Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Year 3, Week 25 (127 total reports)
05.10.2022-11.10.2022
REVIEW
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