COVID-19 & Youth Mental Health
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