Youth Advocacy

Year 3, Week 07 (161 total reports)

07.06.2023-13.06.2023

REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS

Topics this week: People turn to fear to govern when they actually have no substantive platform to offer voters. A Finnish Philosopher and Psychologist offers insights into the meaning of life.

This Week’s Top Links

13.06.2023

I Finally Asked My Second-Grader What Happens in Her Lockdown Drills. It Broke My Heart.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/06/lockdown-mental-health-students-parenting.html

A father is reading his 7-8 year old a bedtime story and the story leads to a discussion about active shooter drills in schools. It is heartbreaking to think that the No. 1 cause of death of children in the US are guns and that this is a problem that can be addressed. Instead, a minuscule fraction in congress ignores the pleads of its own voters and continues to distract citizens from the real issue. guns, Guns, GUNS! The real question we should be asking (of ourselves and our “representatives”) is, “Who profits from keeping gun laws the way they are?”

12.06.2023

Hateopia: The Great Migration of Racists to the South

https://williamspivey.medium.com/hateopia-the-great-migration-of-racists-to-the-south-840ebe3b6ec6

At the root of hate is fear. It is important to isolate the voices that are promoting fear in our country and using it to stoke authoritarian responses to division and hate. When I was sitting in the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam and listening to the voice of Hitler, it reawakened in me the realization of how far back hate-based people have used fear to isolate populations. It is unremarkable that their list of primary enemies are always so familiar; immigration, racism, anti-LGBTQ. People turn to fear to govern when they actually have no substantial platform to offer voters. Don’t let their malicious diatribe lead you into believing they know how to govern or even have a majority. If those authoritarian representatives had a majority, they wouldn’t be so adamant about re-writing voter laws.

11.06.2023

I’m a psychologist in Finland, the No. 1 happiest country in the world—here's the real meaning of life

https://apple.news/ABBfoK5-zR7GCRn4lecbzUQ

This article is filled with gems that you could meditate on for weeks (perhaps for a lifetime). I love the author’s (Frank Martela) quote of the Finnish statement, “Speech is Silver, but Silence is Golden.” Take the time to reflect on this writers’ insights, you’ll certainly be glad you did.

10.06.2023

What does it mean to really ‘belong’?

https://www.fastcompany.com/90905920/what-does-it-mean-to-really-belong

DEI & B (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging). Research is reminding us the premiere importance of belonging in learning organizations. If you want to build open-minded entities where continuous learning is a primary quality, belonging at all levels is the factor you want to emphasize.

09.06.2023

A Racist Society Is Detrimental to Your Health

https://apple.news/Aier3H2mmT9OBpDPbUqrlQQ

From depression to cancer, the impact of racism is a weight around the neck of any society (or entity) that doesn’t honestly address it. It is important to look at the economics of racism from a standpoint of how it impedes all members but also from a perspective of who it benefits economically. Who benefits the most from having a permanent underclass and pitting groups of the population against each other? To research this question, begin by examining who received the biggest tax cuts under the Trump administration.

08.06.2023

Republican attacks on trans people smack of fascism

https://apple.news/AC5Y4Ds5VSJykLlhSY4E_4w

Republican attacks on trans people are not novel, nor are they unprecedented. They have been a common theme in the playbook of authoritarian regimes for ages. Currently, the vitriol is becoming so heated that it is life threatening and many people are leaving states such as Florida to insure the safety of their trans children. But it’s not just southern States, states such as Indiana and now Idaho have politicized hatred towards young people exploring their gender identity as well. Will the US continue to listen to the siren calls of hatred and violence towards large swaths of people who are diverse?

07.06.2023

Amanda Gorman’s Book Sales Skyrocket Following a Ban on Her Poem in a Florida School

https://mymodernmet.com/amanda-gorman-banned-books/

https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/best-chatgpt-prompts/

In an article last week, the Florida woman who pushed for the ban on Amanda Gorman’s poetry admitted she didn’t even like reading. Today—truly a historic day in US history—as Trump faces a Federal indictment in South Florida, it is important to ask how many of those protesting against his arrest have even read the 37 Federal Crimes Trump is accused of in the indictment against him. It is no mystery that ignorance (and hatred) are the children of illiteracy and why the ultra-conservative GOP wants to regulate what young people in our schools and universities are allowed to read. An informed public is harder to deceive.

This Week’s Links

13.06.2023

I Finally Asked My Second-Grader What Happens in Her Lockdown Drills. It Broke My Heart.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/06/lockdown-mental-health-students-parenting.html

No One Knows Exactly What Social Media Is Doing to Teens

https://apple.news/AxaJ7e1DxRnCtqG_x0UtJkg

Parents take advantage of summer to teach kids 'how to be a person' skills

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Family/parents-advantage-summer-teach-kids-person-skills/story?id=99958985

12.06.2023

Hateopia: The Great Migration of Racists to the South

https://williamspivey.medium.com/hateopia-the-great-migration-of-racists-to-the-south-840ebe3b6ec6

Schools Are Trying to Do Too Much (Opinion)

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-schools-are-trying-to-do-too-much/2023/06

The Sociology of AI!

https://medium.com/data-and-beyond/the-sociology-of-ai-4d9693a4bc68

All the ways AI is going to change (not steal) your job

https://www.fastcompany.com/90907188/all-the-ways-ai-is-going-to-change-not-steal-your-job

Mapping Emotion Recognition in Children

https://neurosciencenews.com/emotional-recognition-children-23432/

11.06.2023

I’m a psychologist in Finland, the No. 1 happiest country in the world—here's the real meaning of life

https://apple.news/ABBfoK5-zR7GCRn4lecbzUQ

Great Books Can Heal Our Divided Campuses

https://apple.news/A4BeeH-VcRayLH0GNLwsnBQ

Don’t Try to Be Happy; Try to Feel Joy and Gratitude

https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/06/09/dont-try-to-be-happy-try-to-feel-joy-and-gratitude/

Eastern philosophy says there is no “self.” Science agrees

https://bigthink.com/the-well/eastern-philosophy-neuroscience-no-self/

10.06.2023

What does it mean to really ‘belong’?

https://www.fastcompany.com/90905920/what-does-it-mean-to-really-belong

It Takes Courage to Change

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-main-ingredient/202306/it-takes-courage-to-change

Neurotypical vs. Neurodivergent: What’s the Difference?

https://www.purewow.com/family/neurotypical-vs-neurodivergent

A Taste of How It Feels to Be Free: Pioneering Psychoanalyst Karen Horney on Our Inner Conflicts, the Psychology of Hopelessness, and the Path to Wholeness

https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/06/07/karen-horney-our-inner-conflicts/

Age of AI: Everything you need to know about artificial intelligence

https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/09/age-of-ai-everything-you-need-to-know-about-artificial-intelligence/

09.06.2023

A Racist Society Is Detrimental to Your Health

https://apple.news/Aier3H2mmT9OBpDPbUqrlQQ

National Affairs: Guns at the Pride Parade

https://apple.news/AoAMI5A0pSxu6wgie-aLNeA

More kids and teens are getting anxiety medication without therapy, report finds

https://apple.news/A_J_Z0PMfQUiFeoBCyVP_VA

For kids exploring social media, here are three steps the surgeon general wants parents to take

https://apple.news/Ax2LHmtU_SL-goTJvupcLSg