine System When We Experience Aversive Events? - Neuroscience News
https://neurosciencenews.com/dopamine-aversive-event-21824/
I’m a parenting educator: Here are 5 things I always do with my own kids
https://www.today.com/parents/essay/5-things-parenting-educator-always-does-kids-rcna55160
Why I Will Show My Kids What Unconditional Love Looks Like
https://www.yourtango.com/love/why-i-will-show-my-kids-what-unconditional-love-looks-like
The 7 Best Apps for Positive Parenting
https://www.makeuseof.com/best-apps-positive-parenting/
What 120 interviews with female leaders can teach us about strengths
https://qz.com/what-120-interviews-with-female-leaders-can-teach-us-ab-1849773624
11.11.2022
Mindfulness may treat anxiety just as well as medication, study says
https://www.wcax.com/2022/11/10/mindfulness-may-treat-anxiety-just-well-medication-study-says/
Expert Advice: How Can I Stand Up To Bullies?
https://www.womansworld.com/posts/mental-health/expert-advice-stand-up-to-bullies
Why Intelligence Doesn’t Always Lead to Happiness
https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/11/why-intelligence-does-not-mean-happiness
This Therapist And Mom Is Going Viral On TikTok For Sharing How To Spot Anxiety In Kids, And As A Former Anxious Kid, She's 100% Correct
https://www.buzzfeed.com/meganeliscomb/spotting-anxiety-in-kids
10 ways to boost your child’s confidence
https://www.newschainonline.com/lifestyle/life/10-ways-to-boost-your-childs-confidence-303808
5 Hidden Clues That Point to Someone With High Emotional Intelligence
10.11.2022
A school replaced detention with meditation. The results are stunning.
https://www.upworthy.com/this-school-replaced-detention-with-meditation-the-results-are-stunning-rp
A “psychological vaccine”: Why prebunking is the best way to fight misinformation
https://bigthink.com/thinking/psychological-vaccine-prebunking-misinformation/
How the philosophy behind the Japanese art form of _kintsugi_ can help us navigate failure
The Power Of Touch In (Almost) Every Type Of Relationship
https://madamenoire.com/1326958/the-power-of-touch-in-almost-every-type-of-relationship/amp/
Why you should use explicit instruction
Why the boys are not OK
22 Must-Read Indigenous Authors
https://bookriot.com/must-read-indigenous-authors/
How to avoid bad choices
5 Choices We Should All Make in Life
https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/a41889738/choices-to-make-in-life/
A Clearer Picture of Developing Teen Brain - Neuroscience News
https://neurosciencenews.com/neuroplasticity-teen-brain-21807/
How Gratitude Can Transform Your Mental Health – Forbes Health
https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/mental-health-benefits-of-gratitude/
09.11.2022
Why do we feel bad when our beliefs don't match our actions? Blame 'cognitive dissonance'
TEACHER VOICE: In tough times for teachers, let’s change the way we talk about our work
4 Questions That Will Change Your Professional (and Personal) Life
https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/4-questions-that-will-change-your-professional-personal-life.html
4 Motivational Documentaries To Help You Achieve Your Goals
Covid vaccine significantly improves effectiveness of cancer treatment
How to Help Kids Overcome Their Fear of Math, According to a Brain Scientist
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Permit me to be a bit self-promoting this week. A friend and I offered a dress rehearsal for an upcoming benefit concert on November 24 in Progreso. Admission to our rehearsal was toilet paper. Schools here do not supply it and children must bring it. We were able to raise 428 rolls for local children. Many thanks to all who assisted.
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Year 3, Week 29 (131 total reports)
02.11.2022-08.11.2022
REVIEW
Permit me to be a bit self-promoting this week. A friend and I offered a dress rehearsal for an upcoming benefit concert on November 24 in Progreso. Admission to our rehearsal was toilet paper. Schools here do not supply it and children must bring it. We were able to raise 428 rolls for local children. Many thanks to all who assisted.
This Week’s Top Links
08.11.2022
Native Women to Know, Honor, and Follow — in November and Beyond
I’ve been fortunate enough to work with some very resilient and wise indigenous women in my work with youth that don’t fit into a number of our juvenile institutions. One thing I’ve learned, whether we’re talking about race, culture or gender, is you can’t have enough indigenous female role models to fall back on.
07.11.2022
The Psychology Tricks That Can Dispel Climate Change Denial
Sadly, there is a denial state of mind that becomes a basis of a person’s personality. I wouldn’t call these “tricks” as much as insights into working with people whose mindsets are stuck in denial.
06.11.2022
How do our brains decide to remember something positively or negatively?
The brain makes many choices—some of which we are aware and some of which we need to become more aware. Choosing our story and how we narrate our experiences to create our self-perception is one of the most important tasks adults can help children develop.
05.11.2022
How to Instill Perseverance in Your Kids
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-instill-perseverance-in-your-kids-1849733133
There is a lot in this week’s links about grit and perseverance. Helping our children develop these (this) trait is crucial to their well-being and ability to influence their communities.
04.11.2022
Gentle Parenting May Be Hard at First, But It Encourages a Strong Parent-Child Bond
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/parenting/a41818658/what-is-gentle-parenting/
Gentle Parenting is not just a buzzword, it is a way of being with our children—and with each other.
03.11.2022
What is gentle parenting? How to practice the technique with your children
As you read this, I think that you will find that Gentle Parenting also applies to the way we “parent” ourselves.
02.11.2022
How to kick your habit of assuming the worst
A dose of pessimism can be helpful, but not when it becomes a compulsion. Evolution has designed us to look for dangers, but that awareness can become hyper-sensitivity and often does in people who have had multiple adverse childhood experiences. This article gives isights into balancing the mindset of predominantly seeing the negative.
This Week’s Links
08.11.2022
Native Women to Know, Honor, and Follow — in November and Beyond
When Lying Becomes a Virtue, Civilization Declines
https://www.aier.org/article/when-lying-becomes-a-virtue-civilization-declines/
The big idea: why we shouldn’t try to be happy
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/nov/07/the-big-idea-why-we-shouldnt-try-to-be-happy
'Grit' Author Angela Duckworth Says 1 Word Separates People Who Give Up From People Who Get Back Up Again
The Right Choices in Parenting
What you eat can help boost your happiness. Experts suggest these 8 foods
https://fortune.com/well/2022/11/08/foods-that-boost-happiness-according-to-experts/
I talked to 70 parents who raised highly successful adults—here's the 'rare' skill they all taught their kids
These online classes are a game changer for kids on the autism spectrum
Florida parents, students challenge 'Don't Say Gay' law in revamped lawsuit
COVID Superspreader Events Still Exist. Here's What They Look Like Now.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/covid-superspreader-event-signs_l_6361054ce4b0ae77bc1e2622
07.11.2022
The Psychology Tricks That Can Dispel Climate Change Denial
How to Be a Creative Thinker
https://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Creative-Thinker
The Happiness Meter
https://www.ted.com/talks/jesse_itzler_the_happiness_meter
"The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions..." - Philosophy News
Study tracks airborne spread of COVID between different hotel floors
https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/airborne-spread-covid-between-floors-cdc-study/
06.11.2022
How do our brains decide to remember something positively or negatively?
Polio? Measles? Florida Is Flirting With an Anti-Vaccine Apocalypse
Is Christianity fading away? Teens' thoughts about Jesus give us hope and a challenge.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2022/11/06/does-jesus-christianity-matter-teens/10651657002/
Drawing & Creativity Online Course for Big and Little Artists
https://weandthecolor.com/drawing-creativity-online-course-big-little-artists/169653
Sometimes It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
Why It’s Not Enough to “Teach Reading”
How to set healthy boundaries – and stop letting anxiety and guilt get in the way of living your life
05.11.2022
How to Instill Perseverance in Your Kids
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-instill-perseverance-in-your-kids-1849733133
An EMDR therapist who has treated trauma for 18 years shares her 11 most important pieces of advice
https://www.insider.com/guides/health/mental-health/what-is-emdr
In one giant classroom, four teachers manage 135 kids – and love it
https://hechingerreport.org/in-one-giant-classroom-four-teachers-manage-135-kids-and-love-it/
20 Micro Life-Changing Habits You Can Start Today That Require Only a Few Minutes
https://hive.com/blog/small-life-changing-habits/
What people fail to understand about the dangers of loneliness
https://bigthink.com/thinking/life-is-hard-loneliness/
Ancient Greek Laws Against Tyrants
https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/04/ancient-greek-laws-against-tyrants/
Christian Nationalism’s Threat to Democracy, Curated by Amanda Tyler
Men are struggling. A new book explores why and what to do about it
https://apple.news/ANGKd68RTRoOUphJQ7qfJsg
Study finds first direct evidence of a link between low serotonin and depression
https://apple.news/A9WsmQACjQsiFrIDKanuHZQ
Teens' Brains Develop Differently Depending on if They're Night Owls or Early Birds
A “tripledemic” could be on its way this fall
https://apple.news/AV327p-QRRJ627Q_jBUhzDA
04.11.2022
Gentle Parenting May Be Hard at First, But It Encourages a Strong Parent-Child Bond
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/parenting/a41818658/what-is-gentle-parenting/
A Tennessee Mom Made The Angriest, Most Eloquent Speech Against Homophobia & Book Banning
https://www.scarymommy.com/parenting/tennessee-mom-speech-about-homophobia-book-banning-jesse-graham
Shifting the "Cognitive Load" in Classrooms
https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/shifting-the-cognitive-load-in-classrooms
Why Storytelling Matters: Unveiling the Literacy Benefits of Storytelling
https://journals.ala.org/index.php/cal/article/view/5990/7646
How to Instill Perseverance in Your Kids
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-instill-perseverance-in-your-kids-1849733133
What do you need to do in order to be truly happy?
https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/mind-and-spirit/article-721481
7 Questions Successful People Keep Asking Themselves, Over and Over Again
https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/successful-people-ask-same-questions-over-again.html
International Stress Awareness Week: Here’s how to protect your mental health
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/11/international-stress-awareness-week-mental-health/
03.11.2022
What is gentle parenting? How to practice the technique with your children
We’re Watching White Anxiety Turn Into Violent Rage
https://www.thedailybeast.com/were-watching-white-anxiety-turn-into-violent-rage
How to Talk to Students About Stress (Opinion)
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-how-to-talk-to-students-about-stress/2022/11
How To Stop Carrying The Weight Of Your Turbulent Past Or History Of Trauma
https://www.yourtango.com/self/stop-carrying-traumatic-history
How Thinking About Misfortune Can Better Your Life
https://www.thecollector.com/misfortune-can-better-your-life-stoicism/
Health Officials Are Now Tracking COVID-19 Variants at Airports
https://time.com/6225417/airports-covid-19-variants-us-tracking/
New Covid variants are circulating. What do we know and will the Omicron-specific booster be effective?
Are the unvaccinated still a danger to the rest of us?
02.11.2022
How to kick your habit of assuming the worst
In Ohio, Trans Students Triumph Against the Odds
A Psychotherapist Explains How To Know What's *Actually* Behind Your Anger
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/how-to-know-whats-behind-your-anger
Speech pathologist sits next to autistic boy on 8-hour flight and shares incredible journey with him
Mindfulness Is Not the Only Way to Mental Clarity
https://hive.com/blog/ways-to-find-mental-clarity/
A Path to Well-Being: Practice the Healing Power of Gratitude
https://www.shondaland.com/live/body/a41832086/a-path-to-well-being-practice-gratitude/
Surviving Middle School By Learning How to Combat Bullying with Humor
https://yourteenmag.com/social-life/how-to-respond-to-bullying
How To Teach Your Kids To Stand Up For Themselves
https://www.fatherly.com/parenting/how-teach-kids-stand-up-for-themselves
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Self-Actualization and Self-Transcendence. I’ve always believed that Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs fell just a level short of completeness. New research takes his thoughts one step deeper. This impacts the goals we pursue with the people around us—and in our care.
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Year 3, Week 28 (130 total reports)
26.10.2022-01.11.2022
REVIEW
Self-Actualization and Self-Transcendence. I’ve always believed that Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs fell just a level short of completeness. New research takes his thoughts one step deeper (or higher). This definitely impacts the goals we pursue with the people around us—and in our care.
This Week’s Top Links
01.11.2022
Teens Laugh at ‘Old Cowboy’ at Prom until He Takes Stage & Addresses Sick Granddaughter — Story of the Day
If you have or work with children who are neurodiverse, this story will move you. This grandpa not only made an impact in the life of his granddaughter, but he impacted an entire school with a moment they are unlikely to forget.
31.10.2022
Growing pains: Supporting teenagers through the top 4 emotional stressors
This article is helpful because it not only gives strategies for supporting the stressors of teens, but it helps in identifying them as well.
30.10.2022
Critical Thought Is 'No Longer Possible' At Russian Universities, Says Professor Fired For Opposing War In Ukraine
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-professor-fired-protest-ukraine-war-free-thought/32106864.html
It is easy to look at Russia and see how this type of autocratic repression exists, but this is also the US some politicians and religious conservatives want for their government.
29.10.2022
150+ Big & Small Things To Be Grateful For That'll Warm Your Soul
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/things-to-be-grateful-for
It is interesting (and a bit sad) that the things we should be most grateful are easily neglected: Breathing, nature, the love of those closest to us… If you’re practicing a morning or evening ritual of gratitude, don’t forget to include these things that make life worth living (or even possible).
28.10.2022
The missing apex of Maslow’s hierarchy could save us all
https://www.freethink.com/social-change/apex-of-maslows-hierarchy
I loved this article!!! Abraham Maslow is one of my favorite psychologists and I have followed—and taught—his theory of hierarchal needs hundreds of times. The new insights in this article accent a belief I’ve had for years. Primarily, that self-actualization isn’t the top level of the hierarchy. Please take the time to read this article and consider how these new insights might affect the goals you promote for yourself and the people around you.
27.10.2022
People Who Used To Be Poor Are Sharing "Luxuries" That They've Since Realized Are Actually Necessities, And If This Isn't A Sign To Raise The Minimum Wage, I Don't Know What Is
https://apple.news/ApvtzEpv6R3Gqmjd5LGXBdQ
Like I mentioned above about gratitude, it is far too easy to lose perspective of how privileged we might be. This article is worth a read, just to remind us to discern between WANTS and NEEDS. It is also a good reminder of relative poverty and what we are willing to accept as basic economic rights in our society.
26.10.2022
Harvard researcher says there are 8 types of 'difficult' people—and passive-aggressive is the 'absolute worst'
I had to remind myself that this wasn’t a score card or competition for how many difficult types of behaviors I can click off (smiling). The article is good for not only naming difficult styles, but looking at strategies for dealing with them—in yourself or others.
This Week’s Links
01.11.2022
Teens Laugh at ‘Old Cowboy’ at Prom until He Takes Stage & Addresses Sick Granddaughter — Story of the Day
What Is Suppressed Anger?
https://www.verywellmind.com/suppressed-anger-characteristics-6823054
This Routine Morning Ritual Will Make You Successful
https://www.entrepreneur.com/living/this-morning-routine-will-help-you-anticipate-success/436748
School attendance problems are complex, and our solutions need to be as well
How Simple Rituals Help You Overcome Nervousness and Anxiety to Perform at Your Best, Backed by Considerable Science
5 years ago, this brilliant TED Talk nailed 3 important truths about being a 'real man'
https://www.upworthy.com/this-brilliant-ted-talk-nails-3-important-truths-about-being-a-real-man-rp
How to Stay Safe from COVID-19 During the 2022 Holiday Season
https://time.com/6226692/covid-19-holiday-plans-travel-2022/
Divorce Makes Kids More Vulnerable to Getting Hurt Online
https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/11/divorce-makes-kids-more-vulnerable-to-getting-hurt-online/
31.10.2022
Growing pains: Supporting teenagers through the top 4 emotional stressors
5 years ago, a landmark study found weird evidence that a stressful childhood affects you forever.
3 Rules of Empathy That People With High Emotional Intelligence Live By
Olympic Diver Tom Daley Says He Owes His Gold Medal to Knitting
The Low-Frequency Focus Hack That's Not Just For ADHD
https://www.yourtango.com/self/brown-noise-adhd-focus
Study uncovers a surprising temporal relationship between cognitive function and physical activity
Why You Should Consider Hiring Autistic Individuals For Creative Careers
Learning new skills can be daunting. Here are four ways to embrace being a beginner
Happier Parents, Happier Kids Pt 1: Your Child Isn't a VIP or a Fragile Vase - The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
30.10.2022
Critical Thought Is 'No Longer Possible' At Russian Universities, Says Professor Fired For Opposing War In Ukraine
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-professor-fired-protest-ukraine-war-free-thought/32106864.html
Want to Raise Successful Kids? Science Says Do These 5 Things, But Most Parents Don't
29.10.2022
150+ Big & Small Things To Be Grateful For That'll Warm Your Soul
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/things-to-be-grateful-for
Remote learning not ‘primary’ driver of academic losses, new analysis suggests
America’s Falling Test Scores and the Power of Parental Anxiety
The Surprising Parenting 'Fix' You Can Make for A Better Relationship With Older Kids
https://www.yourtango.com/family/better-relationship-older-children
The Mistakes That Parents Make
28.10.2022
The missing apex of Maslow’s hierarchy could save us all
https://www.freethink.com/social-change/apex-of-maslows-hierarchy
Amy Schumer's dark humor nails what women's reproductive health could look like post-election
https://www.mother.ly/news/celebrity-news/amy-schumer-skit-womens-health/
Against Perfectionism
https://tricycle.org/article/against-perfectionism/
Your Fear Is Lying to You. Here Are 3 Steps to Overcome It.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/living/your-fear-is-lying-to-you-here-are-3-steps-to-overcome-it/437119
The Best Toys for Young Neurodivergent Kids
How to train your brain to get better at forgiveness
Faking a smile can make you feel better
The Latest COVID Booster: Here's When and Why You Should Get One
https://www.cnet.com/health/medical/another-covid-booster-heres-when-and-why-you-should-get-one/
27.10.2022
People Who Used To Be Poor Are Sharing "Luxuries" That They've Since Realized Are Actually Necessities, And If This Isn't A Sign To Raise The Minimum Wage, I Don't Know What Is
https://apple.news/ApvtzEpv6R3Gqmjd5LGXBdQ
How Do Americans Truly Feel About Public Education, & What Do They Want to See?
Teenage brains: what is happening and why it leads to more risky behaviours
How Early Fears Play a Role in Future Anxiety and Depression
https://neurosciencenews.com/childhood-fear-anxiety-depression-21730/
I'm a Behavioral Scientist. Here's How I Pull Myself Out of a Funk
https://www.inc.com/nick-hobson/behavioral-scientist-how-pull-out-funk.html
For those still trying to duck covid, the isolation is worse than ever
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/10/26/covid-pandemic-still-isolating/
This one overlooked factor is contributing more to burnout than any other
26.10.2022
Harvard researcher says there are 8 types of 'difficult' people—and passive-aggressive is the 'absolute worst'
Is faking a smile enough to improve your mood?
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/is-faking-a-smile-enough-to-improve-your-mood
Can Faking a Smile Actually Make You Happier?
https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/can-faking-a-smile-make-you-happier?utm_source=RSS
The Biology of Why Girls Today Are Not Okay
https://www.tvo.org/video/the-biology-of-why-girls-today-are-not-okay
What Parents Need To Know About The Surge In RSV Infections
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rsv-virus-what-parents-need-to-know_l_6357e626e4b08e0e6092c30e
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
The numbers are out in the US about the effect of COVID on education and they are painful. This is an important time to support those we know in that field. Education was never designed to stand on its own, the roots of education will always rely on the habits of the home.
Year 3, Week 27 (129 total reports)
26.10.2022-20.10.2022
REVIEW
The numbers are out in the US about the effect of COVID on education and they are painful. This is an important time to support those we know in that field. Education was never designed to stand on its own, the roots of education will always rely on the habits of the home.
This Week’s Top Links
26.10.2022
Can We Still Find Joy in Teaching?
This is a tough week for educators—and thus for all of us concerned about the generation we are raising. Most people start their careers in education to influence young minds—a very altruistic goal—but like for many of us, that goal can be quickly overtaken by administrative tasks and overbearing parents. If you are in a profession that has a high-altruistic calling towards helping children, this article will be helpful to you. Find that “joy” again.
25.10.2022
Teaching is an act of hope. Right now, I don’t feel particularly hopeful.
https://co.chalkbeat.org/2022/10/24/23413617/teaching-hope-covid-learning-optimism-aurora-colorado
Is it difficult to understand why many educators (and others who work with children like pediatric medicine, mental health professionals and social workers) feel worn out and undervalued today? Funding for programs to assist children are depleted, while angry calls for change are persistent. It seems everyone has an opinion on what is wrong and very few have the initiative to roll up their sleeves and get involved.
24.10.2022
Test scores show historic COVID setbacks for kids across US
Education worldwide has been devastated by COVID, the US just released numbers that should concern us all. We are raising a generation that won’t be able to compete internationally. Education professionals are scrambling for solutions but one thing is clear; showing up and being hostile in parent teacher groups is not a way forward.
23.10.2022
What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us: Who We Become After Tragedy and Trauma
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/doesnt-kill-us-makes-us-become-tragedy-trauma-bookbite/36673/
This is a book for those who might be saying, “I’m tired of experiencing things that make me stronger…” It offers a deeper look than the old “it builds character” approach. Learn the keys of responding deeply to the tragedies and traumas of your life. Please remember that trauma is not an experience, it is a response to adversity. There are positive responses to adversity as well and this book can help you—or those you support—develop those positive responses.
22.10.2022
Child psychologist: The No. 1 soft skill that predicts kids’ success more than a high IQ—and how parents can teach it
It is alarming that math and reading scores are falling rapidly, yet having high marks in these areas is not always a guarantee of a meaningful and influential life. Increasingly, business leaders are seeking people with “soft skills” to improve their bottom line. While working on their reading and math skills, there are many things you can do at home to improve these soft skills as well that may not even be teachable in schools.
21.10.2022
20 Funny Finalists of the 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards
https://mymodernmet.com/comedy-wildlife-finalists-2022/
Some of these photos made me chuckle and I think we can all use a good dose of laughter right now. Take a moment and share this with someone you know that needs a good laugh.
20.10.2022
50 Morning Affirmations For Kids To Start Their Day On The Right Foot
https://www.scarymommy.com/lifestyle/morning-affirmations-for-kids
There is nothing wrong with having a bank of affirmations available for the children around you. Perhaps they could use an affirmation jar next to their bed or bathroom mirror. Perhaps you are the one who needs a bank of morning affirmations. Take a read and please remember that the best affirmation is the one you share.
This Week’s Links
26.10.2022
Can We Still Find Joy in Teaching?
Mastering the fine art of not talking
This bedtime chart will transform your kids’ nighttime routine from chaotic to calm
Repentance, Repair, and What True Forgiveness Takes: Lessons from Maimonides for the Modern World
https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/10/24/repentance-repair-ruttenberg/
These are the signs and symptoms of flu, RSV and Covid in kids
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/rsv-symptoms-look-child-respiratory-virus-flu-rcna53754
25.10.2022
Teaching is an act of hope. Right now, I don’t feel particularly hopeful.
https://co.chalkbeat.org/2022/10/24/23413617/teaching-hope-covid-learning-optimism-aurora-colorado
10 New Children’s Books by Native American & Indigenous Authors To Read For Native American Heritage Month
https://bookriot.com/childrens-books-by-native-american-indigenous-authors/
Want to Be a Better Leader? Here are 13 Ways to Lead Today's Workforce
https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/todays-multigenerational-workforce-needs-this-kind-of/436585
24.10.2022
Test scores show historic COVID setbacks for kids across US
How Can I Give My All to Both?
https://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/equitable-2022/educators-work-life-balance/3752/
How to Increase Your "Feel-Good" Hormones Naturally, According to Experts
https://www.byrdie.com/how-to-boost-feel-good-hormones-6751371
Mood-boosting exercise: “I tried an 8-minute ‘joy workout’ – and genuinely felt happier afterwards”
30 family traditions to start with your favorite people
https://www.today.com/parents/family/family-traditions-rcna50542
‘Effort beats skill.’ ‘Never give a gun to a duck.’ 25 times teachers gave us the best advice.
23.10.2022
What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us: Who We Become After Tragedy and Trauma
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/doesnt-kill-us-makes-us-become-tragedy-trauma-bookbite/36673/
20 Gifts That Give Back to Really Good Causes, Including Reproductive Freedom and LGBTQ+ Youth
https://www.wellandgood.com/gifts-for-good-causes/
20 Reminders That May Comfort You When You Feel Anxious - Tiny Buddha
https://tinybuddha.com/blog/20-things-to-remember-when-you-feel-anxious/
Young Child’s Brain, Not Age, Determines Nap Transitions
https://neurosciencenews.com/child-napping-hippocampus-21718/
The real reason we’re having a hard time moving past COVID
22.10.2022
Child psychologist: The No. 1 soft skill that predicts kids’ success more than a high IQ—and how parents can teach it
New research has uncovered a psychological mechanism that underlies fanaticism
A lack of adaptive stress responses may heighten social anxiety in adolescents
Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most
Read 7,000 Historic Children’s Books for Free in This Online Archive
https://mymodernmet.com/historic-childrens-books-archive/
21.10.2022
20 Funny Finalists of the 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards
https://mymodernmet.com/comedy-wildlife-finalists-2022/
Amygdala Hijack: What Is It & How to Deal with It as a Mother
https://www.mother.ly/health-wellness/mental-health/what-is-amygdala-hijack/
Christian Nationalists Are Closer Than You Think to Running America
Most Republicans want students to learn about everything except for LGBTQ people
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/10/republicans-want-students-learn-everything-except-lgbtq-people/
The GOP push for a national anti-gay law and the attack on LGBTQ existence
Feeling Down? Try These 6 Thought Exercises to Boost Your Mental Health
https://www.cnet.com/health/mental/try-these-6-thought-exercises-to-boost-your-mental-health/
There are new omicron variants—here's what you need to stay safe
20.10.2022
50 Morning Affirmations For Kids To Start Their Day On The Right Foot
https://www.scarymommy.com/lifestyle/morning-affirmations-for-kids
When Politics Invades the Classroom, Parents Must Say — ‘Wait … Hold My Coat’
How A Stricter Parenting Style Can Lead To Depression In Kids
10 things I wish someone had told me about raising a neurodiverse child
https://www.mother.ly/parenting/raising-a-neurodiverse-child/
The Way Team Trump Bent the CDC and Ignored COVID Science Will Make You Sick
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a41695101/trump-covid-white-house-response/
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
We will all grieve and when humans grieve it can feel like a messy process. It is important to remember that if we don’t grieve WELL, we grieve LONG. Learn how to advocate for those who are processing loss in this week’s links.
Year 3, Week 26 (128 total reports)
12.10.2022-18.10.2022
REVIEW
We will all grieve and when humans have to grieve it can feel like a messy process to those around them. It is important to remember that if we don’t grieve WELL, we grieve LONG. Learn how to be an advocate for those who are processing loss in this week’s links.
This Week’s Top Links
18.10.2022
Why you don’t deserve to be happy all the time
https://bigthink.com/thinking/do-you-deserve-to-be-happy/
Part of the key of being happier is realizing it is not possible to be happy all the time. In fact, the failure to realize this will only increase your unhappiness. It’s also critical to realize that happiness is not something we deserve or a human right. As the US Constitution clearly states, we have the right to “pursue” happiness. Being happiER is a quest to pursue not a state to be obtained.
17.10.2022
Why divergent thinkers beat geniuses in the real world
https://bigthink.com/personal-growth/generalists/
Your IQ ratio can rarely (and barely) be increased, but you can always increase your ability to think divergently. When you think about what is important in relationships, for true joy and at work, strive to be more divergent, not smarter.
16.10.2022
How Practicing Gratitude Can Improve Your Mental Health
https://www.healthdigest.com/1055571/how-practicing-gratitude-can-improve-your-mental-health/
If I were to encourage people to grow one habit to increase their well-being and mental health, it would be increasing their gratitude. Gratitude is a practice, not a trait. You can grow it in yourself or in others, by doing a daily gratitude inventory and by learning how to specifically praise other people.
15.10.2022
There are no five stages of grief
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjq35VDuGDz/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross was a pioneer in the field of death and dying, her extensive research was a watershed for the medical field, indeed all people trying to understand that process of dying. Her five stages of grief (with the initials DABDA) was commonly taught in university courses on medicine, theology and counseling. However, we can take anything too far when we try to set concepts into stone and fit people into categories. The stages of grief were meant to be guidelines helping us understand that grief is a difficult and often lengthy process. Recognizing that humans are infinitely varied and so are their responses to tragedy must always be a starting point for compassion. Not a way to analyze people and hurry them through a difficult process.
14.10.2022
Family dinners are key to children’s health. So why don’t we eat together more?
https://apple.news/AhDCERz5JS5eh8y9_fm0_Vw
It is hard to get family time together, but this article will remind you how important it is, perhaps even more important than some of the activities your children—or those in your care—are doing that might cancel out this important gathering time. Put meal times back on the table and leave social media in another room (that includes adults).
13.10.2022
It's never too early to teach kids about consent—these books can help
https://www.mother.ly/entertainment/what-to-read/body-autonomy-childrens-books/
From having a say in whether or not to hug relatives or house guests, to being able to properly decline adult demands, learning to set boundaries is vital for long-term mental health. Reading these books together with a child or tween can help with the building blocks for setting healthy boundaries.
12.10.2022
Neurodivergent: What It Is, Symptoms & Types
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/23154-neurodivergent
There is much to celebrate in the neurodivergent mind, but it is important to understand how neurodiverse children are not just different—they can be stellar. We saw in an article above about the power of the divergent mind. This article is a good read for those starting to understand the complexities of a neurodiversity or a person with expertise who is informing others. It is also a good article for someone who suspects they might have neurodiverse tendencies.
This Week’s Links
18.10.2022
Why you don’t deserve to be happy all the time
https://bigthink.com/thinking/do-you-deserve-to-be-happy/
3 Ways To Check For Understanding
https://www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/2022/10/17/classroom-understanding/
Dr. Fauci: These 2 new fast-spreading omicron Covid subvariants are ‘pretty troublesome'
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/17/dr-fauci-covid-omicron-subvariants-bq1-bq11-are-troublesome.html
Cultural Awareness, Relationships & More — Helping Teachers Deal With Discipline
Teacher and parenting expert shares top tips for keeping a CALM and happy household with kids - revealing how to stop tantrums with a game of 'I spy' and detailing the parenting styles ALL moms and dads should avoid
17.10.2022
Why divergent thinkers beat geniuses in the real world
https://bigthink.com/personal-growth/generalists/
Artist beautifully illustrates the transformative power of turning toward fear
The 5-minute daily playtime ritual that can get your kids to listen better
Anxiety detection and treatment in early childhood can lower risk for long-term mental health issues – an expert panel now recommends screening starting at age 8
How Childhood Trauma Affects Mental Health in Adulthood?
https://www.sportskeeda.com/health-and-fitness/effect-childhood-trauma-mental-health-adults
How To Practice Gratitude In Your Everyday Life - Glam
https://www.glam.com/1052078/how-to-practice-gratitude-in-your-everyday-life/
How to Stop Stewing About Something
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-stop-stewing-about-something-1849662660
16.10.2022
How Practicing Gratitude Can Improve Your Mental Health
https://www.healthdigest.com/1055571/how-practicing-gratitude-can-improve-your-mental-health/
The More Specifics People Have On Potential Dangers, the Less Fearful They Become - Neuroscience News
https://neurosciencenews.com/danger-risk-behavior-21651/
The top Covid symptoms to look for now as sore throat no longer most common sign
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/top-covid-symptoms-look-now-25275373
The Nightmare COVID Variant That Beats Our Immunity Is Finally Here
15.10.2022
There are no five stages of grief
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjq35VDuGDz/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Use These 'Boundary Phrases' During Uncomfortable Conversations
https://lifehacker.com/use-these-boundary-phrases-during-uncomfortable-convers-1849657838
14.10.2022
Family dinners are key to children’s health. So why don’t we eat together more?
https://apple.news/AhDCERz5JS5eh8y9_fm0_Vw
How to Have a Better Relationship With Your Teenager
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-have-a-better-relationship-with-your-teenager-1849651294
The Surprising First Step to Finding Your Passion
These 4 skills are way more important for kids than math or writing
https://www.todaysparent.com/kids/school-age/executive-functioning-skills-kids/
Should Your Flu and COVID Shots Go in Different Arms?
https://apple.news/A-5O3UbM-T6WzJZkgIhIUpQ
Behind Their Screens: What Teens are Facing (and Adults Are Missing)
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/behind-screens-teens-facing-adults-missing-bookbite/36503/
13.10.2022
It's never too early to teach kids about consent—these books can help
https://www.mother.ly/entertainment/what-to-read/body-autonomy-childrens-books/
If You Want Success, Pursue Happiness
7 Powerful Parenting Tips for Handling a Defiant Teen
https://yourteenmag.com/family-life/defiant-teenager
Want To Live a Happier Life? Happiness Experts Say That These Are the Six Most Important Changes to Make
https://parade.com/health/how-to-be-happier
7 Relationship Mistakes That Parents Model To Their Kids
How To Create A Stellar Employee Experience
https://hive.com/blog/employee-experience/
12.10.2022
Neurodivergent: What It Is, Symptoms & Types
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/23154-neurodivergent
Science Says Using YouTube and Google the Wrong Way Leads to Extreme Overconfidence (and the Illusion of Explanatory Depth)
https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/youtube-google-video-overconfidence.html
5 Vagus Nerve Exercises That Will Rewire Your Brain
https://www.sportskeeda.com/health-and-fitness/vagus-nerve-exercises-that-will-rewire-your-brain
Covid-19: If you're the only one in a mask, will it still keep you safe from infection?
You don't have to be the perfect parent—be the parent you want them to remember
https://www.mother.ly/parenting/be-the-parent-you-want-them-to-remember/
Covid-19: If you're the only one in a mask, will it still keep you safe from infection?
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Anxiety in children, being happier, listening better, advocating for others… a lot of really good material in this week’s links.
Year 3, Week 25 (127 total reports)
05.10.2022-11.10.2022
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Anxiety in children, being happier, listening better, advocating for others… a lot of really good material in this week’s links.
This Week’s Top Links
11.10.2022
‘Ten Percent Happier’ host Dan Harris shares ways to take care of mental health
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/video/ten-percent-happier-host-dan-harris-shares-ways-91275464
The concept of happier rather than happiness is life-enhancing. Happiness is a delusion of a goal-obsessed culture—as if it is a place we can stay or a state we can achieve and forever maintain. The truth is all of us can be happier in ten minutes than we are right now and we needn’t strive for perfect happiness, how about ten percent happier?
10.10.2022
Anxiety can look different in children. Here's what to look for and some treatments to consider
Because children don’t have the ability to translate emotions—especially intense ones—into words. The way they show stress or anxiety is often confusing and easily misinterpreted. This article will help you recognize when a child is trying to tell you they feel anxious and ways that you can help them to express those emotions in healthy ways.
09.10.2022
5 ways to become a better listener at work
We can—and need to—become better listeners, not just at work, but home too. Here are five thoughtful ways to increase the habits of listening in your life.
08.10.2022
Jon Stewart tackles transgender rights on the season premiere of “The Problem with Jon Stewart”
It seems like banning books in libraries is not enough for ultra-conservative members of the GOP and some religious groups. They also need to bully young people who are exploring their sexuality. Thank you, Jon Stewart, for using your verbal acuity to raise the curtains on those intentionally blind people who are bashing mentally struggling victims.
07.10.2022
Say More About That: …And Other Ways to Speak Up, Push Back, and Advocate for Yourself and Others
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/say-ways-speak-push-back-advocate-others-bookbite/36371/
The best way to speak up is to listen deeper. This is a great article about advocacy and articulation.
06.10.2022
Stop Shouting At Your Kid For Acting Out. Do This Instead
When I coached teachers about reducing violence in schools, I used to say, “If you’re raising your voice to gain control, you’ve already lost control.” When children or teens act out, it’s because they don’t know how else to express themselves and shouting only adds to the confusion.
05.10.2022
To Be Honest: What Your Kid’s Coach Wishes You Knew
https://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/2634904/kids-coach-wishes-you-knew/
Having been a hapless coach of multiple sports where my only qualification was having a child on the team, I wish every parent or caregiver would read this article.
This Week’s Links
11.10.2022
‘Ten Percent Happier’ host Dan Harris shares ways to take care of mental health
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/video/ten-percent-happier-host-dan-harris-shares-ways-91275464
A mental health playbook to support your child
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/10/health/family-school-playbook-mental-health-wellness/
The Best Children’s Books of All Time
https://bookriot.com/best-childrens-books-of-all-time/
Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/quit-power-knowing-walk-away-bookbite/36452/
Jon Stewart’s Takedown Of Anti-Trans Legislator Leslie Rutledge Is A Must Watch
https://www.fatherly.com/news/watch-jon-stewart-takedown-anti-trans-legislator
'Learning to play a musical instrument as a child boosts your brain function'
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/learning-play-musical-instrument-child-28199852
This Deadly COVID Twist Is Like Nothing We’ve Seen Before
Confused on Whether You Need a New COVID Booster? Here's What to Know
10.10.2022
Anxiety can look different in children. Here's what to look for and some treatments to consider
A Psychologist Tells You How To Break Free From The Shackles Of A Dysfunctional Family
Mental health tips: 10 really simple things you can do to improve your wellbeing
https://www.stylist.co.uk/health/mental-health/wellbeing-tips-basics/716799
5 Stress-Reducing Routines For Adults With ADHD — That You Can Actually Stick To
https://www.yourtango.com/self/stress-reducing-routines-adhd
This Is Now The Most Common Covid Symptom
As Omicron mutates wildly the virus shows first signs of convergent evolution
https://newatlas.com/science/omicron-mutates-convergent-evolution-original-antigenic-sin/
09.10.2022
5 ways to become a better listener at work
My therapist told me to speak to my inner child about ADHD. I thought she was joking – but it changed everything
Many Americans are shunning the Omicron COVID booster. What it means for the coming season as the virus mutates
08.10.2022
Jon Stewart tackles transgender rights on the season premiere of “The Problem with Jon Stewart”
This App Will Teach your Kids To Code — And You Won’t Have To Pay A Bajillion Dollars For Access
https://www.fatherly.com/gear/codespark-academy-14-day-free-trial
10 Tough Truths From A Mom With A Child On The Autism Spectrum
https://www.yourtango.com/family/tough-truths-mom-child-autism-spectrum
10 Middle-Grade Books That Might Actually Entice Your Kid to Read
https://www.sheknows.com/parenting/slideshow/2635385/best-middle-grade-books/
How To Know If You Have COVID, The Cold, Or The Flu – Exclusive
https://www.healthdigest.com/1044127/how-to-know-if-you-have-covid-the-cold-or-the-flu-exclusive/
07.10.2022
Say More About That: …And Other Ways to Speak Up, Push Back, and Advocate for Yourself and Others
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/say-ways-speak-push-back-advocate-others-bookbite/36371/
A mom describes her tween son's brain. It's a must-read for all parents.
The Scientific Benefits of Reading to Children
https://bookriot.com/benefits-of-reading-to-children/
How to tell your child about your mental illness
https://www.todaysparent.com/family/parenting/how-to-tell-your-child-about-mental-illness/
06.10.2022
Stop Shouting At Your Kid For Acting Out. Do This Instead
10 of the Best Montessori Gifts for Babies and Toddlers
https://theeverymom.com/best-montessori-gifts/
Yale Psychology Professor on the 6 Ways You're Thinking Wrong--and What You Can Do About Them
https://www.inc.com/magazine/202210/woo-kyoung-ahn/thinking-101-book-excerpt-2022.html
6 Thought Exercises to Improve Your Mental Health
https://www.cnet.com/health/mental/6-thought-exercises-to-improve-your-mental-health/
10 Red Flags I Couldn’t See I Had Until I Had Trauma Therapy
https://www.yourtango.com/self/red-flags-couldnt-see-trauma-therapy
05.10.2022
To Be Honest: What Your Kid’s Coach Wishes You Knew
https://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/2634904/kids-coach-wishes-you-knew/
Perspective: Why do so few people care about what is true anymore?
What Is Neurodivergent—And What Does It Mean For My Mental Health? – Forbes Health
https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/what-is-neurodivergent/
NYC to cover college costs for students in foster care
https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2022/10/4/23387840/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-college-tuition-funding-foster-care
The most drug-evasive COVID variant yet is likely to ruin winter
https://www.salon.com/2022/10/04/bq1-xbb-variants-resistant/
Here's How Long You're Actually Immune to COVID After Infection
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Diet and exercise. For many of us that’s the start of an age-long inner argument. But this week, we look at foods that make you healthy AND taste good. We also look at the plusses helping your children start early exercise habits will have on their lives.
Year 3, Week 24 (126 total reports)
28.09.2022-04.10.2022
REVIEW
Diet and exercise. For many of us that’s the start of an age-long inner argument. But this week, we look at foods that make you healthy AND taste good. We also look at the plusses helping your children start early exercise habits will have on their lives.
This Week’s Top Links
04.10.2022
7 Foods That Make You Happy, According to Science
https://www.cnet.com/health/mental/7-foods-that-make-you-happy-according-to-science/
Many of us have a love/hate relationship with food, in short, we love the foods we hate; the ones that aren’t good for our health. But what if there were some foods on the tasty, but healthy list? A number of the foods on the attached list apply.
03.10.2022
The Deep Emotional Skills Kids Learn From Regular Exercise
https://www.yourtango.com/family/benefits-exercise-for-kids
My father was a fitness fanatic and he wanted to make sure his sons followed in his footsteps. It was often difficult to stare at a highly chlorinated, cold pool at 0445 in the morning and convince yourself this was going to be the best part of your day. Looking back, I’m glad he made that commitment for us (his boys), exercise as an adult has become a great balance from the stress of life as opposed to being the primary stress of each day.
02.10.2022
A teen student delivered a masterclass on the true history of the Confederate flag
https://www.upworthy.com/high-schooler-schooled-his-classmates-on-the-confederate-flag-rp
I love seeing young minds operating at peak levels. As I watched this video, I also thought of the supportive parent(s) and teachers in the background. In a time when people with rarely a rational thought in their cranium don’t mind howling what little they have in a public setting, it is refreshing to hear such insightful and inspirational oration.
30.09.2022
What Can Parents Do When School Isn't Working for Their Child?
https://fee.org/articles/what-can-parents-do-when-school-isnt-working-for-their-child/
Despite what our society wants to convey, school doesn’t fit every human. That would be impossible. If you have a child who doesn’t do well with the formal setting, there are alternatives. This article will help you explore some options right at the time when people are finding some of their children already bottoming out.
29.09.2022
4 emotional workouts to help you feel empowered and promote resilience
https://apple.news/ACnP4SPLKTJ6Vp4AmgYHBJA
We started today’s blog looking at diet and physical exercise, but we also need to consider working out our emotional being. Here are four workouts to build emotional resilience.
28.09.2022
My introverted child doesn't need to be 'fixed'
https://www.mother.ly/life/motherly-stories/introverted-child-essay/
As an introvert, I strongly applaud this mother in standing up for her child’s “quieter” strengths. Quiet isn’t broken.
This Week’s Links
04.10.2022
7 Foods That Make You Happy, According to Science
https://www.cnet.com/health/mental/7-foods-that-make-you-happy-according-to-science/
How to Keep your Mind Calm in Every Situation | Diversion Edge
https://readwrite.com/how-to-keep-your-mind-calm-in-every-situation/
30 Ideas From Psychology That Will Make You Saner and More Successful, Explained in 280 Characters or Less
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/psychology-terms-ideas-emily-anhalt.html
What Is Long COVID—and How Are We Going to Solve It?
https://www.prevention.com/health/health-conditions/a40904211/coronavirus-long-term-effects/
40 Of Life's Most Interesting Questions That Will Make You Think
https://www.yourtango.com/self/life-most-interesting-question-make-you-think
03.10.2022
The Deep Emotional Skills Kids Learn From Regular Exercise
https://www.yourtango.com/family/benefits-exercise-for-kids
Your Child's Short Attention Span Is Actually Helping Them Learn
https://lifehacker.com/your-childs-short-attention-span-is-actually-helping-th-1849587218
12 Must-Read October Children’s Book Releases
https://bookriot.com/october-childrens-book-releases-2022/
4 Books That Should Be Required Reading for Parents
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/4-books-required-reading-parents/36251/
02.10.2022
A teen student delivered a masterclass on the true history of the Confederate flag
https://www.upworthy.com/high-schooler-schooled-his-classmates-on-the-confederate-flag-rp
Boost Your Brainpower with These 5 Brilliant Books
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/boost-brainpower-5-brilliant-books/36237/
After Losing His Sense of Smell from COVID-19, an Italian Gastronomer Discovered How to Get It Back
How to perfectly time your new omicron-specific Covid booster
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/01/how-to-perfectly-time-your-new-omicron-specific-covid-booster.html
Study Reveals Main Target of COVID-19 in Brain and Describes Effects of Virus on Nervous System
https://neurosciencenews.com/covid-19-astrocytes-21569/
01.10.2022
5 Things to Remember When You Want to Give Up
https://everydaypower.com/when-you-want-to-give-up-remember-this/
How to Parent Your Kid Through These Four Stages of Adolescence
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-parent-your-kid-through-these-four-stages-of-ado-1849591104
30 Short Habits Linked to a Meaningful Life
https://hive.com/blog/habits-for-a-meaningful-life/
The Pandemic’s Legacy Is Already Clear
Mild COVID increases risk of many neurological problems for millions
https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/mild-covid-risk-brain-neurological-problems/
I talked to 70 parents who raised highly successful adults—here are 4 'extreme' things they did that made their kids confident
30.09.2022
What Can Parents Do When School Isn't Working for Their Child?
https://fee.org/articles/what-can-parents-do-when-school-isnt-working-for-their-child/
11 of the Best Picture Books for Social-Emotional Learning
https://bookriot.com/social-emotional-learning-picture-books/
Your teen is supposed to argue with you. How you handle it will help them long after they’ve left home
https://fortune.com/well/2022/09/30/fighting-with-your-teen-how-to-repair/
Experts Reveal 4 Tips for Releasing Grudges and Embracing Forgiveness
https://www.firstforwomen.com/posts/mental-health/tips-for-letting-go-of-grudges
Experiment reveals that a one-hour walk in nature reduces amygdala activity, which may protect mental health
7 Science-Based Ways To Deal With Depression
https://parade.com/health/how-to-deal-with-depression
29.09.2022
4 emotional workouts to help you feel empowered and promote resilience
https://apple.news/ACnP4SPLKTJ6Vp4AmgYHBJA
I’m a parenting expert – 6 TV shows that’ll teach your kids life lessons so don’t feel bad about letting them watch them
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/19937452/parenting-expert-tv-shows-kids/
These TikTok ADHD Tips For Adults Are Giving Me A New Lease On Life
https://www.scarymommy.com/lifestyle/adhd-tips-adults-tiktok
Visualized: The World’s Population at 8 Billion
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualized-the-worlds-population-at-8-billion/
110 funny jokes for kids that will get the family laughing together
https://www.today.com/parents/family/jokes-for-kids-rcna49138
28.09.2022
My introverted child doesn't need to be 'fixed'
https://www.mother.ly/life/motherly-stories/introverted-child-essay/
Why American boys are failing at school—and men are losing in life
https://nypost.com/2022/10/01/why-us-boys-are-failing-at-schooland-men-are-losing-in-life/
79 New “Oh No” Comics That Perfectly Sum Up Life As An Adult
https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-comics-alex-norris/
With COVID aid, schools try something new: giving students jobs
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2022/9/27/23373830/covid-relief-student-jobs-career-pathways
How to Stimulate Your Vagus Nerve for Better Mental Health?
https://www.sportskeeda.com/health-and-fitness/ways-stimulate-vagus-nerve-better-mental-health
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
My favorite links this week teach how to create a socratic learning environment—at home or in school. The other offers excellent illustrations for dealing with the stigma around Teen Mental Health.
Year 3, Week 23 (125 total reports)
21.09.2022-27.09.2022
REVIEW
My favorite links this week teach how to create a socratic learning environment—at home or in school. The other offers excellent illustrations for dealing with the stigma around Teen Mental Health.
This Week’s Top Links
27.09.2022
10 Tips to a Civil Conversation—and, Actually Change Someone’s Mind
As the election approaches, broad dichotomies are taking root in the fiber of many countries. It is important to learn how to have conversations about difficult topics, but having them in a civil manner is just as important.
26.09.2022
What Parents Need to Know About Code Red Drills in School
https://theeverymom.com/school-code-red-drills/
Your children (or those in your care) will be experiencing these drills in their schools. You can—and need—to provide an emotional and cognitive buffer for the fear and insecurities they cause.
25.09.2022
Designing Socratic Seminars to Ensure That All Students Can Participate
https://spencerauthor.com/socratic-seminars/
This was my top article of the week. There are great suggestions—and illustrations—for building respectful dialogue in your class (or home) in this article.
24.09.2022
Teachers Are Sharing The Biggest Differences In Students In 2022 Vs. Years Ago, And Some Are Heartbreaking
https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanschocket2/teachers-sharing-differences-in-students-2022
There are some tough statements in these short notes by teachers. But they are important to pay attention to if we want to understand the mental and psychological state of our children.
23.09.2022
14 Illustrated Mental Health Facts That Educate While Breaking the Stigmas Surrounding It
https://mymodernmet.com/mental-health-facts-holly-chisholm/
Excellent Resourced! These are thought-provoking illustrations for learning as well as teaching about teen mental health.
22.09.2022
Banning Books in Schools Is Bad for Democracy, and Your Kids Know It
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a41311932/banned-books-schools-libraries/
This week a book on female coding for children was banned. Apparently, that does not fit in to some group’s myopic and misogynistic view of women. Was this school board inspired by the Morality Police in Iraq?
21.09.2022
Want Your Kids to Be Happy and Successful? Don't Teach Them the World Is a Scary, Dangerous Place, Warns This Harvard Professor
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/child-raising-psychology-harvard-arthur-brooks.html
I’m always glad to see supportive research on concepts like this. If you want optimistic children who feel they can make a difference. They need to know that the world is not predominantly a hopeless and frightening place.
This Week’s Links
27.09.2022
10 Tips to a Civil Conversation—and, Actually Change Someone’s Mind
101 'Would You rather' game questions for parents and kids
https://www.today.com/parents/family/best-would-you-rather-questions-parents-kids-rcna43986
People list 25 harmful ideas parents shouldn't be teaching their children
https://scoop.upworthy.com/people-list-25-harmful-ideas-parents-should-not-teach-children
27 Life-Changing Micro Habits That Require Only A Few Minutes
https://www.fatherly.com/life/micro-habits-that-can-improve-your-life
31 Ways to Appreciate The Present & Feel Happier Right Now
https://tinybuddha.com/blog/31-ways-to-appreciate-the-present-moment-and-feel-happier-right-now/
26.09.2022
What Parents Need to Know About Code Red Drills in School
https://theeverymom.com/school-code-red-drills/
Girls Who Code founder speaks out after Pennsylvania school district bans her books: 'This is about controlling women and it starts with controlling our girls'
https://www.businessinsider.com/girls-who-code-founder-speaks-out-banning-books-schools-2022-9
Adorable 'Haka baby' dance offers a sweet window into Maori culture
https://www.upworthy.com/haka-baby-teaching-maori-culture-rp
I’m a child behavioural expert – how to deal with your children fighting… plus the genius way to stop it in seconds
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/19897970/child-behavioural-expert-deal-children-fighting/
What is the vagus nerve and how is it connected to mental health?
https://fashionjournal.com.au/life/vagus-nerve-mental-health/
Mild COVID increases risk of many neurological problems for millions
https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/mild-covid-risk-brain-neurological-problems/
25.09.2022
Designing Socratic Seminars to Ensure That All Students Can Participate
https://spencerauthor.com/socratic-seminars/
Catherine Price: Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life
How To Keep Fears, Triggers & Past Traumas From Controlling Your Life
https://www.yourtango.com/self/managing-emotional-triggers
Want to raise strong, resilient kids? Create 'nurturing routines,' says parenting expert—here’s how
4 Ways Teens Hurt Their Mental Health (Without Even Knowing It)
https://www.yourtango.com/family/teens-mental-health
4 ways to help girls thrive online
These two daily activities are wreaking havoc on teens’ sleep
https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/sleep-deprivation-in-teenagers-screen-time-school
24.09.2022
Teachers Are Sharing The Biggest Differences In Students In 2022 Vs. Years Ago, And Some Are Heartbreaking
https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanschocket2/teachers-sharing-differences-in-students-2022
5 Smart Phrases People With High Emotional Intelligence Keep Saying Over and Over, and Why
Kids as Young as 8 Should Be Screened for Anxiety and Continue Into Adulthood, Experts Say
10 Coming-of-Age Books for Children and Young Adults to Read After Harry Potter
https://www.fodors.com/news/photos/coming-of-age-books-for-children-and-young-adults
23.09.2022
14 Illustrated Mental Health Facts That Educate While Breaking the Stigmas Surrounding It
https://mymodernmet.com/mental-health-facts-holly-chisholm/
How To Help a Child With Body Dysmorphic Disorder, From Someone Who's Been There
Are You Nurturing A Growth Mindset In Your Kid? Why Psychologists Say It's Vital
https://www.scarymommy.com/parenting/growth-mindset-kids
Book Review: How We Make Sense of Mental Illness
https://undark.org/2022/09/23/book-review-how-we-make-sense-of-mental-illness/
5 Fascinating Myths About Anxiety, Debunked
https://www.prevention.com/health/mental-health/a40904213/myths-about-anxiety/
22.09.2022
Banning Books in Schools Is Bad for Democracy, and Your Kids Know It
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a41311932/banned-books-schools-libraries/
60 brainteasers for kids with answers
https://www.today.com/parents/family/brainteasers-for-kids-rcna48086
Comedian Absolutely Nails the 5 Types of Parents at Drop Off
https://tinybeans.com/five-types-of-parents-at-drop-off/
The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain Is Different and How to Understand Yours
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/neuroscience-every-brain-different-understand-bookbite/36076/
The Optimistic Realist: A Practical Approach to Win The Game of Life
https://hive.com/blog/optimistic-realist-approach-to-life/
21.09.2022
Want Your Kids to Be Happy and Successful? Don't Teach Them the World Is a Scary, Dangerous Place, Warns This Harvard Professor
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/child-raising-psychology-harvard-arthur-brooks.html
When Helping Someone Becomes Unhealthy: Why You Can't Always Say Yes
https://tinybuddha.com/blog/when-helping-someone-you-love-becomes-unhealthy/
Millions of teens have mental health issues - the 10 signs you must not ignore
https://www.the-sun.com/health/6268742/millions-teens-mental-health-issues/
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
A number of articles this week stressed the insightful actions of clear thinking young people responding to misogyny and bigotry in their home communities.
Year 3, Week 22 (124 total reports)
07.09.2022-13.09.2022
REVIEW
A number of articles this week stressed the insightful actions of clear thinking young people responding to misogyny and bigotry in their home communities.
This Week’s Top Links
20.09.2022
5 ways to nurture a good self-image in your kids
Self-image is important but too high a self-image has also been related to some deviant youth behaviors like bullying and gang involvement. This article isn’t pushing that type of behavior and promotes a healthy self-image which could benefit all ages.
19.09.2022
7 Smart Phrases People With High Emotional Intelligence Keep Saying Over and Over, and Why
Emotional Intelligence is linked to every list of recruitment preferences today. It has become as important as technical proficiency and yet it is rarely taught intentionally in our schools. This article will increase your ability to share it with your own children or those in your care.
18.09.2022
The Seven Habits of Highly "Affective" Teachers - ASCD
Read the title carefully. This is related to the book by Stephen Covey, but his title is Highly Effective, not Affective. However, effective teachers are affective teachers. This article will help you increase your own “affective-ness” and that of the staff with whom you work.
5 New Books on How to Adult Like a Pro
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/5-new-books-adult-like-pro/36017/
Adulting is not automatic. It is learned primarily through co-regulation of a caring adult. These informative books can help with identifying the components of adulthood; how to define it and how to pursue it.
17.09.2022
10 ways to live your best life ever
https://defendernetwork.com/under-40/10-ways-to-live-your-best-life-ever/
Are you living your best life? Do you know what that would consist of? This article will help identify essential aspects of a Best Life. You can grow from them and model them on to others.
16.09.2022
Societies that treat women badly are poorer and less stable
As the US moves closer to a culture that resembles the series, The Handsmaid’s Tale, with decisions about controlling women’s bodies, deciding reproductive rights for others and even who you can and cannot partner with for life. Research like this becomes increasingly important. Please read this and share it with others. Misogynistic cultures handicap themselves.
15.09.2022
‘Our bodies aren’t distracting, you’re just disgusting’: High school student calls out school dress code for being sexist during assembly
I can’t support this young lady enough. She puts the hypocrisy of this school board on display.
14.09.2022
Idaho’s Far Right Suffers Election Loss to 18-Year-Old Climate Activist
https://theintercept.com/2022/09/13/idaho-boise-school-board-election/
This is a huge win in a far right State for common sense and rational politics.
This Week’s Links
20.09.2022
5 ways to nurture a good self-image in your kids
How to Recognize 'Sensory Processing Disorder' in Your Child
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-recognize-sensory-processing-disorder-in-your-ch-1849549796
Were you a ‘parentified child’? What happens when children have to behave like adults
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/sep/20/parentified-child-behave-like-adult
Why We Put Ourselves Last & Why Self-Care Should Be a Priority
https://tinybuddha.com/blog/why-put-ourselves-last-why-self-care-priority/
Covid and poor NHS care ‘may be contributing to irregular heartbeat deaths’
19.09.2022
7 Smart Phrases People With High Emotional Intelligence Keep Saying Over and Over, and Why
Barry Lopez on the Cure for Our Existential Loneliness and the Three Tenets of a Full Life
https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/09/18/barry-lopez-place-loneliness/
Therapists reveal the five most popular questions they get asked: From work pressure to dating anxiety
People share the harmful ideas we're passing to our children without realizing.
https://www.someecards.com/lifestyle/parenting/harmful-ideas-children-reddit/
How to raise kids with healthy self-esteem, according to a child psychologist
The 5 best video games to play with your kids
https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/best-games-to-play-with-kids
People vaccinated against Covid share common symptom after testing positive
18.09.2022
The Seven Habits of Highly "Affective" Teachers - ASCD
Discomfort is powerful according to science. Here’s how to use it successfully
17.09.2022
10 ways to live your best life ever
https://defendernetwork.com/under-40/10-ways-to-live-your-best-life-ever/
What are ‘automatic negative thoughts’ and how can we tackle them?
Why Are Young People So Miserable? - Neuroscience News
https://neurosciencenews.com/young-adults-misery-21427/
Your boss is ordering you back to the office even though they have no idea if COVID is really over
16.09.2022
Societies that treat women badly are poorer and less stable
Research Reveals Surprising Side Effects For Teens Who Don't Get Enough Sleep
School start times and screen time late in the evening exacerbate sleep deprivation in US teenagers
Youth Suicidal Ideation Is on the Rise, Does Social Media Play a Role?
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-role-does-social-media-have-on-suicidal-ideation-6543962
Books That Teach: A Speech-Language Pathologist's Favorite Children’s Books
Chores for kids: An age-by-age list of chores they can do now
https://www.today.com/parents/parents/chores-for-kids-rcna47477
Four Big Questions About the New Covid-19 Boosters, Answered
15.09.2022
‘Our bodies aren’t distracting, you’re just disgusting’: High school student calls out school dress code for being sexist during assembly
A Better Way To Think of Stress, According to Science
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjkz8q/stress-psychology-science-mindset
The Danger With Giving Students Feedback (Opinion)
https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-the-danger-with-giving-students-feedback/2022/09
The Seven Habits of Highly "Affective" Teachers - ASCD
16 of the funniest tweets from parents who dared to complain about their kids.
Christianity in the U.S. is quickly shrinking and may no longer be the majority religion within just a few decades, research finds
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christianity-us-shrinking-pew-research/
Dr. Anthony Fauci, in a heated exchange, shuts down Sen. Rand Paul's (R-KY) misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines.
https://therecount.com/watch/dr-anthony-fauci-in-a/2645885361
14.09.2022
Idaho’s Far Right Suffers Election Loss to 18-Year-Old Climate Activist
https://theintercept.com/2022/09/13/idaho-boise-school-board-election/
Moral Illusions May Alter Our Behavior - Neuroscience News
https://neurosciencenews.com/moral-illusions-behavior-21408/
The Biggest Blind Spot in Education: Parents’ Role in Their Children’s Learning
How risky is flying without a face mask?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/474739/how-risky-is-flying-without-a-face-mask
Another new COVID variant is spreading – here's what we know about omicron BA.4.6
COVID-19 & Youth Mental Health
Risk? Stress? They aren’t all bad. When does risk foster creativity and when does stress foster change? Excellent articles this week on this and the direction of education globally post-pandemic.
Year 3, Week 22 (124 total reports)
07.09.2022-13.09.2022
REVIEW
Risk? Stress? They aren’t all bad. When does risk foster creativity and when does stress foster change? Excellent articles this week on this and the direction of education globally post-pandemic.
This Week’s Top Links
13.09.2022
The 2022 Blues: How To Survive The 'Worst Year Ever'
We can’t keep calling each year since 2020, the worst year ever. At some point in time, we need to accept that this may be the new norm and we’ll have to make do. If this has been your “worst year ever,” this might be a good article for you. Or, to share with someone else having their “worst year.” Better yet, garner the major points and invite that person to a “Masked Conversation.”
12.09.2022
What everyone gets wrong about risk
Risk is a powerful tool for growth. I like Fast Company magazine and this is another good article in their rich tradition. Have a read if you want to know some of the benefits of embracing risk instead of fleeing it.
11.09.2022
A Guide to Rethinking Education After Pandemic
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-09-10-a-guide-to-rethinking-education-after-pandemic
This is an excellent article with deep insights into re-creating education post-pandemic revelations. What did we learn about education from the pandemic and how can we use that knowledge to avoid returning to the norm?
10.09.2022
3 New Books That Will Level-Up Your Parenting
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/3-new-books-will-level-parenting/35861/
Whether you’re a parent or someone caring for children and youth, these books will add increased wisdom to your parenting/caregiving toolbox.
09.09.2022
The Yerkes-Dodson law: This graph will change your relationship with stress
https://bigthink.com/the-learning-curve/eustress/
Above we looked at changing our relationship with risk, this article—and the wonderful graphic enclosed—will have you examining your relationship with stress as well. When is stress healthy? When it is a motivator? When is it domineering?
08.09.2022
How to Talk to Yourself
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anxiety-in-high-achievers/202209/how-talk-yourself
The majority of people talk to themselves, not as many of them monitor those conversations and even fewer edit them. Here are some guidelines for reframing some of that inner discussion.
07.09.2022
‘It’s not scary to die for the motherland’: Russian students return to school with new Kremlin-designed classes to instill ‘patriotism’ and ‘love’
https://fortune.com/2022/09/06/russia-patriotism-class-students-war-ukraine-putin/
Putin and his minions realize the manipulative power of education and want to get their hands deeper into the curricula. It’s a thin line between what he seeks to do in schools and what the GOP seeks to do in its authoritarian drive to re-write what we teach our children. The lessons in this story should frighten us about what happens when an immoral dictator sets his eyes on education.
This Week’s Links
This Week’s Top Links
13.09.2022
The 2022 Blues: How To Survive The 'Worst Year Ever'
My Autistic Daughter Helped Me See the World in a New Way
https://www.shondaland.com/live/a41137908/my-autistic-daughter-helped-me-see-the-world-in-a-new-way/
4 Things to Remember When Life Feels Hopeless
https://tinybuddha.com/blog/4-things-to-remember-when-life-feels-hopeless/
Study Shows the Importance of Teens Having Positive Neighbor Involvement
The Pandemic Was a 'Wrecking Ball' for K-12, and We're Still Tallying the Damage
Now we know how many people COVID is keeping out of the workforce—and how much it’s costing employers. Long COVID is only the tip of the iceberg
I'm a Behavioral Scientist. Here's the 3-Step Exercise I've Been Using to Beat Personal Doubt
Inside the mind of a sceptic: the ‘mental gymnastics’ of climate change denial
12.09.2022
What everyone gets wrong about risk
4 ways protecting and restoring nature is key to our recovery from COVID-19
Top 16 Essential Soft Skills For The Future Of Work
A Lot More Censorship Is Coming to a School Near You
https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-lot-more-censorship-is-coming-to-a-school-near-you
How to Stop Sabotaging Yourself According to Alfred Adler
https://www.thecollector.com/alfred-adler-stop-sabotaging-yourself/
Covid-19 boosters: Immunologists answer 5 key questions about the new shots
https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/booster-shots-immunology-qanda
What to know about getting updated Covid-19 booster, flu shot at the same time
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/12/health/covid-booster-flu-shot-timing-explained-wellness/
11.09.2022
A Guide to Rethinking Education After Pandemic
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-09-10-a-guide-to-rethinking-education-after-pandemic
Should I Prevent My Daughter From Playing With Our Evangelical Neighbors?
https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/09/evangelical-neighbors-proselytizing-church.html
America’s infrastructure is a crisis of inequity
https://www.popsci.com/environment/infrastructure-climate-change-jackson-mississippi/
1-hour walk through nature lowers stress, new research shows
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/1-hour-walk-through-nature-lowers-stress-research-shows
I talked to 70 parents of highly successful adults—here are 5 phrases they always said to their kids
6 Positive Changes That Come When You Start Showing Authenticity in Your Business
10.09.2022
3 New Books That Will Level-Up Your Parenting
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/3-new-books-will-level-parenting/35861/
How Do I Get My Child Assessed for ADHD?
How to ask a teen if they're feeling suicidal
https://mashable.com/article/questions-to-ask-a-suicidal-teenager
What You Need to Know About the Updated COVID-19 Boosters
https://www.verywellhealth.com/updated-covid-19-booster-omicron-variants-6544764
09.09.2022
The Yerkes-Dodson law: This graph will change your relationship with stress
https://bigthink.com/the-learning-curve/eustress/
You’ve Heard Of The 7 Stages Of Grief, But Do You Know The 4 Levels Of Happiness?
What’s Missing From Empathy
What are soft skills and how are they applied?
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/soft-skills-how-are-they-applied
Back to School Looks Different When Your Child is Neurologically Diverse
https://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/2596685/back-to-school-neurologically-diverse/
This Bilingual Children’s Book Will Help Your Kids Face Their Spookiest Nightmares
https://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/2607145/skeletina-bilingual-book-encantos/
COVID concerns top of mind for some as kids head back to school
Planning on getting Omicron booster? Here's what you need to know
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/planning-on-getting-omicron-booster-heres-what-you-need-to-know/
08.09.2022
How to Talk to Yourself
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anxiety-in-high-achievers/202209/how-talk-yourself
With Just 3 Words, A Boy At School Changed Everything I Thought I Knew About Myself
https://apple.news/ABCeUCNMhSZioy3E5K5wUAA
'My Children's School Reinstated Spanking, They're Afraid to Go to Class'
Psychologist Dr. Andrew Kahn On Issues That Arise When Neurodivergent Children Live Undiagnosed – Exclusive
Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder May Be Detectable Years Before Illnesses Begin - Neuroscience News
https://neurosciencenews.com/schizophrenia-bipolar-detection-21375/
Is your child in a toxic friendship? A school counselor’s guide to spotting the signs
https://www.mother.ly/health-wellness/childrens-health/signs-of-toxic-friendship-in-kids/
Florida's Anti-Woke Law Is So Bad For Free Speech That Teachers Are Having A Hard Time Constructing Curricula Around It
Why health experts say the U.S. needs an inhaled COVID-19 vaccine like China’s
When, why, and how to get a new Covid-19 booster shot
Who should get the updated coronavirus vaccine booster now—and who should wait?
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/08/health/omicron-booster-vaccine-health-wellness/
07.09.2022
‘It’s not scary to die for the motherland’: Russian students return to school with new Kremlin-designed classes to instill ‘patriotism’ and ‘love’
https://fortune.com/2022/09/06/russia-patriotism-class-students-war-ukraine-putin/
'We're royally pissing people off': Florida teacher's 'banned book drive' becomes nonprofit
https://apple.news/Aq3gYhxC1TdCP-d6nK_-uDA
The biggest myths of the teenage brain
A psychologist shares the 7 signs of a narcissistic parent: 'It's a toxic way to raise your kids'
https://apple.news/Af2b1G92NRguBF11u8se0Dg
She was abducted by an online predator at age 13. Now she’s determined to save other kids.
https://apple.news/A9yuydejOQBygrX4y-U7L0A
The Psychological Effects of Being Yelled At
https://www.verywellhealth.com/psychological-effects-yelling-5248787
5 Ways to Make the People You Work With (and Lead) Much Happier, Backed by Considerable Science
White House signals most people will only need annual COVID booster
https://apple.news/AS6rqx7EiTAC5Zs_yvZ6mBQ
These billboards are part of a Virginia school district’s bold plan to address its teacher shortage
https://apple.news/A0MhD2HoZQuurZajXNdAh5g
Americans may need yearly shots to protect against Covid-19
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/06/health/covid-19-annual-booster/
Scientists Discovered an Antibody That Can Take Out All COVID-19 Variants
https://www.prevention.com/health/a41092334/antibody-neutralize-covid-variants/
Updated COVID-19 booster shots are now available. Here’s what you need to know
COVID-19 & Youth Mental Health
What is the ultimate goal of education? For many fundamentalist conservatives it is raising children that think exactly like them. What if the goal of education is to raise curious, mindful adults who can develop creative solutions from complex challenges?
Year 3, Week 21 (123 total reports)
31.08.2022-06.09.2022
REVIEW
What is the ultimate goal of education? For many fundamentalist conservatives it is raising children that think exactly like them. What if the goal of education is to raise curious, mindful adults who can develop creative solutions from complex challenges?
This Week’s Top Links
06.09.2022
The teachers who aren’t coming back to school this year
I coached my son’s little league team and like some other dads, I had no idea what I was doing. I knew I was a warm body and they wanted me more for my relationship skills with kids then my astounding insights into America’s favorite pastime. I accepted being recruited (very reticently) because my son was on the team, so I did what a dad does. It was a very long season filled with multiple losses and only a couple of hits. The kids were great sports about it and I still know some of them from all these years. I’ve no doubt you already know where this story is heading. Some of the parents—not all—made the time a nightmare. I already knew how little I knew and how incompetent I was, but those few took every opportunity to remind me of my shortcomings. The research in this article highlights 83 teachers who have quit or were quitting and cite similar reasons for leaving a profession they aspired to all their lives and children they love as their own. It’s the adults. The lack of gratitude, the lack of resources, and increasingly the hostility of school boards. In other articles below you will find teachers who now feel they have to advocate for children getting a balanced education and not just an education that revolves around political or religious ideology.
05.09.2022
I study America’s youth. Here’s what I found
https://bigthink.com/the-well/kids-youth-today/
The subtitle in this article says it all: “Today’s young people are intelligent and kind, but they are overworked and burned out.” We don’t burn out from doing too much—we burn out from doing too much of the same thing, usually with more outputs than inputs in our lives. Many youth today have lost all the enjoyable inputs to their lives that are meaningful. I’m not talking about social media, I’m talking about in-person friendships, participating in activities; hobbies, dances and sports. The chance to explore their inner lives with those that matter—their peers. None of us can sustain a life like that without burnout.
04.09.2022
8 classes that should be required for all students before they hit adulthood
https://www.upworthy.com/8-classes-that-should-be-required-for-all-students-but-arent-rp
The classes listed in this article focus on living the practical side of a healthy life in the community outside of school. Budgeting, working with bureaucracy (we all have to), developing critical relationships; all those things that we tend to think of as parental tasks—but if those practical aspects aren’t taught at home—does that mean youth don’t need them? No! It just means they won’t get them and they are far more likely to falter if they don’t have those skills than if they do. Not every child is going to have to use trigonometry in life, but every child will need to budget and manage their time. Let’s examine creating learning opportunities that focus on practical living. Children are healthier in schools—the pandemic has taught us that—but all too often, education focuses on teaching children to survive in the system of education rather than beyond the structure of the institution.
03.09.2022
The Books That Help Me Raise Children in a Broken World
If the conservatives that call themselves Christians and the political right continue to limit what books are allowed in libraries or school curricula, parents who want to raise mindful children will increasingly need to find books like these. I hope this is a starter list for parents who don’t want to raise stilted, close-minded children.
02.09.2022
Republicans think keeping kids as ignorant as possible is the key to academic excellence
Many fundamentalist conservative thinkers (there’s a contradiction in terms) have long-known that an advanced education raises open-minded human beings. This is one of the reasons that those conservatives are so angry that student debt is being repaid. But what if the goal of education is NOT creating automatons who believe every lie told to them or white-washed versions of history that leave out uncomfortable facts? What if the goal of education is to create a generation capable of thinking, questioning and coming up with their own solutions based upon the best research available?
01.09.2022
Don’t Teach Your Kids to Fear the World
Fear is incapacitating. Children who learn to fear the world feel less capable of making a difference in the world. Yes, we know the world is under a lot of stress today. But we need to model and exemplify realistic hope. A hope based on what-can-be-done in the midst of complex challenges.
31.08.2022
Jackson, Mississippi's Water Crisis Is an Object Lesson in the Cost of Doing Nothing
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a41029015/jackson-mississippi-water-crisis/
I include this article because it is an object lesson in what happens in a leadership void. Mississippi’s infrastructure can be said to be the most inadequate in the United States. It rates as the worst state in all the most critical areas of development. The situation in Jackson highlights that lack of leadership. It wasn’t just a void—it verges on negligence. The State (and City) has received millions of dollars in grants and loans designed to improve infrastructure, instead it used the funds on pet projects of politicians, including over a million dollars paid to Green Bay packer former quarterback, Brett Favre, for speeches never given. Now citizens face miles-long lines waiting to receive bottled water. This is a travesty of leadership and should serve as a civic lesson for generations to come.
This Week’s Links
06.09.2022
The teachers who aren’t coming back to school this year
8 Essential Middle Grade Books About Immigrants
https://bookriot.com/middle-grade-books-about-immigrants/
What ‘Happiness’ Really Means To Your Life, Work, And Wellbeing
These sites offer thousands of free online classes on just about everything
School Mask, Vaccine Mandates Are Mostly Gone. But What if the Virus Comes Back?
Being the only one masked in the office can be hard. A psychiatrist suggests these tips
https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/wearing-a-mask-at-work
Yet Another Curveball in the COVID Mutation Nightmare
An Impassioned Plea from the Mom of an Autistic Kid: Please Include Us in Your Plans
https://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/2610008/include-autistic-kids/
Curiosity: The neglected trait that drives success
05.09.2022
I study America’s youth. Here’s what I found
https://bigthink.com/the-well/kids-youth-today/
After Teaching For 11 Years, I Quit My Job. Here's Why Your Child's Teacher Might Be Next.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/teacher-shortage-quit-public-schools_n_630e5a85e4b0dc23bbec8261
How To Survive Suicidal Thoughts, From People Who Have Been There
https://apple.news/ABZMtGYYmToevx8_GyMzSHQ
Dad puts mic on his 4-year-old while snowboarding. Her 'we all fall' song is pure joy.
https://www.upworthy.com/dad-puts-mic-on-four-year-old-snowboard-rp
04.09.2022
8 classes that should be required for all students before they hit adulthood
https://www.upworthy.com/8-classes-that-should-be-required-for-all-students-but-arent-rp
Teachers union boss Randi Weingarten admits educators HAVE become 'social justice warriors' - as she slams Republicans for banning woke books and issues
5 New Books on Finding Peace in Good Times and Bad
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/5-new-books-finding-peace-good-times-bad/35596/
Remote learning might have helped protect teenagers’ sense of community during COVID-19 school closures
How To Deal With People Who Think You're Arguing Every Time You Try To Express Yourself
https://www.yourtango.com/self/people-think-youre-always-arguing
03.09.2022
The Books That Help Me Raise Children in a Broken World
Strengthen Your Mind with Generosity
https://tricycle.org/dailydharma/strengthen-your-mind-with-generosity/
A Kindergarten Teacher's TikTok About Trump Is Breaking The Internet
If Your Kid is Struggling in School, They Aren’t Alone; The Pandemic Erased 2 Decades of Academic Progress
https://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/2618902/kids-struggle-school-pandemic/
8 ways to help your kid with their anxiety, according to child mental health experts
https://www.insider.com/guides/parenting/how-to-help-kids-with-anxiety
Brooklyn Public Library Offers All Teens a Free eCard to Access Banned Books
https://mymodernmet.com/brooklyn-public-library-free-ecard/
Florida school board to vote if it’s “age appropriate” for seniors to learn LGBTQ people have rights
Mississippi Officials Gave Millions In Welfare Money To Rich Folks But Ignored Looming Jackson Water Crisis
https://newsone.com/4401023/mississippi-welfare-scandal-water-crisis/
CDC Recommends New Omicron COVID Boosters
https://www.cnet.com/health/medical/cdc-recommends-new-omicron-covid-boosters/
02.09.2022
Republicans think keeping kids as ignorant as possible is the key to academic excellence
From Reopen to Reinvent: (Re)Creating School for Every Child
How to Boost Serotonin, Your Happiness Hormone, Naturally
https://www.prevention.com/health/a40904216/boost-serotonin-naturally/
01.09.2022
Don’t Teach Your Kids to Fear the World
The Psychology Of Defense Mechanisms, Explained By Experts
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/defense-mechanisms
5 Mindset Blocks That Stop You From Learning From Your Mistakes
Math and reading scores plummet on national test, erasing 20 years of progress
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2022/9/1/23331852/math-reading-scores-drop-naep-pandemic
Long COVID: How researchers are zeroing in on the self-targeted immune attacks that may lurk behind it
Everything you need to know about the updated Covid-19 boosters
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/01/health/covid-omicron-booster-explainer-wellness/
31.08.2022
Jackson, Mississippi's Water Crisis Is an Object Lesson in the Cost of Doing Nothing
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a41029015/jackson-mississippi-water-crisis/
The Relationship Between Dopamine and ADHD
https://www.verywellmind.com/the-relationship-between-dopamine-and-adhd-5267960
COVID-19 & Youth Mental Health
This week is full of good book reviews from compassionate, honest conversations to growing children’s imaginations. There is also great information on better communications and improved relationships. I hope you’ll find these links as inspiring as I did.
Year 3, Week 20 (122 total reports)
24.08.2022-30.08.2022
REVIEW
Understanding the African concept of community and forgiveness and teaching young people to give back to the world are articles at the top of my preferred list this morning.
This Week’s Top Links
30.08.2022
4 Ways to Learn Anything
https://www.inc.com/sean-kim/how-to-learn-any-skill-faster.html
Remember the movie, Groundhog Day, where Bill Murray’s character finally realizes he has forever to learn anything he wants? What he does to begin the process of learning is important for all of us. First, getting rid of the misconception of limited time. This and other steps are necessary if we are to become forever-learners. This article covers how to learn anything, but also what keeps us from mastering anything we seek to learn. Well worth the read.
29.08.2022
Quiet quitting, firing, even dumping: Americans are falling in love with passive aggression and it’s hurting our careers, relationships, and mental health
Post-COVID we are looking for many “catchy phrases” to cover up what is a dangerous trend. This article looks deeper at the issue behind all of these beguiling terms and examines a dangerous disorder at their core.
28.08.2022
7 Ways To Change Someone's Mind Quickly, According To Science
https://www.yourtango.com/sekf/how-change-someones-mind-quickly-according-science
The TED Talk referred to in this link has a better title than the article, “How to Change Someone’s Limiting Beliefs.” This has become increasingly important in a time of book banning and misinformation. If you follow the links below you will see one that points to research stating over a third of the information shared by GOP candidates is misinformation. It is amazing—but also dangerous—how many people buy these lies without questioning or looking further into what is being propagated. All of us know someone who has been led into false beliefs through either social media or politicians seeking power and attention, money and votes.
27.08.2022
The Bantu philosophy of “ubuntu” focuses on the power of community
https://bigthink.com/thinking/bantu-ubuntu-community/
“It takes a village to raise a child,” this and other wise African sayings are the essence of the Ubuntu movement that reached its zenith after the genocide that occurred in Uganda. Perhaps the most well-known leader of this movement was the indefatigable Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The movement centers on community and primarily empowering the community right around you (within five miles). Think of the other popular saying during this pre-pandemic time, “Think globally, act locally.”
26.08.2022
Mom gets applause after ripping book-banning parents apart in school board meeting speech
There was a great statement in my news feed this morning about people who support banning books, it stated that “before someone can ban a book, they should have to first read it, do a book report on it and turn it in to the head of the school’s English Department.” I wonder how many book banning people would simply be disavowed if they had to prove they actually read the book in question. Take time to watch the courage and penetrating insights of this mother—who actually has children in the school that is considering banning these books. She deserved the applause and our continued support.
25.08.2022
How to raise kids who give back to the world
This was, by far, my favorite article this week. I would encourage any parent or those responsible for raising or educating children to take the time to scour this article for how its insights could be applied in your situation. Primary among the insights, children and teens need optimism, not despair, to conquer global or community issues.
24.08.2022
I’m tired of watching my students with disabilities get pushed out of school
I deeply reverberate with the author of this article, Colleen Gibbons-Brown. It would be easy to blame teachers for wanting a disability-free classroom, but when you’re being asked to teach a class of thirty-two children, without funding for special assistance—and your performance review is based upon how many of those children attain externally-determined standards, there is not a lot of latitude for the hardest-to-teach/reach children. This is a largely systemic issue more than a teacher issue.
This Week’s Links
30.08.2022
4 Ways to Learn Anything
https://www.inc.com/sean-kim/how-to-learn-any-skill-faster.html
Over a Third of Info Shared by GOP Candidates Is Misinformation: Report
https://www.newsweek.com/over-third-info-shared-gop-candidates-misinformation-report-1737755
These Teachers' Book List Was Going to Be Restricted. Their Students Fought Back
Regular physical activity linked to reduced risk of COVID-19
29.08.2022
Quiet quitting, firing, even dumping: Americans are falling in love with passive aggression and it’s hurting our careers, relationships, and mental health
MAGA School Board Candidates Celebrated Victory with Proud Boys Flashing White Power Signs
https://apple.news/A9HFHVWb9TauxqXOv7B1ZYw
Here's How Quickly You Can Get Infected With BA.5 After An Exposure
https://apple.news/AUkULGmw-STuyFd6kvwy3vw
28.08.2022
There's a Difference Between Doubting Yourself and Accepting Failure: The Navy SEAL Approach to Persistence, Resilience, and Success
7 Ways To Change Someone's Mind Quickly, According To Science
https://www.yourtango.com/sekf/how-change-someones-mind-quickly-according-science
3 New Books on Grief, Heartbreak, and Carrying On
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/3-new-books-grief-heartbreak-carrying/35506/
46 Best 'What-If Affirmations' To Open Your Mind & Unlock Potential
https://www.yourtango.com/self/what-if-affirmations
Telltale Signs You've Already Had COVID, Says Dr. Fauci
https://www.eatthis.com/news-telltale-signs-you-had-covid-says-dr-fauci/
Researchers may have created a universal coronavirus vaccine
https://www.freethink.com/health/universal-coronavirus-vaccine-46654
I'm a Virus Expert and Still Say Don't Go Here, Even if it's Open
https://www.eatthis.com/news-virus-expert-still-says-dont-go-here-even-if-its-open/
You No Longer Have to Do This to Avoid COVID
https://www.eatthis.com/news-you-no-longer-have-to-do-this-to-avoid-covid/
27.08.2022
The Bantu philosophy of “ubuntu” focuses on the power of community
https://bigthink.com/thinking/bantu-ubuntu-community/
The 'Master' Coping Skill You Can Activate Any Time You Feel Overwhelmed
https://www.yourtango.com/self/master-coping-skills
Anxiety and Depression Screenings: The Need for Earlier Intervention
How To Spot What’s Holding You Back — And Then Let It Go
https://www.yourtango.com/self/whats-holding-you-back
Book banning in U.S. schools has reached an all-time high: What this means, and how we got here
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https://msmagazine.com/2022/08/25/teacher-shortage-sexism-women-covid-essential-worker/
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https://www.healthline.com/health-news/what-we-know-about-long-covid-and-how-long-symptoms-last
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https://bookriot.com/childrens-books-about-death/
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https://hbr.org/2022/08/in-uncertain-times-the-best-strategy-is-adaptability
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I’m tired of watching my students with disabilities get pushed out of school
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