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
Half of Moms of Kids With Autism Have High Depressive Symptoms
https://neurosciencenews.com/depression-asd-moms-21298/
26.08.2022
Mom gets applause after ripping book-banning parents apart in school board meeting speech
Can you inoculate people against misinformation before they even see it? This study says yes
Federal court rules that trans youth healthcare ban is a form of sex discrimination
Neurodiversity is critical for innovation in the workplace
How Do I Curb My Teen's Social Media Fixation?
COVID Revealed the U.S.’s Long-Time Misogyny and Lack of Respect for Teachers
https://msmagazine.com/2022/08/25/teacher-shortage-sexism-women-covid-essential-worker/
What We Know About Long COVID and How Long Symptoms Last
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/what-we-know-about-long-covid-and-how-long-symptoms-last
25.08.2022
How to raise kids who give back to the world
Learning to Say Goodbye: 8 Children’s Books About Death
https://bookriot.com/childrens-books-about-death/
In Uncertain Times, the Best Strategy Is Adaptability
https://hbr.org/2022/08/in-uncertain-times-the-best-strategy-is-adaptability
To Be a Better Leader, Practice Active Listening
https://www.inc.com/debra-roberts/to-be-a-better-leader-practice-active-listening.html
20 Wonderful Wellness Books To Read In 2022
https://bookriot.com/best-wellness-books/
How an epidemic of poor sleep may be making us a more selfish society
https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/poor-sleep-quality-selfish-altruism-study-society/
A Specialist In Viral Infections Explains Why We Need Updated Covid-19 Vaccines
Bill Gates salutes 81-year-old Anthony Fauci as a ‘hero’ ahead of his pending retirement
24.08.2022
I’m tired of watching my students with disabilities get pushed out of school
Reinventing How We Lead
https://ssir.org/books/excerpts/entry/reinventing_how_we_lead
How To Identify (And Solve) Your ADHD Child's Big Challenges — So They Can Finally Succeed
https://www.yourtango.com/family/identify-challenges-adhd-kids
Parents and screen time: are you a 'contract maker' or an 'access denier' with your child?
Sleepless and Selfish: Lack of Sleep Makes Us Less Generous - Neuroscience News
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 19 (121 total reports)
COVID-19 & Youth Mental Health
17.08.2022-23.08.2022
This Week’s Top Links
23.08.2022
America’s most remarkable kid died in Newcastle, Utah — his legacy never will
Take a moment to read through the eulogy of this young man, it is truly astounding and inspirational. It made me feel lazy. What a tragedy to have lost such a compassionate and talented human being so easy in life.
22.08.2022
5 Books on How to Argue Without Being a Jerk
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/5-books-argue-without-jerk/35419/
There are a number of reasons to have difficult conversations these days, but who wants to be a jerk? These books will guide you through the maze of compassionate honesty.
21.08.2022
11 Children’s Books That Inspire Imagination
https://www.britannica.com/reviews/childrens-books-imagination
There are a lot of good book reviews this week. These imagination tales would make great books to read to children (and absorb some of the lessons at the same time). If you have or care for children, add these to your list. One of the reports below cites imagination and creativity as two of the most important qualities desired by employers today. Folks, those are not two qualities highlighted in most of our schools today.
20.08.2022
For Better Negotiations, Cut “But” from Your Vocabulary
https://hbr.org/2022/08/for-better-negotiations-cut-but-from-your-vocabulary
People don’t hear “not” but they focus on “but.” This article can help you radically improve your feedback by moving beyond the “buts” in your life.
19.08.2022
Setting boundaries is more than just saying “no”
Setting boundaries is a proactive way of creating healthy relationships and improving your well being. It is an essential tool to teach our young people. If you have a young person (or more than one) in your life, read this article together and discuss what boundaries all of you might need to set with each other and with others.
18.08.2022
There are 5 mental strengths you need to be successful in life, says psychotherapist. Do you have them?
https://apple.news/Aj5xZfyf3Qa-vdWzVUH33aA
Mental strengths are like any other strengths in your body. They can be developed, but they must be identified and exercised. Specific exercises are needed for each area. You wouldn’t do sit ups to increase your biceps (though there might be residual effects that apply to your overall physique).
17.08.2022
Best Online Advice for ADHD
https://www.verywellmind.com/best-online-advice-for-adhd-6455751
So many more children and teens are being diagnosed with ADHD these days. Is that because we are spending more time at home with each other and/or because we are becoming increasingly aware of the symptoms and diagnosis? Early recognition and treatment is critical for improving outcomes for those on the spectrum of this diagnosis.
This Week’s Links
23.08.2022
America’s most remarkable kid died in Newcastle, Utah — his legacy never will
5-year-old gave his mom advice for handling nerves. It was both adorable and spot-on.
https://www.upworthy.com/5-year-old-gives-adorable-advice-to-nervous-mom-rp
41 People Messing With Statues In The Most Hilarious Way Ever, As Shared On This Twitter Page
https://www.boredpanda.com/people-having-fun-with-statues/
Fauci stepping down in December
https://www.axios.com/2022/08/22/fauci-stepping-down-in-december
COVID has evolved to make you sicker quicker, new study finds
22.08.2022
5 Books on How to Argue Without Being a Jerk
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/5-books-argue-without-jerk/35419/
Want to be an effective leader? Follow these 12 steps
This Simple Meditation Exercise Can Help You Let Go of Rage and Find Inner Peace
https://www.womansworld.com/posts/health/rage-release-meditation-exercise
Bill Gates Says This Is the World's Deadliest Animal and the Data Shows He's Right
https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/bill-gates-mosquitoes-mosquito-week-wolbachia.html
11 Most Useless Job Skills Companies Don’t Want Today
https://financebuzz.com/most-useless-job-skills
The Top 10 Most In-Demand Skills For The Next 10 Years
The CDC has guided the U.S. COVID epidemic to a soft landing. It’s a manufactured conclusion that flies in the face of scientific advice
21.08.2022
11 Children’s Books That Inspire Imagination
https://www.britannica.com/reviews/childrens-books-imagination
I talked to 70 parents of highly successful adults—here are 4 phrases they never used when their kids were young
20.08.2022
For Better Negotiations, Cut “But” from Your Vocabulary
https://hbr.org/2022/08/for-better-negotiations-cut-but-from-your-vocabulary
New model for predicting belief change
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-belief.html
Using a cognitive network model of moral and social beliefs to explain belief change
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm0137
New COVID Testing Guidelines for Home: How to Get an Accurate COVID Test Result
5 Simple Yet Essential Self-Care Tips That Can Change Your Life - Tiny Buddha
19.08.2022
Setting boundaries is more than just saying “no”
Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/good-arguments-debate-teaches-us-listen-heard-bookbite/35390/
“Most have thrown their hands up”: Has the U.S. forgotten about COVID?
https://apple.news/AwCe24kJDTsCHNT1DMftteA
18.08.2022
There are 5 mental strengths you need to be successful in life, says psychotherapist. Do you have them?
https://apple.news/Aj5xZfyf3Qa-vdWzVUH33aA
This Educator Shared Why She's Not Surprised There's A National Teacher Shortage, And It's The Crushing Reality Many Teachers Are Facing Right Now
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jenniferadams2/teacher-shortage-discussion
How to Treat Anger Issues in Kids
https://www.verywellhealth.com/anger-issues-in-kids-5324942
This Simple Meditation Exercise Can Help You Let Go of Rage and Find Inner Peace
https://www.firstforwomen.com/posts/mental-health/rage-release-meditation-exercise
Texas school district withdraws Anne Frank's diary from classrooms after parental complaints
17.08.2022
Best Online Advice for ADHD
https://www.verywellmind.com/best-online-advice-for-adhd-6455751
7 Ways To Motivate A Kid With ADHD To Do Homework And Chores
https://www.fatherly.com/parenting/how-motivate-kid-adhd-chores-homework
The Swedish philosophy of lagom: how “just enough” is all you need
https://bigthink.com/thinking/swedish-philosophy-lagom-just-enough/
It's a good idea to get COVID-19 booster shot now, not wait for next version, says virologist
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/booster-shot-covid-19-saskatchewan-1.6552422?cmp=rss
COVID-19 & Youth Mental Health
Some political conservatives are attacking the essence of education: scientific research and verified historical events. Sadly, their attacks move beyond maturity and into attacking people. Such attacks devalue education and threaten the lives of LGBTQ+ youth.
Year 3, Week 18 (120 total reports)
10.08.2022-16.08.2022
This Week’s Top Links
16.08.2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked for saying teachers are “monsters” turning kids transgender
I’ve tried not to make this a political column, but I’ve begun to believe that one of the biggest threats to quality education and critically-thinking children are ultra-conservative politicians like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Ron DeSantis. Of course, they are sadly just a vanguard, but their desire to attack LGBTQ+ rights and Critical Race Theory as well as inciting book-burnings in libraries and book-banning in schools, makes them impossible to ignore. Unfortunately, unlike mature people, sticking to the issues is not enough, they need to attack people as well. Education AND educators are under attack by this group and the result is going to be a WHITE-washed version of education that only teaches what they deem politically acceptable.
15.08.2022
Florida Has An Outrageous New Law Targeting Teachers. Here's Why I'll Be Breaking It.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florida-stop-woke-act-teacher_n_62ebd29ce4b0da5ec0f252ec
I applaud this Florida teacher and his bold honesty. I remember sitting—while the mask mandate was still in effect—next to a man on an airplane who refused to wear his mask (except when a flight attendant walked by). If you’re going to make a statement or pronounce your beliefs; do it consistently and accept the consequences. Anything less is cowardice.
14.08.2022
Student Motivation: Making Students’ Work Relevant
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/video-student-motivation-making-students-work-relevant/2019/12
This finding should be pretty obvious, but I’m glad someone funded a study to back up the assumption with research. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about students or adult employees, relevance is a key factor in motivation. The other key component is that we need to have Empathic Relevance. It doesn’t matter if the work we’re asking is relevant to the employer, the teacher or the parent—is it relevant to the person doing the work? If it is not relevant to that person, there will be no motivational value.
13.08.2022
What to Know About Raising Neurodivergent Kids
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-to-know-about-raising-neurodivergent-kids-5666990
This is a great overview for understanding a number of neurodiverse diagnoses. Let this article serve as a starting place for learning more and what steps should be taken next if you feel a child you are raising, educating or assisting is on the spectrum of neurodiversity.
12.08.2022
Politicians seek to control classroom discussions about slavery in the US
History should not be interpreted by politics, but by events. Political opinions are not always factual—and sometimes not even based in fact—no matter how much a person wants them to be. As parent(s), guardians or educators we need to ask if we want to raise a generation that makes decisions based upon opinions or facts.
11.08.2022
Meet the Teens Fighting Book Bans with Banned Book Clubs
https://www.rd.com/article/banned-book-club/
I admire these students and think their work needs to be recognized. There is a time for civil disobedience and that response is not tied to age, gender or sexual preference.
10.08.2022
Hit by Baseball Response
https://twitter.com/jomboy_/status/1557060790846382080?s=24&t=vms8DcCTgwQjFNb5vGg6iA
If you haven’t had your dose of “feel good” this week, start here. All of us could learn about sportsmanship and compassion from the responses of these young people.
This Week’s Links
16.08.2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked for saying teachers are “monsters” turning kids transgender
A kindergarten teacher ‘talking to Trump’ about the FBI raid is hilariously on the nose
https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2022/08/16/funny-kindergarten-teacher-talking-to-trump/
It’s Okay to Have No Purpose Beyond Being and Enjoying This Moment - Tiny Buddha
https://tinybuddha.com/blog/its-okay-to-have-no-purpose-beyond-being-and-enjoying-this-moment/
Sharpen Your Thinking with These 10 Powerful Cognitive Razors
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/10-cognitive-razors-to-help-simplify-decision-making/
5 steps to stop an anxiety spiral, according to a therapist
https://www.mother.ly/health-wellness/mental-health/how-to-stop-an-anxiety-spiral/
How to Use Your Breathing to Stop Stress Instantly, According to a Stanford Neuroscientist
3 Steps to Turn Fear into Opportunity.
https://www.inc.com/ken-sterling/master-your-fear-to-find-opportunity-in-uncertainty.html
10 Books You Read as a Kid That are Worth Rereading as an Adult
https://bookriot.com/kid-books-worth-reading/
15.08.2022
Florida Has An Outrageous New Law Targeting Teachers. Here's Why I'll Be Breaking It.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florida-stop-woke-act-teacher_n_62ebd29ce4b0da5ec0f252ec
3 books to help you feel more fulfilled in life and at work, according to a happiness scholar
Microcoaching: The Next Generation Of Personal Development
Only One Social Media Platform Is Used by 95% of Teens (And It's Not TikTok)
https://www.pcmag.com/news/only-one-social-media-platform-is-used-by-95-of-teens-and-its-not-tiktok
The COVID lab leak theory is dead. Here's how we know the virus came from a Wuhan market
New COVID Variant Is Shaping Up to Be a Déjà Vu Nightmare
Superior protection with 'mix-and-match' COVID-19 booster strategy
Health Experts Worry New CDC COVID-19 Guidelines Are ‘Fundamentally Flawed’
14.08.2022
Student Motivation: Making Students’ Work Relevant
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/video-student-motivation-making-students-work-relevant/2019/12
7 TED Talks To Change How We Look At Ourselves
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhall/2022/08/14/7-ted-talks-to-change-how-we-look-at-ourselves/
Parents who make these 3 mistakes are more likely to raise narcissistic kids, says parenting expert
13.08.2022
What to Know About Raising Neurodivergent Kids
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-to-know-about-raising-neurodivergent-kids-5666990
How to Rewire Your Brain for Healing
https://health.usnews.com/health-care/for-better/articles/how-to-rewire-your-brain-for-healing
Wastewater is trying to tell us something about the future of COVID, polio, monkeypox, and the next epidemic to come
12.08.2022
Politicians seek to control classroom discussions about slavery in the US
Florida Teacher Quits After Posters of Black Heroes Were Removed From His Classroom
https://jezebel.com/florida-teacher-quits-after-posters-of-black-heroes-wer-1849401641
30 of the Most Influential Children’s Books of All Time
https://bookriot.com/most-influential-childrens-books/
The 7 Best Educational Apps for Kids, According to Learning Specialists
https://www.britannica.com/reviews/educational-apps
Parents Are Sharing The 'Secret Codes' Their Kids Use When They Need A Way Home Fast
https://www.scarymommy.com/parenting/parenting-secret-codes-kids
Natural Anxiety Remedies: How to Manage Daily Anxiety Without Medication
Social media use is a form of dissociation, not addiction
https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/social-media-addiction-dissociation/
Teens have abandoned Facebook, Pew study says
https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/11/teens-abandoned-facebook-pew-study/
COVID-19 variants keep getting more contagious. Here’s why.
https://apple.news/Ay6pxCEggR0-UDzzj_YNpdw
The US is on a Covid plateau, and no one's sure what will happen next
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/10/health/covid-plateau-uncertainty/
11.08.2022
Meet the Teens Fighting Book Bans with Banned Book Clubs
https://www.rd.com/article/banned-book-club/
Watch This Psychologist Break Down How To Build Your Child's Sense of Internal Safety
The Right Way to Lead the Introverts on Your Team
https://www.inc.com/jenny-wood/the-right-way-to-lead-introverts-on-your-team.html
To Get Out of Your Head, Get Out of Your House
‘Habit Stacking’ Is the Simple Mind Trick for Making a New Routine or Ritual Stick
https://www.wellandgood.com/habit-stacking/
Cognitive biases and brain biology help explain why facts don’t change minds
Four Principles For Being Present, According To Albert Camus
https://digg.com/human-nature/link/albert-camus-4-principles-for-being-present-KqaGgnkAlN
When COVID finally came for me, meditating made a huge difference
https://mashable.com/article/can-meditation-help-with-covid
Malcolm Gladwell Says Remote Work Is Bad for Employees--and a Lot of People Are Very Mad at Him
https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/malcolm-gladwell-criticizes-remote-work-engagement-podcast.html
4 Creative Thinking Skills To Employ in Brainstorming Sessions
https://hive.com/blog/creative-brainstorming-session/
10.08.2022
Hit by Baseball Response
https://twitter.com/jomboy_/status/1557060790846382080?s=24&t=vms8DcCTgwQjFNb5vGg6iA
Your inability to ‘quiet your mind’ isn’t due to lack of effort. It’s the wrong goal
A neuroscientist’s insights on the adolescent brain
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/08/09/brain-adolescents-neuroscience/
6 First Day of Preschool Tips to Nix Those Jitters and Get Out the Door on Time
Year 3, Week 17 (119 total reports) COVID-19 & Youth Mental Health
Prejudice cannot withstand relationship and neither can poverty. The most critical role of leadership—especially for young people—is connecting them to a healthy community.
03.08.2022-09.08.2022
This Week’s Top Links
09.08.2020
Leading with Heart: Five Conversations That Unlock Creativity, Purpose, and Results
We all lead, even if we don’t want to. Some people have a really high need to be in control and others have a high need to give up control. But… what if leadership is not about control (it’s not), what if it’s about helping people be more creative? Look at the list above and think, “to whom you’d like to offer these abilities?” To help people unlock creativity, discover purpose and obtain results in their endeavors; aren’t all of our encounters opportunities for leadership?
08.08.2022
It really is who you know: Social mobility and schools
https://www.marketplace.org/2022/08/08/it-really-is-who-you-know-social-mobility-and-schools/
Prejudice cannot withstand relationship and neither, apparently, can poverty. There are two roles of education—whether it be public, private or religious; 1) to foster wonder and 2) to build relationship. We deeply need to be bridge-builders today and primarily to build bridges between those who have and those who don’t. In my own observations, I’ve witnessed that true community leaders from all walks of life want to be in relationship with those who are vulnerable. Setting up those relationships in ways that are mutually beneficial takes purposeful creativity. If you are teaching, if you are a parent, if you are part of a group home, you need to be connecting your kids to a wide circle of caring community members. That’s all they’ll have once they are no longer a part of our lives. I’d go so far as saying that all of the institutions surrounding children need someone specifically assigned to learn the interests of young people and create opportunities for relationship between them and caring members of the community.
07.08.2022
[OPINION] Why is it difficult to teach, learn under new normal? A sociology of flexible learning
There will never again be solely class-based learning. That was never a good model for educating and leading people anyway. Perhaps one of the few gifts of the pandemic was to show us that offices and classrooms can be impediments as much as opportunities. Now we are required to teach and lead in a flexible manner. New strategies are required to make the most out of working/learning from home and time in the office or classroom. COVID forced us to start improving the technology. Now we need to improve the content and delivery.
06.08.2022
In 4 Words, Google CEO Sundar Pichai Just Gave the Best Advice on How to Lead. It Also Works for How to Raise Successful Kids
Four words, but so impactful. It could forever change the way your children, students or co-workers view themselves. Learn the words and strategize on how to use the concept in your relationships.
05.08.2022
Rich People Problems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNGKySl7fic
This three-part video is great if you are like me and occasionally need to “Check you privilege at the door.” Also, if you just need something to laugh at, share this with others.
04.08.2022
There's a Teacher Shortage Hitting Our Schools—Here's What To Expect When School Starts
The education system was broken before COVID and the pandemic simply exasperated the cracks in the structure. We are grossly close to having a failed education state and it will take a society-wide response to start repairing. In the meantime, a little sincere gratitude goes a long way. Let’s back that sincerity up with the dollars and respect needed to support teachers. Take a look at the next link (below) to see what you can do to gear up for the return to the classroom this year. For sure, it’s going to be different. I’m all in support of an improved infrastructure, but we are learning that even that won’t sustain us if we don’t have a scientifically-informed public that can recognize conspiracy theorists.
03.08.2022
What precautions should families take as children return to school? Our medical analyst explains
https://apple.news/AMfOXRrzXTHusWSLJyMDWeQ
This link has sage and sound advice to prepare your kids for a return to school during the Omicron phase of this virus. As many people believe that the pandemic is over—simply because they’re tired of dealing with it—because of that, conscientious parent(s) and caregivers need to be even more vigilant. Rational people know that viruses don’t care about our feelings or whether we’re done with the precautions.
This Week’s Links
09.08.2020
Leading with Heart: Five Conversations That Unlock Creativity, Purpose, and Results
How Burnout Physically Changes Your Brain (It's Not Pretty)
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/burnout-brain-chemistry-mental-health.html
Teens Wake At 4:30am To Shovel Neighbor’s Driveway So She Can Make It To Her Dialysis Appointment
https://blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com/teens-shovel-neighbors-driveway-for-dialysis/
Top Australian professor's astonishing Covid message as the 'alarming' health impact on kids from two years of coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions is revealed
‘Social Contagion’ And 4 More Myths About Trans Youth, Debunked
https://www.fatherly.com/news/social-contagion-theory-study-lgbtq-kids
The value of reading to kids is now visible
https://www.ncnewspress.com/2022/08/08/the-value-of-reading-to-kids-is-now-visible/
Three reasons teens need later school start times - MindShift
https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/59625/three-reasons-teens-need-later-school-start-times
COVID test identifies variants with 100% accuracy
"Feeling the need to be busy all the time is a trauma response and a fear-based distraction from what you'd be forced to acknowledge and feel if you slowed down." ~Dr. Sarah Sarkis⠀
https://twitter.com/tinybuddha/status/1555316403363782662/photo/1
"The kindest people are not born that way, they are made. They are the souls that have experienced much at the hands of life, they are the ones who have dug themselves out of the dark, who have fought to turn every loss into a lesson...."
https://twitter.com/tinybuddha/status/1556728216987045893/photo/1
Degrees Don’t Equal Dollars: Google Exec Launched Career Certificate Program To Open In-demand, High-paying Career Fields To Everyone
08.08.2022
It really is who you know: Social mobility and schools
https://www.marketplace.org/2022/08/08/it-really-is-who-you-know-social-mobility-and-schools/
Trans equality wins in federal court as state Medicaid ordered to pay for gender affirming care
Why tween girls especially are struggling so much
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/08/08/tween-girls-mental-health/
Emotional wellbeing: how to find joy when the world feels so heavy and uncertain
https://www.stylist.co.uk/health/mental-health/emotions-how-to-find-joy-in-uncertainty/693291
The US on the Verge of a Remarkable Moment
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3803691/bill-gates/us-verge-remarkable-moment
Six ways to beat Attention Deficit Disorder
Trans equality wins in federal court as state Medicaid ordered to pay for gender affirming care
Monkeypox at a daycare was ‘only a matter of time,’ expert says. Next up: pools, sports, schools
Insulin Will Remain Expensive for Many, Thanks to Republicans
07.08.2022
[OPINION] Why is it difficult to teach, learn under new normal? A sociology of flexible learning
Hate groups are registering as churches now. 40 Congressmembers want the IRS to investigate.
Want to Raise Successful Kids? Neuroscience Says Teach Them This Crucial Brain Habit
People with dyslexia have ‘enhanced abilities’, says this UK study
https://theprint.in/health/people-with-dyslexia-have-enhanced-abilities-says-this-uk-study/1070484/
Best Subscriptions for Autistic Kids
https://www.verywellfamily.com/best-subscriptions-for-autistic-kids-6363174
New CDC study finds children at risk for heart problems, kidney failure, after COVID-19 infection
Long Covid: everything you need to know about the newly identified three types and their symptoms
https://www.stylist.co.uk/health/long-covid-three-subtypes-symptoms/693259
06.08.2022
In 4 Words, Google CEO Sundar Pichai Just Gave the Best Advice on How to Lead. It Also Works for How to Raise Successful Kids
Willed Helplessness Is the American Condition
https://apple.news/AmU3Ms1EPSbKZM5Jp9Iqdnw
Why it's important to think about social media use as a form of dissociation, rather than addiction
A Therapist Explains How to 'Detox' After an Encounter With a Narcissist
https://apple.news/AIohLoCZgRSa_nJsDyq-_nw
6 Easy-To-Practice Mindfulness Activities For Kids (& Parents)
https://www.romper.com/parenting/mindfulness-activities-for-kids
Masked and vaccinated students didn’t catch COVID in classrooms
College Students Can Future-Proof Their Careers With These Five Skills
https://apple.news/A_mzPVIEvTqOYuTFbCaHlvA
The Three COVID Developments I’m Still Holding Out Hope For
https://apple.news/AjmloxvxpRxmBlfDsSEEgBA
05.08.2022
Rich People Problems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNGKySl7fic
How To Deal With Anxiety: 5 Coping Skills – Forbes Health
https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/how-to-deal-with-anxiety/
Children Are the Less Fit than They’ve Ever Been Due to Climate Change
https://flipboard.com/video/veuer/a87b7b13f8
Those vaccinated and got infected this year less likely to develop long Covid: NCID
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/1-in-8-adults-develop-long-covid-lancet-study-suggests
How to Be Happy, According to Science
https://www.cnet.com/culture/how-to-be-happy-according-to-science/
The Coronavirus Has One Strategy We Can’t Vaccinate Against
https://apple.news/AJuo38JkYS-udqSalq8v3lA
04.08.2022
There's a Teacher Shortage Hitting Our Schools—Here's What To Expect When School Starts
How Florida Twisted Science to Deny Healthcare to Trans Kids
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7gg54/florida-transgender-healthcare-minors
Tips for parents on keeping kids safe online
https://theconversation.com/tips-for-parents-on-keeping-kids-safe-online-188086
Study Shows Anti-Vaxx Influencers Target Three Types Of Moms
https://www.scarymommy.com/parenting/anti-vaxx-influencers-target-these-three-types-of-moms
5 Ways to Open Up Your Thinking to All Kinds of Possibilities
Dr. Fauci: If you aren't up-to-date on Covid vaccines and boosters, you’re ‘going to get into trouble’
03.08.2022
What precautions should families take as children return to school? Our medical analyst explains
https://apple.news/AMfOXRrzXTHusWSLJyMDWeQ
Stop Pretending COVID Isn’t Still a Serious Illness
Study shows probability of getting COVID for mask wearers vs. non-mask wearers
What to Say to Your Kids Instead of “Hurry Up”…and Actually Get Them Out the Door
Schools need tutors and mentors. Can a new federal initiative find 250,000?
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2022/8/2/23288698/national-partnership-student-success-school-tutors
Watching TV at bedtime is associated with worse sleep quality among toddlers, and in turn, future behavioral issues
Ways To Organize And Prepare For Back To School At Home
https://www.housedigest.com/950616/ways-to-organize-and-prepare-for-back-to-school-at-home/
Adoption Will Never Be the “Solution” to Abortion Bans. Take It from Me, an Adoptive Mother
How to Teach Your Kids the Difference Between Wants and Needs
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-teach-your-kids-the-difference-between-wants-and-1849360263
Think You’ve Never Had Covid-19? Think Again
https://apple.news/A3JUXQ3BLSu-1Jiy4KIpFGg
You’re Traveling Abroad. You Test Positive for COVID. You Board Your Flight Anyway.
Year 3, Week 16 (118 total reports)COVID-19 & Youth Mental Health
In an uplifting video, watch a child teach us how to fail. Learning to take an intentional stand for conversation and understanding. The steps to self-compassion that lead to being more compassionate.
Year 3, Week 16 (118 total reports)
COVID-19 & Youth Mental Health
27.07.2022-02.08.2022
This Week’s Top Links
02.08.2022
The Two-Choice Method Cut My Kid’s Tantrums in Half
This is a tried and true technique used by intelligent parent(s) and caregivers for ages.
01.08.2022
The Intentional Stance and its Role in Political Discourse | Opinion
If the news is correct (and it often isn’t) the polarity between political, racial, cultural and religious groups is growing and hardening. This article helps us create a mindset that sees beyond the closed-minded approach of black and white, your way or my way and my way or the highway. Just remember, the role of news is to shock and entertain you. I often find they report the worst and tell us it is the average.
31.07.2022
How to Forgive Ourselves for What We Can’t Change
https://apple.news/Ab_ZcUmzdTeyOihMdNASSZg
This is an excerpt from a series of podcasts called, “How to Start Over.” It is worth the listen as we strive to build a wellspring of self-compassion that flows into empathy for others.
30.07.2022
The Pandemic Taught Us That Kids Are Resilient. Parents Are Not.
This personal reflection article reminds us of the angst many parents feel after having children locked in and away from playdates for multiple years. In this case, the mother has never had a playdate for her young child. The article points out that children are more resilient and bounce back better than adults. I don’t think that applies to tweens and teens who many would arguably have had the worst experience during this pandemic. It would help us to remember that resilience comes from being able to reveal and categorize our adverse experiences with another person. Someone whose regulated personal behavior can meet us where our dysregulated needs are raw and bring us to their level of calm.
29.07.2022
Be a Beginner
https://tricycle.org/dailydharma/the-power-of-not-knowing-2/
This saying by Meister Eckhart offers excellent wisdom as a mantra for meeting any new day or situation.
28.07.2022
California's crack-of-dawn school ban could set a national trend
https://www.axios.com/2022/07/28/california-school-start-times
Finally, a state education system that is looking at research and responding to meet children’s needs! There is a link below (02.08.2022) to research indicating children need a minimum of nine hours sleep at night, that is a minimum. That amount increases for teens whose brains are growing in overtime and consuming huge amounts of energy. This means caregivers must help young people regulate BOTH sides of the sleep equation: Being ready for sleep and waking up. More school systems need to “wake up” to the damage short sleep cycles inflict on young people and how it affects their learning and behavior. Thanks for this start, California!
27.07.2022
Watch: Boy dances after falling from his bicycle, inspires social media users
My most enjoyable link this week, perhaps also the most educational as well. Consider how much we could learn from using this boy’s response to a life-fail. Watch this with your family, team, young people and create an opportunity for discussion around celebrating failure.
This Week’s Links
02.08.2022
The Two-Choice Method Cut My Kid’s Tantrums in Half
Take Away Their Cellphones
https://www.educationnext.org/take-away-their-cellphones-rewire-schools-belonging-achievement/
Self-compassion makes you a better person. Here’s how to practice it.
https://www.vox.com/even-better/23274105/self-compassion-shame-anxiety-depression
People share the 18 things that are a 'subtle sign' someone is really smart
https://www.upworthy.com/people-share-the-things-that-are-a-subtle-sign-someone-is-really-smart
Republican States Sue to Let Schools Block LGBTQ Children From Getting Meals
Ban on 52 Books in Largest Utah School District is a Worrisome Escalation of Censorship
How Much Sleep Do Kids Need? New Study Says At Least 9 Hours
https://www.fatherly.com/news/kids-who-get-less-than-9-hours-of-sleep-suffer-greatly-study-shows
3 Biggest Signs Your Child Has ADHD
https://www.yourtango.com/family/3-most-common-signs-child-adhd
People vaccinated against Covid share common symptom after testing positive
01.08.2022
The Intentional Stance and its Role in Political Discourse | Opinion
Inside the dark corners of the internet that breed mass shooters
https://apple.news/AwjoxcYdxQpi5ZHEp9aIv4w
PROOF POINTS: Early data on ‘high-dosage’ tutoring shows schools are sometimes finding it tough to deliver even low doses
How To Deal With People You Can’t Stand
Most COVID Patients Did This Before Getting Sick
https://www.eatthis.com/news-most-covid-patients-did-this-before-getting-sick/
How the COVID-19 pandemic has changed Americans’ health
https://apple.news/A5rn3MgHYS6WC5eH2DO1bhA
Massive study links long COVID to hair loss and reduced libido
https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/long-covid-hair-loss-libido-three-different-conditions/
Long COVID should make us rethink disability – and the way we offer support to those with 'invisible conditions'
31.07.2022
How to Forgive Ourselves for What We Can’t Change
https://apple.news/Ab_ZcUmzdTeyOihMdNASSZg
The BA.5 Wave Is What COVID Normal Looks Like
https://apple.news/A8xijcyyDSraF2qotjJSMUA
Have better conversations with friends — or anyone
https://apple.news/ACLz4nfEFSqq6l8qzJ5qi7A
The Big Happiness Interview: How to heal your past trauma to have a happier future
George Jetson Will Be Born This Sunday July 31, 2022, According to Hanna-Barbera Show’s Lore
https://www.indiewire.com/2022/07/george-jetson-will-be-born-sunday-july-31-2022-1234746724/
Risks Of Reinfection And Long COVID: The Pandemic Is Not Over
https://worldcrunch.com/coronavirus/long-covid-pandemic-risks
How Much Rest Do You Really Need When You Get Covid-19?
https://apple.news/AjKL3Kf0jTD2hH6ulvEujWQ
30.07.2022
The Pandemic Taught Us That Kids Are Resilient. Parents Are Not.
Don’t Aim To Be a Perfect Leader — Aim For Conscious Leadership, Instead
https://hive.com/blog/conscious-leadership/
This interactive map highlights the most notable person from your hometown
Updated COVID Vaccine Boosters to Roll Out in Fall
https://www.cnet.com/health/medical/updated-covid-vaccine-boosters-to-roll-out-in-fall/
COVID vax patch beats needles for fighting variants
https://www.futurity.org/covid-vaccine-patch-2774912-2/
29.07.2022
Be a Beginner
https://tricycle.org/dailydharma/the-power-of-not-knowing-2/
7 Free Resources for Teens to Help Restore Confidence & Control of Their Future
https://www.verywellmind.com/free-resources-for-teens-to-help-improve-confidence-6273881
Telehealth treatment for addiction was a rare pandemic success. Why is it in jeopardy?
Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control book review - We have ways of making you believe what we want
What We Know About BA.5
https://www.cnet.com/health/medical/what-we-know-about-ba-5/
Summer boosters for people under 50 shelved in favor of updated boosters in the fall
The “Consulting Humor” Instagram Page Shares Painfully Funny Memes For Consultants (137 Pics)
https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-consulting-humor-jokes/
28.07.2022
California's crack-of-dawn school ban could set a national trend
https://www.axios.com/2022/07/28/california-school-start-times
How to Be Happy According to Plato
https://www.thecollector.com/how-to-be-happy-according-to-plato/
California's crack-of-dawn school ban could set a national trend
https://www.axios.com/2022/07/28/california-school-start-times
How to Teach Your Kids to Let You Know When They’re Struggling
Feeling overwhelmed: 6 steps to take when everything feels like too much to manage
https://www.stylist.co.uk/health/mental-health/how-to-stop-feeling-overwhelmed/688881
'When my predecessor got COVID he was taken to the hospital by helicopter. When I got it, I worked for five days': Biden mocks Trump's COVID diagnosis as he tests negative and leaves WH isolation
Think you have Omicron but keep testing negative? An expert says to trust your gut: ‘If you feel confident you have COVID, you probably have COVID’
Four Musicians Play an Amusing Cover of ‘Billie Jean’ by Michael Jackson on a Single Guitar
https://laughingsquid.com/four-musicians-one-guitar-billie-jean/
These are the 15 "Unhealthiest" Habits, Say Experts
https://www.eatthis.com/news-the-unhealthiest-habits-say-experts/
Newly published evidence points to Wuhan seafood market as pandemic origin point
Sure Signs You've Already Had COVID, Says Dr. Fauci
https://www.eatthis.com/news-sure-signs-youve-already-had-covid-says-dr-fauci/
Don't Toss Those Cardboard Tubes! 10 Ways to Reuse Them
https://home.howstuffworks.com/green-living/reuse-cardboard-tubes.htm
27.07.2022
Watch: Boy dances after falling from his bicycle, inspires social media users
How Strict Parents Can Actually Make Their Teens More Rebellious
How can we cope with collective trauma?
https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/mind-and-spirit/article-713163
3 Research-Backed Ways To Create Fun at Work
https://www.inc.com/rebecca-hinds/the-surprising-science-of-having-fun-at-work.html
Is Your Team Agile Or Fragile?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2022/07/27/is-your-team-agile-or-fragile/
Millions of US children remain unvaccinated as BA.5 spreads and new school year looms
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/27/health/kids-covid-vaccine-booster-back-to-school/
COVID is at or near record levels around the country. Stanford and Google scientists say one (pretty gross) indicator doesn’t lie
https://fortune.com/2022/07/26/covid-at-near-record-levels-united-states-wasterwater-testing/
Now should I worry about monkeypox? Our medical analyst explains
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/27/health/monkeypox-vaccine-health-wen-wellness/
Year 3, Week 15 (117 total reports)COVID-19 & Youth Mental Health
Thought police moving into schools, teaching youth how to identify and resist disinformation, helping young people belong. These topics are in our top links this week.
COVID-19 & Youth Mental Health
20.07.2022-27.07.2022
This Week’s Top Links
26.07.2022
A Classroom Without Books: Florida Teachers Told To Remove Classroom Libraries for Review
https://bookriot.com/florida-teachers-remove-classroom-libraries/
Prepare for the thought police to start monitoring your school and classroom libraries, beginning this fall with Florida. This dystopian conservative religious nightmare seems straight from a Ray Bradbury or Margaret Atwood novel. Curricula and books will be chosen, not for historical accuracy, but for political ideology as defined by the likes of Ron DeSantis, Greg Abbott, Donald Trump, Stephen Bannon, Alex Jones and any other conservative, right-wing megaphone that has their party’s ear. A decidedly dangerous way to raise a new generation of United States leaders.
25.07.2022
High school students in Seattle educate community on how to identify and combat misinformation
This article brings great news, especially in light of Tuesday’s highlighted link. A local community college offered high school students the opportunity to attend a “Misinformation Night” where the focus was to learn how to identify and deal with misinformation. Teaching older students HOW TO THINK; that’s education!
24.07.2022
10 Warning Signs That You Have a Toxic Parent, According to a Therapist
https://apple.news/Awj5Gz4SFT9CGFgnSr-P0cA
It is important to know if you had a toxic parent or if you show signs of being one. Take time to read through these warning signs to examine your own emotional history and to be wary of what you pass on to children in your care.
23.07.2022
Four (Secret) Keys to Student Engagement - ASCD
https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/four-(secret)-keys-to-student-engagement
I especially appreciated the graphs and well-researched quadrants in this article identifying four major ways to increase student engagement.
22.07.2022
Feelings of Belonging May Indicate Students’ Risk of Depression
The sense of belonging is a leading reason most youth become gang-engaged. If adult care-givers could understand how much behavior is driven by the need-to-belong—and especially in the eyes of other youth—we would go ALL OUT creating opportunities for such youth involvement. I worry that church youth groups used to focus on exactly these types of things, but over the years, I’ve watched many such groups focus more on denominational Catechesis rather than youth development and it has left many youth adrift. This article could indeed serve as a call-to-respond for many youth leaders. Our young people need opportunities to foster healthy relationships and not just religious indoctrination.
21.07.2022
What Is Intellectual Humility? (Hint: More People Probably Need It)
The source of this interview is one of my new must-reads. Here is what Dr. Fedrick defines as Intellectual Humility; “Intellectual humility is the understanding and acceptance that not everything you believe to be true is an absolute truth. It is the ability and willingness to allow your beliefs and opinions to be challenged and respecting that alternative truths might exist.”
We could all use a good dose of Intellectual Humility. Both to absorb this concept, define it as an ideal and then model it to others. How can we exhibit this quality in our interactions as youth caregivers?
20.07.2022
I’m a child expert, these are the 8 things you should NEVER talk to your kids about
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/16146656/child-expert-things-never-talk-kids-about/
This article took me by surprise. I’ve been lured into focusing on all the things we SHOULD talk to our children/youth about, but these 8 NEVER-TALK items should be present in our training conversations as well.
This Week’s Links
26.07.2022
A Classroom Without Books: Florida Teachers Told To Remove Classroom Libraries for Review
https://bookriot.com/florida-teachers-remove-classroom-libraries/
Mindless Habits Causing Anxiety
https://apple.news/Agm9LMvz9Rp2xq-j0-CZ33g
A Neuroscientist Recommends 5 Books to Help You Get Unstuck at Work
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/books-stress-mental-well-being.html
We Have Collected Tons Of Comedy Quotes To Give You A Good Laugh
https://www.boredpanda.com/comedy-quotes/
25.07.2022
High school students in Seattle educate community on how to identify and combat misinformation
We’ve all got Covid-19 fatigue, but BA.5 shows it’s not over
https://www.vox.com/2022/7/24/23275962/ba-5-covid-variant-strain-public-health-response
How Dangerous Is Covid-19 Now?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertpearl/2022/07/25/how-dangerous-is-covid-19-now/
Monkeypox in the US: This map shows states where it’s spreading as WHO declares health emergency
50 uplifting book quotes about happiness
https://www.stylist.co.uk/books/uplifting-book-quotes-about-happiness/685483
24.07.2022
10 Warning Signs That You Have a Toxic Parent, According to a Therapist
https://apple.news/Awj5Gz4SFT9CGFgnSr-P0cA
Another COVID Wave Is Here: What to Know About BA.5
https://www.cnet.com/health/medical/another-covid-wave-is-here-what-to-know-about-ba-5/
Covid expert shares four predictions for the winter and beyond
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/covid-expert-shares-four-predictions-24552818
BREAKING: Monkeypox virus declared a public health emergency: How does this impact travel?
https://thepointsguy.com/news/monkeypox-travel-impact/?utm_source=flipboard
23.07.2022
Four (Secret) Keys to Student Engagement - ASCD
https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/four-(secret)-keys-to-student-engagement
What is a 'Back-to-School Necklace'? All About This Disturbing Trend That Parents Need to Know About
https://parade.com/living/what-is-back-to-school-necklace
Introverts are 'routinely passed up' for promotions—but have 3 traits that can make great leaders, says best-selling author Susan Cain
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/23/susan-cain-why-introverts-can-be-great-leaders.html
Scientists are narrowing in on why some people keep avoiding Covid. BA.5 could end that luck.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/why-people-keep-avoiding-covid-ba5-rcna39442
With BA.5 Spiking, Is Double Masking Smart? Infectious Disease Doctors Weigh In
https://www.scarymommy.com/lifestyle/double-masking-covid
‘Never seen a virus that behaves this way’: Why COVID refuses to give us a break
https://nationalpost.com/health/when-will-covid-19-pandemic-end
Do Home COVID Tests Work for BA.5?
https://www.cnet.com/health/medical/do-home-covid-tests-work-for-ba-5/
22.07.2022
Feelings of Belonging May Indicate Students’ Risk of Depression
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation partly funded a study about COVID-19 booster shots for the BA.5 Omicron subvariant. Surprise: Boosters still work
https://fortune.com/well/2022/07/21/booster-protection-omicron-subvariant/
BA.5 COVID Symptoms Doctors Are Seeing The Most Right Now
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ba5-covid-variant-symptoms_l_62d71abde4b03dbb99119d38
21.07.2022
What Is Intellectual Humility? (Hint: More People Probably Need It)
10 Warning Signs That You Have a Toxic Parent, According to a Therapist
https://apple.news/Awj5Gz4SFT9CGFgnSr-P0cA
Catherine Price: Why fun is the secret to a healthier life
https://www.ted.com/talks/catherine_price_why_fun_is_the_secret_to_a_healthier_life
73 Earth Pics That Just Don’t Do It Justice, As Shared In This Sarcastic Group
https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-earth-landscapes-pictures/
Vomiting is a tell-tale sign of BA.5 COVID infection in kids, a pediatrician says. Here are the other signs to look out for.
https://www.businessinsider.com/kids-ba5-omicron-symptoms-diarrhea-upset-stomach-2022-7
20.07.2022
I’m a child expert, these are the 8 things you should NEVER talk to your kids about
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/16146656/child-expert-things-never-talk-kids-about/
The State of Mental Health in Teen Girls
https://www.verywellmind.com/the-state-of-mental-health-in-teen-girls-5525733
Put Your Face in Airplane Mode
https://apple.news/AWlbFwMZsQ1S6qPJ92UhCAA
7 Things We Learned About COVID’s Impact on Education From Survey of 800 Schools
30-min module turns teen stress into a positive force
5 Deceptively Simple But Highly Effective Tips To Transform Your Mindset
Boost now or wait? Many wonder how best to ride out COVID’s next wave
Year 3, Week 14 (116 total reports)COVID-19 & Youth Mental Health
We’re starting with a good laugh at ourselves this morning. These charts created by humorist, Matt Shirley, are applicable to all of us as we deal with Zoom saturation and Pandemic lethargy. Also included, why some people ignore science and how to reasonably increase joy in your life.
13.07.2022-19.06.2022
This Week’s Top Links
19.07.2022
Matt Shirley Draws Relatable And Funny Charts, And Here Are 92 Of His Freshest Ones To Make You Laugh
https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-relatable-charts-matt-shirley/
We all need some of Matt Shirley’s medicine. These charts had me giggling through my morning. Whether your dealing with Zoom saturation or wanting to visualize your boundaries, there is something for you in this hilarious post-pandemic compilation.
18.07.2022
These 4 Factors Can Explain Why So Many People Are Rejecting Science
https://www.sciencealert.com/distrust-in-science-is-causing-harm-but-these-researchers-have-a-plan
These four factors are important to understand if we’re going to move people to make decisions based upon scientific research instead of gut feelings.
17.07.2022
8 Simple (But Powerful) Choices You Can Make To Invite More Joy Into Your Life
https://www.yourtango.com/self/replenish-well-abundance
Feeling a sense of abundance is a determined choice. If you scroll down, you will find another link that ranked very high this week, “Why you’re never going to be satisfied with life.” Though it may sound negative, it is not bad news, it is really rational thinking. To think we can maintain joy continually is unsound and even unhealthy. Instead, seek out the small joys and keep track of them.
16.07.2020
Research Suggests How to Prevent Unwelcome Thoughts
https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/research-suggests-how-to-prevent-unwelcome-thoughts
Learning to reject and replace unwelcome thoughts is difficult. However, there is a science behind it and learning those methods can help free you from repetitive negative cognitive cycles. Take a moment to benefit from the research these behavioral scientists identified in Jerusalem.
15.07.2022
3 Ways to Get Students Engaged in Their Learning
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/3-ways-to-get-students-engaged-in-their-learning/2022/07
In the article linked below, “The state of learning loss: 7 takeaways from the latest data,” we learn that the learning loss gap is diminishing, but more so among younger children. Older kids are having a harder time closing that gap and an important part of that is their increased need for engagement in their own education process. This article helps identify critical techniques from learned teachers on enhancing educational engagement.
14.07.2022
The ultimate guide to building resilience so you can bounce back from tough times
Fast Company has good articles that are succinct and yet loaded with meat. This article by Gwen Moran is up-to-par. She provides concrete steps for building resilience, regardless of age and circumstance. Read this article to understand better the Habits of Resilience.
13.07.2022
How simply naming emotions can help your children
Naming intense emotions is essential to emotional maturity at any age. The sooner you can help your children do that, the happier they will be and the more fulfilling their lives can become. They will have improved social skills, better grades, more reading capacity; the benefits are almost countless. If your child (or the child you work with) has a difficult time expressing their emotions, consider consulting a Speech Language Pathologist for common assistive devices. Adult care-givers AND children will benefit from the experience of learning words for emotions.
This Week’s Links
19.07.2022
Matt Shirley Draws Relatable And Funny Charts, And Here Are 92 Of His Freshest Ones To Make You Laugh
https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-relatable-charts-matt-shirley/
Why You’re Never Going to Be Satisfied With Life
The Teachers we Remember
https://www.ted.com/talks/julie_hasson_the_teachers_we_remember
Searching for Meaning? Try Appreciating the Small Things
https://neurosciencenews.com/meaning-life-small-things-21063/
The state of learning loss: 7 takeaways from the latest data
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2022/7/19/23269210/learning-loss-recovery-data-nwea-pandemic
False negative rapid Covid tests create confusion for people with obvious symptoms
A Nasal Spray Seems to Help Clear Coronavirus in Clinical Trial
https://gizmodo.com/a-nasal-spray-seems-to-help-clear-coronavirus-in-clinic-1849191972
6 steps to making a COVID plan, before you get sick
https://theconversation.com/6-steps-to-making-a-covid-plan-before-you-get-sick-187158
Fauci says it's 'becoming more and more difficult to get people to listen' because Americans are fed up with the COVID-19 pandemic and want it 'behind them'
https://www.businessinsider.com/fauci-more-and-more-difficult-get-people-listen-covid-2022-7
18.07.2022
These 4 Factors Can Explain Why So Many People Are Rejecting Science
https://www.sciencealert.com/distrust-in-science-is-causing-harm-but-these-researchers-have-a-plan
Transform Your Life and Workplace with These Gratitude Hacks
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/428961
Science Confirms It: Beginning Your Day With This 1 Simple Task Will Help You Think and Feel Better
Diet, Exercise, and Logging Off? Rethinking Employee Wellness
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/diet-exercise-and-logging-off-rethinking-employee-wellness/
Developmental Dyslexia Was Essential For Human Survival and Still Has Benefits Today
“This Generation Must Work Twice As Hard For What Boomers Had. Here Are The Real Numbers”
https://www.boredpanda.com/gen-z-must-work-twice-hard-than-boomers/
Boost Now or Wait? What You Should Know
https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/07/18/Boost-Now-Or-Wait-What-You-Should-Know/
BA.5 doesn’t care that you just had Covid-19
https://www.vox.com/23200811/covid-19-omicron-ba5-reinfection-vaccine-paxlovid
You'll likely catch COVID-19 again and again. Will each round feel milder? | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-reinfection-risks-adults-1.6522051
17.07.2022
8 Simple (But Powerful) Choices You Can Make To Invite More Joy Into Your Life
https://www.yourtango.com/self/replenish-well-abundance
Care and Feeding: My Kids Are Such Negative Nellies. How Can I Get Them to Appreciate How Good They Have It?
https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/07/negative-kids-bad-attitude.html?via=rss_flipboard
Self-control during adolescence predicts the tendency to forgive others in adulthood, study finds
Covid case increase prompts the return of masks
COVID reinfection has a silver lining—one that may tame the pandemic
16.07.2020
Research Suggests How to Prevent Unwelcome Thoughts
https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/research-suggests-how-to-prevent-unwelcome-thoughts
Here’s Why the Novavax Vaccine Is So Different From the mRNA Options
https://www.self.com/story/how-does-novavax-covid-vaccine-work
15.07.2022
3 Ways to Get Students Engaged in Their Learning
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/3-ways-to-get-students-engaged-in-their-learning/2022/07
Research Suggests How to Prevent Unwelcome Thoughts
https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/research-suggests-how-to-prevent-unwelcome-thoughts
Here’s Why the Novavax Vaccine Is So Different From the mRNA Options
https://www.self.com/story/how-does-novavax-covid-vaccine-work
Is It Easier to Get COVID-19 Outdoors with BA.5?
https://apple.news/Aj28LNWhwRLeNu3dQc2wrBg
14.07.2022
The ultimate guide to building resilience so you can bounce back from tough times
On a Scale of 1 to 10, Here's How Worried You Should Be About The COVID Variant BA.5
Some ERs overwhelmed as another COVID-19 wave hits
https://flipboard.com/video/global-news/a07cca7c56
Sore throat and cough top symptoms that could be Covid
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-62161604
13.07.2022
How simply naming emotions can help your children
Young people’s mental health is getting worse but mindfulness training isn’t the answer, large UK study suggests
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/12/health/mindfulness-training-uk-schools-not-effective-wellness/
An Omicron vaccine is coming. Should you wait for it—or get your next booster now amid BA.5’s surge?
https://fortune.com/2022/07/12/omicron-vaccine-booster-subvariant-ba-5-pfizer-moderna-wait-timing/
New vaccine may protect against coronavirus variants, similar viruses
Fauci calls for masks indoors and warns US faces ANOTHER Covid wave due to 'waning immunity' to Omicron variant - as he returns to TV after his own battle with the virus
COVID Report: Year 3, Week 13
Happier, the importance of virtue, building cities for kids too, summer talks to help coaches and teachers understand neurodivergency. What do most people say before they die? A broad spectrum of interesting links this week. Dig deep…
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
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COVID-19 A Primer for Foster Parent(s) and Group Homes
This post was originally released at the beginning of the Pandemic, 20 March, 2020.
Coronavirus (COVID-19); A Primer for Group Homes and Foster Care
This post was originally released at the beginning of the Pandemic, 20 March, 2020. Who could have expected it would be with us for so long?
Responding To Coronavirus (COVID-19)
SAFETY IN ROUTINE
When under stress, children find safety in routine. “Don’t let this time of social distancing become social isolation for your children and youth.”
Children learn how to deal with stress by watching the adults around them deal with it. Young ones—especially those who’ve experienced adverse experiences in their lives—are “extra attuned” to subtle adult signs of stress. Be conscious of your own mindfulness and need for calm at this time.
MINDFULNESS EXERCISE
If a child does have a meltdown (or an increased number of them) remember the 3 R’s of helping children through emotional outbursts:
Regulate: There is no reasoning with a person whose emotions are boiling over. Instead, meet them where they are and bring them to your level of calm. A good example would be to sit in a soft chair together and ask your child to breath with you.
Relate: After they feel calm, it is important to reaffirm your unconditional acceptance of the child. Tell your child you understand their feelings, that feelings can sometimes be really strong and often overwhelming. Let them know you love them even when they are angry.
Reason: Only after the first two steps have been completed will children feel ready to listen and share. Now you can reason with the child. Include the child in creating positive alternatives for responding to overwhelming emotions.
THINGS TO DO
Books, cooking, music arts and crafts; this is a great opportunity to expand young minds in ways they are often too busy to pursue. It is also a chance to share mindfulness techniques together. I like to teach the children and youth I work with a Q.R.S. technique: There are three steps to it. As in all mindfulness techniques, it is important to be intentional and slow down your breathing with each step, then repeat them as often as necessary.
Q: “Quiet my brain (or mind)” let go of your racing thoughts and be present in the moment.
R: “Relax my body” (focus on a part of your body where you normally feel the stress; neck? shoulders? stomach? Wherever it is, focus on that part of your body and repeat this statement until you feel that part of your body relaxing.
S: “Smile and breath.” Slowly. When you sincerely smile for ninety seconds, it actually forces your body to release endorphins (dopamine) that stimulate the pleasure centers of your brain.
Keep in mind that your child is picking up messages about the coronavirus, some of which might be accurate, but many are not. Accuracy and optimism are critical aspects to overcoming feelings of helplessness that often occur during times like these. Show your child how to build on the things you can control and let go of the things you can’t control. You can tell your children to do this, but they need to see it role-modeled by you in order to adopt it as habitual behavior. Show them how you breathe deeply and count to ten when you feel sad or angry. Make a game of taking a moment between your feelings and your actions. You can even use sock puppets as characters in a play. Model the behavior, then let your child make up their own play.
This is an excellent time to sit down and create hand-written letters to loved ones, consider especially those in your family who are elderly or may be susceptible to Coronavirus (COVID-19), express your love and support to them. It is also a great time for children and youth to write (or draw) gratitude letters to people in their lives for whom they are grateful. Consider teachers, but you can also include people you do not know like Health Care workers, first responders and long-term care facility employees.
Before meals, discuss things for which you are grateful. Gratitude is a very important habit to grow with children and practices like this will help children not only be grateful in the moment, but also look for things they can be thankful for throughout the day—and their lives!
There are a number of things that parents can model and children can do to both slow the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and reduce the chance of infection. Here is a short list:
Hand washing: Wash hands often with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds (the length of singing “Happy Birthday”) or use this time for mindfulness such as the QRS Technique above. If hand washing is unavailable, use a sanitizer, especially after coughing or sneezing and when handling food. A sanitizer is not as effective as hand-washing, but it does reduce a significant amount of germs.
Cough/sneeze etiquette: Cough and sneeze into your arm or a clean tissue.
Keep clean: Keep hands away from your face and mouth.
Social Distancing: Stay away from large groups and when in public, keep at least 2 meters (a little over 6 feet) from the people around you. Bump elbows and avoid shaking hands. For guidelines on parks and playgrounds, please see the article below (Playgrounds, babysitters, grandparents: What’s safe for kids in the age of coronavirus?)
Stay healthy: Stay healthy by eating healthy foods, keeping physically active, getting enough sleep. Check out the article below: The Body Coach Joe Wicks is holding online PE sessions for the nation's children.
Let your child know it is okay to be concerned about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and that you are available to answer their questions. Responses don’t need to be complicated or scientific, simple and age-appropriate replies are best. If you are with an older child, looking for more in-depth responses, I’ve included two links (below) to the WHO website. Remember, regardless of age, it is always best to explore new information together. Avoid sending children and youth to explore the Internet alone. Consider the Internet is like a potentially dangerous neighborhood in your community. You wouldn’t send your child there alone nor should you send them to the Internet alone; there are too many dangers. Check out the article below, how to talk to children about coronavirus.
Canada has a resource available to children and youth that provides access to free mental health support. It’s called Kids Help Phone. It offers help in text, phone and live chat. It also helps children and youth locate available resources locally. Topics covered include COVID-19, anxiety, coping with tragedy, sexual assault, Q&A Counseling, dating, suicide, family issues and more. The link is provided below in the Online Resource section.
In an article from NPR (see link below), one high school teacher who is now home with his daughters is calling this a “Coranaissance”, combining the term Coronavirus with the Renaissance; a chance to grow the creative and artistic side of our children.
THINGS TO AVOID
The WHO (World Health Organization) has a list of things to avoid at this time.
COVID-19 has and is likely to affect people from many countries, in many geographical locations. Don’t attach it to any ethnicity or nationality. Be empathetic to those who got affected, in and from any country, those with the disease have not done anything wrong. ?
Don’t - refer to people with the disease as “COVID-19 cases”, “victims” “COVID-19 families” or the “diseased”. They are “people who have COVID-19”, “people who are being treated for COVID-19”, “people who are recovering from COVID-19” and after recovering from COVID- 19 their life will go on with their jobs, families and loved ones. ?
Avoid watching, reading or listening to news that cause you to feel anxious or distressed; seek information mainly to take practical steps to prepare your plans and protect yourself and loved ones. Seek information updates at specific times during the day once or twice. The sudden and near-constant stream of news reports about an outbreak can cause anyone to feel worried. Get the facts. Gather information at regular intervals, from WHO website and local health authorities’ platforms, in order to help you distinguish facts from rumors.
TIME FOR “NOT-DOING”
Keep in mind your child doesn’t have to be busy all the time. Our brains are often in their most creative state during times of relaxed play. Neurologists refer to this as transient hypofrontality, which simply means letting the brain temporarily focus on an engaging task so the frontal lobe can take a break. Adults do this whenever they are super-absorbed in a craft. It’s a time when we are most available to creative learning. Plan time for solo play for your child; no electronics and no agenda.