COVID Report: Year 3, Week 13
Year 3, Week 13 (115 total reports)
COVID-19 & Youth Mental Health
06.07.2022-13.06.2022
This Week’s Top Links
12.07.2022
It Only Takes 3 Minutes a Day to Become Happier. Here's How
https://www.cnet.com/health/mental/it-only-takes-3-minutes-a-day-to-become-happier-heres-how/
The Happiness Project is an excellent resource for parent(s), youth and caregivers. This article quotes Dr. Martin Seligman, one of my most admired psychologists and a former president of the American Psychological Association (APA). Though some might disagree, Dr. Seligman is probably more responsible than any other contemporary psychologist for moving the science of psychology from studying negative behavior and psychopathology to focus on positive behavior and strengths-based science. The simple suggestion in this article is to write three reflections on gratitude daily (what happened and why I’m grateful for it). It helped people focus on growing their locus of control rather than a sense of helplessness.
11.07.2022
Virtue Helps People Rise Above Despair and Resentment - Neuroscience News
https://neurosciencenews.com/virtue-confidence-hostility-21006/
The power of virtue in one’s life is verified by science. It may be one of the few tools we have to counter messages of hate and destruction. In our outreaches to incarcerated young people, we would often have older members of the community come in and privately study the book, “Man’s Search for Meaning,” with the youth. All people need an alternative “lever” to the copious reports of inconsiderate behavior displayed in public places and by politicians worldwide.
10.07.2022
Cities Aren’t Built for Kids
https://apple.news/At-pjx24BT3ypE2VHEalS1g
This article begins by focusing on children areas in Amsterdam that recognize the needs of maturing children who live downtown. The point is, we know it’s being done and can be done. Cities were originally designed for parent(s) to come to work and leave their children behind. But that is increasingly less the norm as cities become places where many single parents find themselves economically trapped with their child(children). The design of these inner cities has a great impact on the emotional maturity of children. It’s not just about green-space and playgrounds—though that has a lot of impact. It’s also about less traffic and more street level, brain-engaging shops. This is something that most city designers want anyway. It would definitely take more creativity and a commitment to childhood development to structure our cities to be more child-friendly. But now, as we look at returning to work downtown, would be an ideal time to ask these questions.
09.07.2022
How to Talk to Teachers and Coaches About Your Child’s Neurodivergency
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-talk-to-teachers-and-coaches-about-your-child-s-1849155910
Neurodivergent children need advocates—especially as they head into the summer season—when less coaches of summer school staff have training in the behaviors of these young ones. They may see a child’s inattentiveness or fidgety-ness as signs of poor behavior or non-compliance. This is a great article to use when starting that conversation.
08.07.2022
What Most People Say Before They Die, According To Top Palliative Doctor, Simran Malhotra – Exclusive
What really matters in the end? People who work with those who are palliative hear common reflections from their patients. There are a lot of common regrets out there and a lot of common emotions. This is a touching article and as more people experience the death of someone close to them due to the continuance of COVID-19. We could all use these suggestions of spending final moments with our loved ones.
07.07.2022
Young People On TikTok Are Launching A Big Debate About 'Personality Hires'
https://apple.news/AHdwVYej-S0uo5JXttnEaXQ
I ran this article by two “young people” (my son and my nephew) before selecting it for this week’s top sites. Using TikTok for going beyond the job interview just makes sense in today’s job market and the young people suggesting themselves as “personality hires” have something to sell here. When sending in a CV is not enough and you want people to know why you stand out—particularly if it is your personality that may not stand out in a traditional office interview, this technique might be for you.
06.07.2022
Why no one wants to be a teacher anymore
https://www.newstatesman.com/quickfire/2022/07/why-no-one-wants-to-be-teacher-anymore
We continue to ask more from our teachers, but many of them live on salaries that qualify them for food stamps. The epidemic has forced them to adapt technologies for teaching never before used—or taught in universities. All while asking them to keep kids up with externally set standards that we hard to maintain even before COVID-19. Is there a solution? That’s not the focus of this article, but any solution will have to start with listening to those who are doing the job. We need more truth-telling articles from those close to the heart of this issue and that’s the primary strength of this article.
This Week’s Links
12.07.2022
It Only Takes 3 Minutes a Day to Become Happier. Here's How
https://www.cnet.com/health/mental/it-only-takes-3-minutes-a-day-to-become-happier-heres-how/
This 30-Minute Growth Mindset Exercise Helps Teens Navigate School Stress
https://www.scarymommy.com/parenting/30-minute-class-improve-teen-stress-free
30 Soothing Fidget Toys and Sensory Products
https://www.britannica.com/reviews/best-fidget-toys
These COVID 'Facts' Are No Longer True
https://lifehacker.com/these-covid-facts-are-no-longer-true-1849165352
New Omicron subvariants are causing COVID rates to increase. These are the states where it’s most contagious right now
https://fortune.com/2022/07/11/where-covid-is-most-contagious-states-omicron-subvariants/
11.07.2022
Virtue Helps People Rise Above Despair and Resentment - Neuroscience News
https://neurosciencenews.com/virtue-confidence-hostility-21006/
The video game prescribed by doctors to treat ADHD
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62060542
The incredible neuroscience behind the culture wars
https://bigthink.com/the-well/neuroscience-of-inequality/
My Daughter Is On Her Own Timeline & It's Reminding Me to Be Patient With Mine
https://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/2589539/kids-own-developmental-milestone-timeline/
Does BA.5 cause more severe disease than earlier Omicron subvariants?
https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/does-ba5-cause-severe-disease-omicron-covid-ba2-study/
What Should You Do When You Have COVID? Here's What Health Officials Say
10.07.2022
Cities Aren’t Built for Kids
https://apple.news/At-pjx24BT3ypE2VHEalS1g
The Bittersweet Story of the Real-Life Peaceful Bull Who Inspired Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson’s Ferdinand
https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/07/09/ferdinand-civilon/
I talked to 70 parents who raised highly successful adults—here are 4 things they refuse to do
https://apple.news/AC-rS98pcSiSE9cEoWWL5nw
Move over, measles: Dominant Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 could be the most infectious viruses known to man
https://fortune.com/2022/07/09/is-covid-omicron-more-transmissible-infectious-than-measles-ba4-ba5/
The Covid symptoms of the new BA.4 and BA.5 strains that you should look out for
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/covid-symptoms-new-ba4-ba5-24448334
09.07.2022
How to Talk to Teachers and Coaches About Your Child’s Neurodivergency
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-talk-to-teachers-and-coaches-about-your-child-s-1849155910
This viral TikTok of a gorilla meeting his keeper's baby for the first time is the antidote to your doomscrolling
https://www.mother.ly/news/news-viral-trending/baby-and-gorilla-tiktok/
84 Of The Best Introvert Memes From This Facebook Group
https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-introvert-memes-jokes/
CDC: Majority of Americans Should Be Wearing Masks Indoors or Considering It
Coronavirus FAQ: I took a trip and caught COVID. What should I do? When can I go home?
These Are the Top Symptoms of the New BA.4 and BA.5 COVID Variant
https://parade.com/health/ba4-ba5-variant-symptoms
Meet the newest members of the Omicrom family: ‘Centaurus’ and ‘Bad ‘Ned’ may be the reason you have a weird summer cold
08.07.2022
What Most People Say Before They Die, According To Top Palliative Doctor, Simran Malhotra – Exclusive
Curiosity is linked to crystallized intelligence but not fluid intelligence, study finds
The Stages of Grief Explained and How to Cope With Loss
https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/relationships-love/a40514715/stages-of-grief/
Why Covid is still a pandemic, says Dr. Jha: 'We got the biological science right, but we didn't get the social science right'
Super-infectious BA.5 is a coronavirus ‘beast.’ Here’s how to protect yourself
'Going back to wearing a mask again...': Ontario's new wave of COVID-19 leads science, health experts to urge the public to add protections
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/ontario-covid19-science-advisory-table-ba5-mask-175220400.html
07.07.2022
Young People On TikTok Are Launching A Big Debate About 'Personality Hires'
https://apple.news/AHdwVYej-S0uo5JXttnEaXQ
How to Calm Someone Down From a Panic Attack
https://www.verywellhealth.com/calm-someone-down-panic-attack-5323892
The most common Covid symptom people are reporting during this wave has changed...
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/health/a40525124/headache-covid/
We Know You've (Probably) Ditched Your Face Mask, But It's Time To Dig It Out
https://apple.news/AtwlEmyaIQOeImsP7pQT1Hw
How Are We Possibly Still Disinfecting Things?
https://apple.news/Avbo7D1gxQjyiZn-zZ6JzpQ
06.07.2022
Why no one wants to be a teacher anymore
https://www.newstatesman.com/quickfire/2022/07/why-no-one-wants-to-be-teacher-anymore
How to Calm Someone Down From a Panic Attack
https://www.verywellhealth.com/calm-someone-down-panic-attack-5323892
Wabi-Sabi and the Psychology of Imperfection
The omicron subvariant now dominating the U.S. is ‘the worst version of the virus that we’ve seen’
https://fortune.com/2022/07/05/ba5-omicron-subvariant-now-dominant-in-us-immune-escape-evasion-ba4/
Who’s most at risk of developing long COVID? Experts think these 6 groups of people might be
https://fortune.com/2022/07/03/long-covid-whos-most-at-risk-of-developing/
Year 3, Week 11 (113 total reports)
COVID-19 & Youth Mental Health
08.06.2022-13.06.2022
This Week’s Top Links
19.06.2022
Souvenirs From a Civilization That Kills Its Children
https://apple.news/AMAt2Gs5vQyqTR6wO_GejwA
18.06.2022
How Poor Sleep Is Hurting Teen Mental Health
https://people.com/health/how-poor-sleep-is-hurting-teen-mental-health/
17.06.2022
Long COVID Could Be a ‘Mass Deterioration Event’
16.06.2022
‘It’s like the loss happened yesterday’: how long is too long to mourn?
15.06.2022
Trading ‘Please focus’ for ‘How are you?’: A listening strategy that’s helping some teachers improve the classroom experience
This Week’s Links
19.06.2022
Souvenirs From a Civilization That Kills Its Children
https://apple.news/AMAt2Gs5vQyqTR6wO_GejwA
Honoring Your Loved One's Memory and Legacy—55 Celebration of Life Ideas
https://parade.com/1396778/marynliles/celebration-of-life-ideas/
We asked teachers how their year went. They warned of an exodus to come
https://apple.news/AlrOMQ2MuTMmq_-aj2bl8EQ
Kids Who Do Chores Are More Successful Adults, According to Science. (There's Just 1 Catch)
https://apple.news/A2pMA31O5ROOlI-uHDwqxPA
Harvard-trained parenting expert to dads: Do these 8 things to raise confident, strong-minded daughters
https://apple.news/AyoKV_BdLSDWdt_EDnH0qdg
How many times can you get reinfected with Covid? Here's what we know
https://apple.news/AYSLiP3hrS7-ciwn2dhMzlQ
CDC endorses coronavirus vaccines for children under 5
https://apple.news/Ac8k4eyCZRsWDU3_U1uTcFg
It's getting harder to gauge your Covid risk levels—these 4 numbers can help
https://apple.news/AZ2KNxwRBTp2mMFrucrrfdQ
You really can learn as much from failure as you do success
You’ll struggle not to crack a smile at our best dad joke rundown – just in time for Father’s Day
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/18932244/dad-joke-rundown-fathers-day-best-15-jokes/
18.06.2022
How Poor Sleep Is Hurting Teen Mental Health
https://people.com/health/how-poor-sleep-is-hurting-teen-mental-health/
Long COVID: Disrupted sleep, fatigue common months after infection
Omicron COVID variant keeps getting worse, may outpace vaccines
17.06.2022
Long COVID Could Be a ‘Mass Deterioration Event’
Childhood fitness could help with better brain function later in life, study says
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/video/childhood-fitness-brain-function-life-study-85458234
FDA authorizes Covid-19 vaccines for younger children
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/17/health/fda-vaccine-authorization-younger-kids/
'Arrogant' anti-vaxxer who attacked Covid centres jailed and told he cannot 'break the law to impose your views on others'
16.06.2022
‘It’s like the loss happened yesterday’: how long is too long to mourn?
Life with long COVID: I weep for my children’s loss of the mom they had
https://www.today.com/health/essay/long-covid-parenting-rcna33049
US could have saved 338,000 lives from Covid with universal healthcare, study finds
'Part of a new normal:' Covid reinfections are here to stay
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/many-can-get-reinfected-covid-rcna33629
How long is your COVID vaccine good for? You can soon find out, thanks to a new test that informs patients of their immunity’s ‘magnitude and duration’
COVID-19 on the Brain: Neurological Symptoms Persist in Majority of Long-Haulers - Neuroscience News
https://neurosciencenews.com/long-covid-neurology-20839/
4 big questions about Covid-19 vaccines for babies and toddlers
https://www.vox.com/23166033/covid-vaccines-kids-babies-fda-pfizer-moderna
15.06.2022
Trading ‘Please focus’ for ‘How are you?’: A listening strategy that’s helping some teachers improve the classroom experience
The U.S. Leaves Parents On Their Own for a Reason
Stress, Burnout, Depression: Teachers and Principals Are Not Doing Well, New Data Confirm
People who caught Covid in first wave get ‘no immune boost’ from Omicron
A Battle for Every Day: Mindfulness Versus Complacency
https://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/747271-battle-every-day-mindfulness-versus-complacency