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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ctime>Sep 17, 7:00am CDT\u003c/time>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/republish/2020/9/17/21440865/im-a-chicago-principal-overwhelmed-by-what-ifs-heres-how-i-got-unstuck\">I’m a Chicago principal overwhelmed by ‘what ifs.’ Here’s how I got unstuck.\u003c/a> was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters \u003ca href=\"https://go.pardot.com/l/342281/2018-05-30/g27h9\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve reached out to my network, created a self-care jar, and helped teachers reframe their narratives about the coming school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Chicago Public Schools \u003ca href=\"https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2020/8/5/21355538/its-official-chicago-to-start-fall-with-virtual-learning-aim-to-reopen-schools-by-november\">announced that school would open fully remotely\u003c/a> in the fall, I called a meeting with my staff. 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She and I discussed how taking care of myself could help me feel less overwhelmed. I created a self-care jar filled with suggestions for doing something nice for myself, such as “have a glass of wine on the deck,” or “buy yourself some flowers.” I also started to journal each day before I left school, getting out my feelings and frustrations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next I reached out to principal colleagues I respect and said, essentially, “Help!” They surrounded me with support, positive energy, and shared resources. One shared a presentation deck with me so I didn’t have to create my own. Another reminded me how awesome she thought I am, which is always good to hear. Why didn’t I reach out earlier? I honestly think my brain got stuck. I am human. The virus and its massive fallout were never far from my thoughts. The police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and the resulting racial justice protests taking place, in addition to COVID-19, hit me hard. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, reach out for help. The \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/\">\u003cem>National Suicide Prevention Lifeline\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> is open 24 hours a day at 800-273-8255.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teen and youth anxiety and depression are getting worse since COVID lockdowns began in March, early studies suggest, and many experts say they fear a corresponding increase in youth suicide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of June, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveyed almost 10,000 Americans on their mental health. They found symptoms of anxiety and depression were up sharply across the board between March and June, compared with the same time the previous year. And young people seemed to be the hardest-hit of any group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost 11 percent of all respondents to that survey said they had \"seriously considered\" suicide in the past 30 days. For those ages 18 to 24, the number was 1 in 4 — more than twice as high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Data collection for several studies on teen mental health during the pandemic is currently underway. And experts worry those studies will show a spike in suicide, because young people are increasingly cut off from peers and caring adults, because their futures are uncertain and because they are spending more time at home, where they are most likely to have access to lethal weapons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Teenagers are in a developmental space where it is critically important that they have regular contact with their peers and are able to develop close and ongoing relationships with adults outside the home, such as their teachers, their coaches, their advisers,\" says Lisa Damour, an adolescent psychologist who is a columnist and host of the podcast \u003cem>Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting\u003c/em>. \"And I worry very much about what it means for that to be disrupted by the pandemic.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The stressors of COVID come as youth suicide was already at a record high before the pandemic, with increases every year since 2007. 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This disaster undermines our single most important protective factor.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the other effects of the pandemic — health and economic — the mental health effects are being disproportionately borne by people who started out with fewer social supports and financial resources, the study finds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People with lower income were twice as likely to have depression,\" Ettman says, \"and among people within the same income group, [those] who had less in savings were 1.5 times more likely to have depression.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who had lost a job, or experienced the death of a loved one were at a significantly higher risk of having symptoms of depression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That disproportionate effect, Galea says, \"compounds existing problems and runs the risk of creating further divides between health haves and have-nots.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's because depression and other mental illnesses put people at risk of a host of physical health problems, which in turn affect their ability to work and maintain their social connections. \"Poorer mental health is at the heart of poor health,\" Galea says. \"More broadly, it's at the heart of poor economic function, poor social function.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he fears that the COVID-19 pandemic has paved the way for \"another pandemic of depression.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The second pandemic, I would suggest, is not only coming but is here,\" Everly says. \"I believe that it will intensify because ... there will be a ripple effect. 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"content": "\u003cp>You've signed up for classes, you've learned your way around the virtual course system — and now, you've got to make sure you survive all the way to graduation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laptop or paper notes? Highlighter or flashcards? And does music help while studying? Here's how to take better notes and study so that you remember what you've learned — without getting crushed by college stress. Plus: what to do if you do feel crushed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Learn how to take notes.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's no single magic way to take notes, but the act of writing down our interpretation of what we've learned helps organize and consolidate information in our brains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What should you write down? Use clues from your professors to figure out what information is important and what is not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Listen to their words: \"This is going to be on the exam\" or \"This is important,\" for instance.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Watch them as they teach — they might get animated, repeat themselves, write things on the board.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pay attention when they offer categories and numbered lists. \"Be on the lookout for the ways that professors will organize information,\" says Natalie Murr, a psychologist at North Carolina State University. \"You know, 'Here are the categories of x. There's three categories: No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3.' \"\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Also, laptop or paper? It doesn't matter, Murr says. What's more important is that you take down key information, not everything your professor says verbatim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Get a planner and actually use it.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You'll have a lot going on in college, and managing your time is a critical skill to master. Use your planner to control your schedule. Write everything down: your classes, your work shifts, assignments and meetings. Let your schedule help you find small windows of time to knock out smaller tasks and keep track of bigger deadlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. When studying, don't just put information \u003c/strong>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>into\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cstrong> your brain. Draw it back out. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We know from research that the most common study strategies are rereading textbooks, rereading notes, and highlighting. We also know that those methods don't really work, because they only focus on the input, not the retrieval, says Pooja Agarwal, a cognitive scientist at the Berklee College of Music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Think of learning as a two-way street. When you re-read and highlight, you're only focused on getting information in, not doing any retrieving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Research demonstrates that when we engage in that process of overtly retrieving, we actually organize concepts and create a better structure for what we're understanding,\" Agarwal says. \"So through that process of retrieval, we help make sense of what we're trying to learn.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's what Agarwal recommends to strengthen your retrieval skills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The \"Two-Things Rule\": As soon as you finish a lecture or a reading, write down two things you remember.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Explain the information to a friend or classmate to test your understanding.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Use flashcards — but say the answer out loud (in other words, retrieve it) before you turn it over to check yourself. Shuffle the flashcards and do it again.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Set a timer to study for a certain time, take a break, then to get back to work. \"It's almost like an intentional forgetting or a purposeful forgetting,\" Agarwal explains. \"By taking that break, you're letting things simmer a little bit.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Another tip — and you might not like this one: Don't listen to music while you read. Research has shown that silence almost doubles reading comprehension, compared to listening to music with lyrics, Agarwal says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Failure is not the end. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An F on a test — or even for an entire class — doesn't mean you won't graduate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Anyone can do badly in a class,\" says Odette De Leon, an adviser at Valencia College in Orlando. \"We're not born knowing college material. That's why we go to college. That's why we're college students. We're trying to learn these things.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sure, it's difficult to hear negative things about yourself — and bad grades are no exception. But being hard on yourself can just make it worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Take care of yourself — and get some sleep.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students who are sleep-deprived show many of the same symptoms as students diagnosed with attention disorders, says Natalie Murr at North Carolina State.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emotional problems can also throw off a student's focus and interfere with academics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you're really sleepy or if you're really struggling emotionally, there's not a lot of motivation to get up and go to class or do your work or put the effort in that needs to be done,\" Murr says. \"They can really kind of take up space in the brain that would otherwise be open for learning.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. Let go of the stigma around mental health problems.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mental health issues are pervasive among college students, and COVID-19 is only making things tougher. It's nothing to be ashamed of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"One out of two Americans over their lifetime will have a diagnosable mental health disorder,\" says B. Janet Hibbs, psychologist and author of \u003cem>The Stressed Years of Their Lives\u003c/em>. \"They're highly treatable. It's not something to be scared about.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And parents, if your kid is in distress, don't judge, says Hibbs. Listen and be supportive so they'll continue to confide in you, and take their anguish seriously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7. Know when to reach out for help.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stress is so common in college, it can be hard to recognize when it becomes clinically treatable anxiety or depression, says Anthony Rostain, a doctor and professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Hibbs' co-author.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are warning signs to watch for:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Trouble sleeping.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Trouble waking up.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Trouble eating.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Feelings of hopelessness or worthlessness.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Drinking to the point of blacking out.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Having lots of random sexual partners.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Not being able to stop playing video games.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Got a neighbor or a niece in college? Consider sharing this story with them.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Resources:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're experiencing thoughts of suicide, call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or text START to 741-741 to get in touch with someone who can help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Jed Foundation specializes in supporting mental health in \u003ca href=\"https://www.jedfoundation.org/\">teens and young adults as they transition into adulthood\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ULifeline.org, by the Jed Foundation, offers a database of \u003ca href=\"http://www.ulifeline.org/\">campus mental health resources at more than 1,600 colleges\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Lauren Migaki produced the podcast version of this story. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>We'd love to hear from you. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>You've signed up for classes, you've learned your way around the virtual course system — and now, you've got to make sure you survive all the way to graduation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laptop or paper notes? Highlighter or flashcards? And does music help while studying? Here's how to take better notes and study so that you remember what you've learned — without getting crushed by college stress. Plus: what to do if you do feel crushed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Learn how to take notes.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's no single magic way to take notes, but the act of writing down our interpretation of what we've learned helps organize and consolidate information in our brains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What should you write down? Use clues from your professors to figure out what information is important and what is not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Listen to their words: \"This is going to be on the exam\" or \"This is important,\" for instance.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Watch them as they teach — they might get animated, repeat themselves, write things on the board.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pay attention when they offer categories and numbered lists. \"Be on the lookout for the ways that professors will organize information,\" says Natalie Murr, a psychologist at North Carolina State University. \"You know, 'Here are the categories of x. There's three categories: No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3.' \"\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Also, laptop or paper? It doesn't matter, Murr says. What's more important is that you take down key information, not everything your professor says verbatim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Get a planner and actually use it.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You'll have a lot going on in college, and managing your time is a critical skill to master. Use your planner to control your schedule. Write everything down: your classes, your work shifts, assignments and meetings. Let your schedule help you find small windows of time to knock out smaller tasks and keep track of bigger deadlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. When studying, don't just put information \u003c/strong>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>into\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cstrong> your brain. Draw it back out. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We know from research that the most common study strategies are rereading textbooks, rereading notes, and highlighting. 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"content": "\u003cp>Forty percent of young LGBTQ people have considered suicide in the last year; that rises to more than half for trans and non-binary youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's according to the second annual survey on LGBTQ youth mental health by \u003ca href=\"https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2020/?section=Introduction\">The Trevor Project\u003c/a>. The non-profit organization provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ people under the age of 25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years of data isn't enough to show trends, says clinical psychologist Amy Green, who is also the director of research at The Trevor Project. But what they do show, she says, is that \"the numbers are high and staying high, in terms of mental health.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"LGBTQ youth already deal with housing instability, food insecurity and trouble accessing health care,\" she says. \"All of that is exacerbated by a pandemic.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 40,000 people, age 13 to 24, responded to the survey, which The Trevor Project says is the largest of its kind. It was conducted between December 2019 and March 2020 — as COVID-19 restrictions began to take hold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Help is available\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are a young person in crisis, feeling suicidal, or in need of a safe and judgment-free place to talk, contact The Trevor Project's TrevorLifeline 24/7 at 1-866-488-7386, \u003ca href=\"https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/\">via chat every day\u003c/a> or by texting \"START\" to 678-678.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Many students and recent graduates had to decide whether to move back in with their families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For 24-year old Mia Soza, going home was not an option. Soza moved to Nashville earlier this year. She quit her job at a flower shop when the stress of dealing with racist customers got to be too much. Living in a new city was already hard; the pandemic and unemployment only added to the pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_56349\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-56349\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/07/mia-soza_enl-ec7c0a091798cb93a35145044b09507059fc25c0-e1595613291153.jpe\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"260\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mia Soza \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mia Soza)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Soza says she hasn't met anyone in Nashville who she can relate to about being \"queer and brown.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I am very unstable right now,\" Soza says. \"I am lucky to be living with friends. But I don't receive any support from my parents, largely because they don't really accept me because of my identity. They are Trump supporters and also Latino.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That sentiment is reflected in the survey results as well: 86% of LGBTQ youth said recent politics have negatively impacted their well-being, up from 76% last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it's \"liberating to feel the comfort of knowing\" who she is, Soza says she feels like a lot of things haven't changed since her middle and high school days. \"I feel very much like that kid, there is no one to talk to.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The survey found that 46% of LGBTQ youth said they wanted counseling from a mental health professional but were unable to receive it in the past 12 months. The top barriers were affordability and parental permission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not being accepted by family members also can have an impact on mental health. Six out of 10 LGBTQ youth said that someone — a relative, religious leader — tried to convince them to change their sexuality or gender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even those who live in an accepting family face challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Madison Hall was laid off from her job in February and had plans to go home to visit her parents in March. But her two-week stay turned into multiple months due to the pandemic. The 23-year-old says it's the longest she's spent with her parents since coming out to them as trans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hall says her parents were always affirming. Yet, she says, she still wasn't comfortable being her full self in front of them when she moved back in. She characterizes the process as a \"trust exercise,\" requiring much back and forth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_56350\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-56350\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/07/madison-hall-selfie_enl-dff2eb69aab349964151082d6817dc143ab7f875.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/07/madison-hall-selfie_enl-dff2eb69aab349964151082d6817dc143ab7f875.jpg 1242w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/07/madison-hall-selfie_enl-dff2eb69aab349964151082d6817dc143ab7f875-800x894.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/07/madison-hall-selfie_enl-dff2eb69aab349964151082d6817dc143ab7f875-1020x1140.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/07/madison-hall-selfie_enl-dff2eb69aab349964151082d6817dc143ab7f875-160x179.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/07/madison-hall-selfie_enl-dff2eb69aab349964151082d6817dc143ab7f875-768x858.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madison Hall \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Madison Hall)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Yes, I'm her daughter and child, but those 'Let me dress you up' kind of bonds that stem from childhood aren't necessarily there,\" Hall says of her mom. \"She wants to be let in, and I have to let my parents in. I think that's probably a good metaphor to transitioning in general for me. It's letting them know a little, little by little, until we're on the same page.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The time together is improving Hall's relationship with her parents, and she says it's had a positive effect on her mental health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amit Paley, CEO of The Trevor Project, says that one affirming adult can have a big impact on LGBTQ youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We saw that LGBTQ young people who have an accepting adult in their lives were 40% less likely to attempt suicide, which is is a huge impact from a public health perspective,\" he said during an interview with NPR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_56351\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-56351\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/07/rhys-hilicki_enl-2957e0befa28f800effce1eee38a9474aa51f337-e1595613402158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"246\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rhys Hilicki \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Rhys Hilicki)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rhys Hilicki, 17, also has supportive parents. When he came out to them as trans two years ago, Hilicki says they began calling him by his correct name and pronouns almost immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They remind me to take my medicine and my testosterone shots, they've supported me through my transition and helped me financially with it,\" he says. \"And they've really helped me come out of my shell.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hilicki says knowing his parents see him fully helps with his depression and anxiety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feelings like these are common among LGBTQ youth: 68% percent said they'd experienced generalized anxiety disorder in the past two weeks at the time of the survey, including more than three in four transgender and non-binary youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paley says he hopes the survey results help inform efforts to improve mental health outcomes for the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The reason they face these elevated risks of suicide is not because there is something inherently wrong with LGBTQ people,\" he says. \"The reason that they are facing these negative outcomes is because of the discrimination and bias that exists in society today.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The survey found one in three LGBTQ youth reported that they had been physically threatened or harmed in their lifetime due to their LGBTQ identity. Paley says support from parents and guardians can save lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We hope that people will see those stories of parents who are understanding that when someone comes out it doesn't change who they are,\" he says. \"It's just a part of their identity and it allows them to hopefully be their fuller selves.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Help is available\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are a young person in crisis, feeling suicidal, or in need of a safe and judgment-free place to talk, contact The Trevor Project's TrevorLifeline 24/7 at 1-866-488-7386, \u003ca href=\"https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/\">via chat every day\u003c/a> or by texting \"START\" to 678-678.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2020 NPR. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Forty percent of young LGBTQ people have considered suicide in the last year; that rises to more than half for trans and non-binary youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's according to the second annual survey on LGBTQ youth mental health by \u003ca href=\"https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2020/?section=Introduction\">The Trevor Project\u003c/a>. The non-profit organization provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ people under the age of 25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years of data isn't enough to show trends, says clinical psychologist Amy Green, who is also the director of research at The Trevor Project. But what they do show, she says, is that \"the numbers are high and staying high, in terms of mental health.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"LGBTQ youth already deal with housing instability, food insecurity and trouble accessing health care,\" she says. \"All of that is exacerbated by a pandemic.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 40,000 people, age 13 to 24, responded to the survey, which The Trevor Project says is the largest of its kind. It was conducted between December 2019 and March 2020 — as COVID-19 restrictions began to take hold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Help is available\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are a young person in crisis, feeling suicidal, or in need of a safe and judgment-free place to talk, contact The Trevor Project's TrevorLifeline 24/7 at 1-866-488-7386, \u003ca href=\"https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/\">via chat every day\u003c/a> or by texting \"START\" to 678-678.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Many students and recent graduates had to decide whether to move back in with their families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For 24-year old Mia Soza, going home was not an option. Soza moved to Nashville earlier this year. She quit her job at a flower shop when the stress of dealing with racist customers got to be too much. Living in a new city was already hard; the pandemic and unemployment only added to the pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_56349\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-56349\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/07/mia-soza_enl-ec7c0a091798cb93a35145044b09507059fc25c0-e1595613291153.jpe\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"260\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mia Soza \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mia Soza)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Soza says she hasn't met anyone in Nashville who she can relate to about being \"queer and brown.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I am very unstable right now,\" Soza says. \"I am lucky to be living with friends. But I don't receive any support from my parents, largely because they don't really accept me because of my identity. They are Trump supporters and also Latino.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That sentiment is reflected in the survey results as well: 86% of LGBTQ youth said recent politics have negatively impacted their well-being, up from 76% last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it's \"liberating to feel the comfort of knowing\" who she is, Soza says she feels like a lot of things haven't changed since her middle and high school days. \"I feel very much like that kid, there is no one to talk to.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The survey found that 46% of LGBTQ youth said they wanted counseling from a mental health professional but were unable to receive it in the past 12 months. The top barriers were affordability and parental permission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not being accepted by family members also can have an impact on mental health. Six out of 10 LGBTQ youth said that someone — a relative, religious leader — tried to convince them to change their sexuality or gender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even those who live in an accepting family face challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Madison Hall was laid off from her job in February and had plans to go home to visit her parents in March. But her two-week stay turned into multiple months due to the pandemic. The 23-year-old says it's the longest she's spent with her parents since coming out to them as trans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hall says her parents were always affirming. Yet, she says, she still wasn't comfortable being her full self in front of them when she moved back in. She characterizes the process as a \"trust exercise,\" requiring much back and forth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_56350\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-56350\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/07/madison-hall-selfie_enl-dff2eb69aab349964151082d6817dc143ab7f875.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/07/madison-hall-selfie_enl-dff2eb69aab349964151082d6817dc143ab7f875.jpg 1242w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/07/madison-hall-selfie_enl-dff2eb69aab349964151082d6817dc143ab7f875-800x894.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/07/madison-hall-selfie_enl-dff2eb69aab349964151082d6817dc143ab7f875-1020x1140.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/07/madison-hall-selfie_enl-dff2eb69aab349964151082d6817dc143ab7f875-160x179.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/07/madison-hall-selfie_enl-dff2eb69aab349964151082d6817dc143ab7f875-768x858.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madison Hall \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Madison Hall)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Yes, I'm her daughter and child, but those 'Let me dress you up' kind of bonds that stem from childhood aren't necessarily there,\" Hall says of her mom. \"She wants to be let in, and I have to let my parents in. I think that's probably a good metaphor to transitioning in general for me. It's letting them know a little, little by little, until we're on the same page.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The time together is improving Hall's relationship with her parents, and she says it's had a positive effect on her mental health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amit Paley, CEO of The Trevor Project, says that one affirming adult can have a big impact on LGBTQ youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We saw that LGBTQ young people who have an accepting adult in their lives were 40% less likely to attempt suicide, which is is a huge impact from a public health perspective,\" he said during an interview with NPR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_56351\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-56351\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/07/rhys-hilicki_enl-2957e0befa28f800effce1eee38a9474aa51f337-e1595613402158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"246\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rhys Hilicki \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Rhys Hilicki)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rhys Hilicki, 17, also has supportive parents. When he came out to them as trans two years ago, Hilicki says they began calling him by his correct name and pronouns almost immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They remind me to take my medicine and my testosterone shots, they've supported me through my transition and helped me financially with it,\" he says. \"And they've really helped me come out of my shell.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hilicki says knowing his parents see him fully helps with his depression and anxiety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feelings like these are common among LGBTQ youth: 68% percent said they'd experienced generalized anxiety disorder in the past two weeks at the time of the survey, including more than three in four transgender and non-binary youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paley says he hopes the survey results help inform efforts to improve mental health outcomes for the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The reason they face these elevated risks of suicide is not because there is something inherently wrong with LGBTQ people,\" he says. \"The reason that they are facing these negative outcomes is because of the discrimination and bias that exists in society today.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The survey found one in three LGBTQ youth reported that they had been physically threatened or harmed in their lifetime due to their LGBTQ identity. 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"content": "\u003cp>When the coronavirus barreled into the U.S. this year, the predominant public health advice for avoiding infection focused on physical isolation: No parties, concerts or sports events. No congregating inside bars or restaurants. No on-site family reunions. No play dates for kids. Just keep away from other people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, although social scientists supported that medical advice, they feared the required physical distancing would spark another epidemic — one of loneliness, which was \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/23/798676465/most-americans-are-lonely-and-our-workplace-culture-may-not-be-helping\">already at a high level\u003c/a> in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You might expect this would make things much worse,\" says \u003ca href=\"https://fhssfaculty.byu.edu/FacultyPage?id=jh67\">Julianne Holt-Lunstad\u003c/a>, a neuroscientist and social psychologist at Brigham Young University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But several new studies suggest that huge increase in loneliness \u003cem>hasn't\u003c/em> come to pass — at least, not yet. And the researchers studying the pandemic's emotional fallout say humans may have ourselves to thank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://public.med.fsu.edu/com/directory/Details/Full/16779\">Angelina Sutin\u003c/a>, an associate professor of behavioral sciences at Florida State University College of Medicine, was one of a team of researchers who checked in three times between January and late April with more than 1,500 Americans ages 18 to 98. Her team's survey, which aimed each time to get at measures of loneliness, was recently \u003ca href=\"https://doi.apa.org/fulltext/2020-42807-001.html\">published online\u003c/a> in \u003cem>American Psychologist,\u003c/em> a peer-reviewed journal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Like most people who study loneliness, we expected loneliness to go up,\" Sutin says. \"Humans are social creatures. We like to be together. We need to be together.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutin and her colleagues had designed their survey in pre-pandemic days as a one-off look at how loneliness and other aspects of psychological health affect physical health. Respondents filled out a computer questionnaire about whether they felt lonely or isolated, whether they had people to turn to and whether they had preexisting health conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then came the coronavirus. By mid-March, state and local governments were issuing \"shelter in place\" rules. And even in many communities where it wasn't mandated, many people started avoiding face-to-face encounters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutin and her colleagues realized they had a unique opportunity to measure the effects of physical isolation on loneliness. Between March 18 and 29 they asked those who had participated in their original survey how they were doing now that all those social distancing rules were in place. A month later the researchers checked in with the respondents yet again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a loneliness scale of 1 to 3, with 1 being not very lonely and 3 being very lonely, the score was 1.69 in the first survey, 1.71 in the second and 1.71 in the third — no statistically significant difference. \"The thing that everybody thought was going to happen didn't happen,\" says Sutin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There \u003cem>was\u003c/em> some variation among the participants. Some people reported being newly lonely; some felt less lonely over time. The researchers say they found no racial differences in the responses, but did do an age analysis and found, as have other studies, that people 65 and older tend to be less lonely than the 18- to 64-year-old age group. The prevalence of loneliness in those 65 and older went from 16% in the first survey to 21% in the second and then dropped to 18% in the third.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are limits to what can be concluded from the findings, Sutin says. \"This is an Internet survey, and so we did not capture people who don't have an Internet connection,\" for example. And people who have low incomes or who live rural areas were underrepresented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The surveys also didn't include residents of nursing homes or assisted living facilities. Many of those people, Sutin notes, have had tremendous disruptions in their social networks during the pandemic and may not be as resilient as people living outside such facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In hindsight, Holt-Lunstad says, she's not that surprised that the widely expected spike in loneliness didn't occur. As the pandemic shuttered many stores and businesses, neighbors began to rely on each other more, she notes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was seeing a real outpouring of communities really trying to band together and look out for neighbors and for those who might be most vulnerable,\" she says, \"and there was the hope that that would mitigate some of the effects of what was going on.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been other hints of resilience in neighborhoods and communities across the US. In June, researchers from Johns Hopkins University published a \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766941\">research letter\u003c/a> in \u003cem>JAMA\u003c/em>, the journal of the American Medical Association, citing a national survey done in April and May 2018, in which 11% of U.S. adults reported being lonely. The Hopkins researchers did their own national survey with other participants this past April, and 13.8% of their respondents said they were lonely — an increase the scientists characterize as \"only slight.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there are two ongoing studies being conducted by research psychologist \u003ca href=\"https://depts.washington.edu/uwcssc/content/jonathan-w-kanter-phd\">Jonathan Kanter\u003c/a> and colleagues at the University of Washington. The research team is texting people in the Seattle area and around the country nightly on their cellphones, asking them each evening to fill out a short survey that includes questions about how much social interaction they had that day, whether they felt understood or cared for by others and whether they enjoyed being alone. The data have not yet been published, but Kanter says the responses seem to be pointing in the same direction as the findings from the Florida researchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The levels of loneliness in our sample and in our national sample also have been largely flat across this entire period of time,\" Kanter says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which all leads to the question of — why? Why aren't people reporting dramatically more emotional pain at a time when most are more physically distant from other people and normal routines than ever before? Neither Kanter's data nor the FSU study speak directly to that. But Kanter has some ideas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That sense of solidarity that people are feeling when they are collectively under some threat together — when they are collectively going through a challenge together — seems to be a real strong protective factor,\" he says. \"And I don't think we fully appreciated that months ago when all this started.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kanter notes that in social critic Rebecca Solnit's book \u003cem>A Paradise Built in Hell, \u003c/em>Solnit considered a handful of disasters — including the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fires, the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the London Blitz and Hurricane Katrina — and found that many survivors experienced \"an emotion graver than happiness, but deeply positive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The anxiety that psychologists studying teen and adult use of social media call a \"fear of missing out\" \u003ca href=\"https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2016-47442-007\">has been associated\u003c/a> with symptoms of depression and physical problems such as headaches and shortness of breath. In some ways, Sutin says, this sort of social pressure has taken a dive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think for some people, they feel like they're missing out on things like who's going out to the party, who's going out to events,\" Sutin says. \"But when everybody's at home, there's nothing to miss out on.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lest her findings be taken as unremittingly good news, know that neither she nor other psychologists are happy with the relatively high background level of loneliness that existed in American culture before the pandemic — and continues now. They would like to not only flatten the loneliness curve, but drive it way down. They're also concerned about the people their surveys haven't reached — those with lower incomes and others who aren't online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bu.edu/sph/profile/sandro-galea/\">Dr. Sandro Galea\u003c/a>, dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, does research investigating the ways mental health can be affected by social issues. \"Perhaps it's good news,\" he says of Sutin's study, \"but I think it's offset by other data that are emerging on poor mental health.\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/04/847841791/flood-of-calls-and-texts-to-crisis-hotlines-reflects-americans-rising-anxiety\">Depression and anxiety\u003c/a>, he notes, have both increased among all ages in the past several months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, for the moment, there's this, from Kanter: \"If there is any silver lining to this [pandemic] — and it's really hard to speak of silver linings — it was that so many people are finding ways to connect and finding ways to keep relationships.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutin, Kanter and Holt-Lunstad all credit the resilience they're seeing to the creative ways people are continuing to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/10/849164258/too-much-alone-time-tips-to-connect-and-find-joy-while-social-distancing\">reach out and connect with one another.\u003c/a> Across the world, including in the U.S., people have been phoning each other, signing onto Zoom meetings, having porch to porch or \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV4uwPvt3Z8\">fire escape to fire escape chats\u003c/a>. They have been attending virtual religious services, enjoying virtual dinner parties, and cheering on virtual or physically distant \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xBW2XgG1fg\">birthday celebrations\u003c/a>, graduations, weddings, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/04/28/844781636/watch-new-orleans-musicians-perform-a-socially-distanced-funeral-song\">funerals\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/05/12/854363898/1-man-marching-band-entertains-mass-town-during-pandemic\">one-man marching bands\u003c/a>. Some people have even entertained their neighbors, while keeping their distance, by dressing up and marching in \u003ca href=\"https://www.jsonline.com/picture-gallery/news/2020/03/22/neighbors-organize-social-distance-dinosaur-parade-during-coronavirus/2895573001\">dinosaur parades\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holt-Lunstad says humans appear to inherently understand how important social relationships are — and many recognize those relationships don't have to include physical proximity. \"As soon as we had that access threatened, we all felt this urge to connect with others,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And sometimes that has meant connecting with people who live nearby, when family and friends are distant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dana Lacy Amarisa and her mother Jeanne Lacy have found a pretty creative way to do that in San Francisco. Sixty-four-year-old Dana temporarily closed her Kombucha business in Mazatlán, Mexico, when the pandemic began, and moved to San Francisco to join her 93-year-old mom during the pandemic. Dana and Jeanne say they've always been very social — Dana with her nightly salsa dance with friends, her mom with trips to the theater, ballet, bridge groups and two book clubs. Stopping those activities was difficult for Jeanne.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was very traumatic at first,\" she says. \"You don't know what to do with yourself.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The neighborhood had taken to banging on pots every night at 8 p.m., partly as an affirmation of community, but Dana and Jeanne wanted to do more. Dana said to her mom, \"Why don't we just dance?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeanne, though she always loved to dance, says she initially found the suggestion \"a little ridiculous,\" but figured it was worth a try. So they put up a sign on their garage door saying they would play recorded music and be out dancing in front of their house every Saturday evening. The sign invited neighbors to join them in the weekly dance party — at a distance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the first seven weeks they danced alone. Then neighbors started coming, some to watch, some to dance, some to chat. \"Dancing is healing medicine,\" Dana says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeanne says she still misses being able to go out to dinner with friends but is thrilled with the dancing. \"It breaks up the isolation,\" she says. \"I've not been lonely.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will it last?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dana and Jeanne plan to continue dancing as long as the pandemic lasts. And Angelina Sutin and her colleagues have resurveyed their study group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They should know within about a month, Sutin says, if the positive effects of all the different social outreach efforts like these — the porch chats, Zoom dinners, dino parades and the like — have persisted in easing loneliness in other parts of the U.S. as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Loneliness+Hasn%27t+Increased+Despite+Pandemic%2C+Research+Finds.+What+Helped%3F&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When the coronavirus barreled into the U.S. this year, the predominant public health advice for avoiding infection focused on physical isolation: No parties, concerts or sports events. No congregating inside bars or restaurants. No on-site family reunions. No play dates for kids. Just keep away from other people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, although social scientists supported that medical advice, they feared the required physical distancing would spark another epidemic — one of loneliness, which was \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/23/798676465/most-americans-are-lonely-and-our-workplace-culture-may-not-be-helping\">already at a high level\u003c/a> in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You might expect this would make things much worse,\" says \u003ca href=\"https://fhssfaculty.byu.edu/FacultyPage?id=jh67\">Julianne Holt-Lunstad\u003c/a>, a neuroscientist and social psychologist at Brigham Young University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But several new studies suggest that huge increase in loneliness \u003cem>hasn't\u003c/em> come to pass — at least, not yet. And the researchers studying the pandemic's emotional fallout say humans may have ourselves to thank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://public.med.fsu.edu/com/directory/Details/Full/16779\">Angelina Sutin\u003c/a>, an associate professor of behavioral sciences at Florida State University College of Medicine, was one of a team of researchers who checked in three times between January and late April with more than 1,500 Americans ages 18 to 98. Her team's survey, which aimed each time to get at measures of loneliness, was recently \u003ca href=\"https://doi.apa.org/fulltext/2020-42807-001.html\">published online\u003c/a> in \u003cem>American Psychologist,\u003c/em> a peer-reviewed journal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Like most people who study loneliness, we expected loneliness to go up,\" Sutin says. \"Humans are social creatures. We like to be together. We need to be together.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutin and her colleagues had designed their survey in pre-pandemic days as a one-off look at how loneliness and other aspects of psychological health affect physical health. Respondents filled out a computer questionnaire about whether they felt lonely or isolated, whether they had people to turn to and whether they had preexisting health conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then came the coronavirus. By mid-March, state and local governments were issuing \"shelter in place\" rules. And even in many communities where it wasn't mandated, many people started avoiding face-to-face encounters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutin and her colleagues realized they had a unique opportunity to measure the effects of physical isolation on loneliness. Between March 18 and 29 they asked those who had participated in their original survey how they were doing now that all those social distancing rules were in place. A month later the researchers checked in with the respondents yet again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a loneliness scale of 1 to 3, with 1 being not very lonely and 3 being very lonely, the score was 1.69 in the first survey, 1.71 in the second and 1.71 in the third — no statistically significant difference. \"The thing that everybody thought was going to happen didn't happen,\" says Sutin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There \u003cem>was\u003c/em> some variation among the participants. Some people reported being newly lonely; some felt less lonely over time. The researchers say they found no racial differences in the responses, but did do an age analysis and found, as have other studies, that people 65 and older tend to be less lonely than the 18- to 64-year-old age group. The prevalence of loneliness in those 65 and older went from 16% in the first survey to 21% in the second and then dropped to 18% in the third.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are limits to what can be concluded from the findings, Sutin says. \"This is an Internet survey, and so we did not capture people who don't have an Internet connection,\" for example. And people who have low incomes or who live rural areas were underrepresented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The surveys also didn't include residents of nursing homes or assisted living facilities. Many of those people, Sutin notes, have had tremendous disruptions in their social networks during the pandemic and may not be as resilient as people living outside such facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In hindsight, Holt-Lunstad says, she's not that surprised that the widely expected spike in loneliness didn't occur. As the pandemic shuttered many stores and businesses, neighbors began to rely on each other more, she notes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was seeing a real outpouring of communities really trying to band together and look out for neighbors and for those who might be most vulnerable,\" she says, \"and there was the hope that that would mitigate some of the effects of what was going on.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been other hints of resilience in neighborhoods and communities across the US. In June, researchers from Johns Hopkins University published a \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766941\">research letter\u003c/a> in \u003cem>JAMA\u003c/em>, the journal of the American Medical Association, citing a national survey done in April and May 2018, in which 11% of U.S. adults reported being lonely. The Hopkins researchers did their own national survey with other participants this past April, and 13.8% of their respondents said they were lonely — an increase the scientists characterize as \"only slight.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there are two ongoing studies being conducted by research psychologist \u003ca href=\"https://depts.washington.edu/uwcssc/content/jonathan-w-kanter-phd\">Jonathan Kanter\u003c/a> and colleagues at the University of Washington. The research team is texting people in the Seattle area and around the country nightly on their cellphones, asking them each evening to fill out a short survey that includes questions about how much social interaction they had that day, whether they felt understood or cared for by others and whether they enjoyed being alone. The data have not yet been published, but Kanter says the responses seem to be pointing in the same direction as the findings from the Florida researchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The levels of loneliness in our sample and in our national sample also have been largely flat across this entire period of time,\" Kanter says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which all leads to the question of — why? Why aren't people reporting dramatically more emotional pain at a time when most are more physically distant from other people and normal routines than ever before? Neither Kanter's data nor the FSU study speak directly to that. But Kanter has some ideas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That sense of solidarity that people are feeling when they are collectively under some threat together — when they are collectively going through a challenge together — seems to be a real strong protective factor,\" he says. \"And I don't think we fully appreciated that months ago when all this started.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kanter notes that in social critic Rebecca Solnit's book \u003cem>A Paradise Built in Hell, \u003c/em>Solnit considered a handful of disasters — including the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fires, the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the London Blitz and Hurricane Katrina — and found that many survivors experienced \"an emotion graver than happiness, but deeply positive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The anxiety that psychologists studying teen and adult use of social media call a \"fear of missing out\" \u003ca href=\"https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2016-47442-007\">has been associated\u003c/a> with symptoms of depression and physical problems such as headaches and shortness of breath. In some ways, Sutin says, this sort of social pressure has taken a dive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think for some people, they feel like they're missing out on things like who's going out to the party, who's going out to events,\" Sutin says. \"But when everybody's at home, there's nothing to miss out on.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lest her findings be taken as unremittingly good news, know that neither she nor other psychologists are happy with the relatively high background level of loneliness that existed in American culture before the pandemic — and continues now. They would like to not only flatten the loneliness curve, but drive it way down. They're also concerned about the people their surveys haven't reached — those with lower incomes and others who aren't online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bu.edu/sph/profile/sandro-galea/\">Dr. Sandro Galea\u003c/a>, dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, does research investigating the ways mental health can be affected by social issues. \"Perhaps it's good news,\" he says of Sutin's study, \"but I think it's offset by other data that are emerging on poor mental health.\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/04/847841791/flood-of-calls-and-texts-to-crisis-hotlines-reflects-americans-rising-anxiety\">Depression and anxiety\u003c/a>, he notes, have both increased among all ages in the past several months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, for the moment, there's this, from Kanter: \"If there is any silver lining to this [pandemic] — and it's really hard to speak of silver linings — it was that so many people are finding ways to connect and finding ways to keep relationships.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutin, Kanter and Holt-Lunstad all credit the resilience they're seeing to the creative ways people are continuing to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/10/849164258/too-much-alone-time-tips-to-connect-and-find-joy-while-social-distancing\">reach out and connect with one another.\u003c/a> Across the world, including in the U.S., people have been phoning each other, signing onto Zoom meetings, having porch to porch or \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV4uwPvt3Z8\">fire escape to fire escape chats\u003c/a>. They have been attending virtual religious services, enjoying virtual dinner parties, and cheering on virtual or physically distant \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xBW2XgG1fg\">birthday celebrations\u003c/a>, graduations, weddings, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/04/28/844781636/watch-new-orleans-musicians-perform-a-socially-distanced-funeral-song\">funerals\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/05/12/854363898/1-man-marching-band-entertains-mass-town-during-pandemic\">one-man marching bands\u003c/a>. Some people have even entertained their neighbors, while keeping their distance, by dressing up and marching in \u003ca href=\"https://www.jsonline.com/picture-gallery/news/2020/03/22/neighbors-organize-social-distance-dinosaur-parade-during-coronavirus/2895573001\">dinosaur parades\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holt-Lunstad says humans appear to inherently understand how important social relationships are — and many recognize those relationships don't have to include physical proximity. \"As soon as we had that access threatened, we all felt this urge to connect with others,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And sometimes that has meant connecting with people who live nearby, when family and friends are distant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dana Lacy Amarisa and her mother Jeanne Lacy have found a pretty creative way to do that in San Francisco. Sixty-four-year-old Dana temporarily closed her Kombucha business in Mazatlán, Mexico, when the pandemic began, and moved to San Francisco to join her 93-year-old mom during the pandemic. Dana and Jeanne say they've always been very social — Dana with her nightly salsa dance with friends, her mom with trips to the theater, ballet, bridge groups and two book clubs. Stopping those activities was difficult for Jeanne.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was very traumatic at first,\" she says. \"You don't know what to do with yourself.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The neighborhood had taken to banging on pots every night at 8 p.m., partly as an affirmation of community, but Dana and Jeanne wanted to do more. Dana said to her mom, \"Why don't we just dance?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeanne, though she always loved to dance, says she initially found the suggestion \"a little ridiculous,\" but figured it was worth a try. So they put up a sign on their garage door saying they would play recorded music and be out dancing in front of their house every Saturday evening. The sign invited neighbors to join them in the weekly dance party — at a distance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the first seven weeks they danced alone. Then neighbors started coming, some to watch, some to dance, some to chat. \"Dancing is healing medicine,\" Dana says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeanne says she still misses being able to go out to dinner with friends but is thrilled with the dancing. \"It breaks up the isolation,\" she says. \"I've not been lonely.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will it last?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dana and Jeanne plan to continue dancing as long as the pandemic lasts. And Angelina Sutin and her colleagues have resurveyed their study group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>We are social creatures. So it's no surprise that quarantine fatigue has begun to set in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Humans are wired to come together physically,\" says psychologist \u003ca href=\"https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/faculty-profiles/az/profile.html?xid=30504\"> Judith Moskowitz\u003c/a> of Northwestern University. But, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/05/01/606588504/americans-are-a-lonely-lot-and-young-people-bear-the-heaviest-burden\">loneliness \u003c/a>has become widespread in modern life. And, social distancing has just exacerbated the problem,\" Moskowitz says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finding ways to connect is essential to our well-being, since prolonged isolation can increase the risk of depression and anxiety, says \u003ca href=\"https://www.bu.edu/sph/profile/sandro-galea/\">Dr. Sandro Galea\u003c/a> of Boston University's School of Public Health. \"We know from other events, the longer the isolation, the more risk,\" Galea says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Social distancing recommendations will remain in place for months to come, and until there's a vaccine, limits on big gatherings will likely continue. For the elderly or those who live alone, the isolation can be particularly grueling. But, people are finding new ways to interact with each other, even under extraordinary circumstances. Here are some strategies to connect with others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Note: If you're feeling persistent sadness or anxiety that interferes with day-to-day life, consider seeing a therapist \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/04/03/826726628/how-to-get-therapy-when-you-cant-leave-the-house\">(which you can do online, too).\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>1. Don't scroll, but do connect online, with real-time activities\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When it comes to our emotional health, social media platforms can be a double-edged sword. Simply scrolling through a Facebook, TikTok or Instagram feed may not help you connect with other people in a meaningful way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So instead of cultivating that empty FOMO (fear of missing out) feeling, use the power of virtual platforms to connect more intentionally, more deeply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Start by asking yourself: What matters to you? Do you have a hobby you'd like to resurrect, or take up for the first time? A whole world of online, live-streamed classes has opened up, from ceramics to languages to bread-making. Always wanted to play the banjo? \"Find a banjo class,\" says \u003ca href=\"https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/faculty-profiles/az/profile.html?xid=30504\">Judith Moskowitz\u003c/a>, a psychologists at Northwestern University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The face-to-face, real time connections allow us to pick up on facial expressions and body language to better simulate real-world gatherings. A live, synchronous class, Moskowitz says, \"is one way to get to know people and to broaden your social network.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of classes, if you use social media to stay in touch with friends, instead of just commenting on posts, make the effort to interact one-on-one, says Joe Walther, who directs the Center for Information Technology & Society at the University of California Santa Barbara. \"It's the intimacy of the messages, and the depth of the interactive conversation that will sustain us,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>2. Making art is a social act: Express yourself and share.\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Looking for a place to connect with others who use art to express themselves? The \u003ca href=\"https://artandhealing.org/\">UnLonely Project\u003c/a> has created a community through its Stuck At Home Together initiative. You can \u003ca href=\"https://artandhealing.org/filmfest3/\">watch a short film\u003c/a>, then participate in an online conversation. You can view others' art or \u003ca href=\"https://artandhealing.org/stuck-at-home-story-share/\">share \u003c/a>your own. And for motivation to get started, the group has designed \u003ca href=\"https://artandhealing.org/stuck-at-home-challenges/\">creative challenges,\u003c/a> like crafting a self-portrait from objects around the house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group behind these initiatives includes physicians and researchers who document how the creative processes can help people maintain good health and fend off disease. \"When you make art, you are in the moment — you are with [your] thoughts and feelings,\" says \u003ca href=\"https://artandhealing.org/our-founder/\">Jeremy Nobel\u003c/a>, who founded the program and is also on the faculty at Harvard Medical School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"mindshift_55169\" hero=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2020/01/make-art-still_wide-d70306f780183e78e1f0fa29f03a50edd0dc1575-3-1020x574.jpg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And by sharing what you create, it's as if you're sharing a \"representation of your thoughts and feelings, whether it's a painting, a poem, a baked good, or a garden,\" Nobel says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says loneliness isn't just about lacking companionship. \"Often loneliness starts with a sense of estrangement or disconnection from who you are. How do you fit into the world?\" Nobel says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Art can be very powerful for centering and positioning — a way to explore your own identity. \"And I actually believe for many people, that's an essential first step to connecting with other people in an authentic way,\" Nobel says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>3. Reach out to the elderly \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For many elderly people, social distancing has brought layers of challenges. \"It's not just the lack of contact with others,\" says physician \u003ca href=\"https://www.floridablue.com/blog-author-list/kelli-tice-wells-md-0\">Kelli Tice Wells\u003c/a> who is a senior medical director at health insurer Florida Blue. It's also \"not being able to navigate things that can be critical to your life\" such as on-line grocery shopping or getting prescriptions, Wells says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Florida Blue now offers virtual companionship and assistance to seniors through a program called \u003ca href=\"https://www.joinpapa.com/\">Papa Pals\u003c/a>, which matches elderly adults with younger people, who are \u003ca href=\"https://www.joinpapa.com/papa-pal-qualified-application\">paid \u003c/a>to provide assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miriam Membreno, of Miami, Fla., who is trained as a social worker, recently started working as a Papa Pal, after her hours at her regular job were cut short. She meets with a few elderly people virtually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I do feel like I'm helping them be less lonely,\" Membreno says. She says sometimes they just want to share stories, and she likes to listen. Other times, during a virtual visit, she says, they share worries that they have bottled up. \"Just having those stress and concerns released,\" is worthwhile, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another program for seniors, \u003ca href=\"https://www.tribute.co/live-a-dream/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-895HLqinex1Un34fI7ge-rbMZRTm6zANXmiqiGEo1cg41rkYLOw-hYG7l8vigp9_NUTVQ_\">Live a Dream,\u003c/a> collects video montages to brighten a senior's day. Young people can submit a short video to share. You can tell a joke, play an instrument, or just give some encouraging words.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are numerous efforts to connect elderly people in senior living facilities with younger people around the country. Check with local groups to find one where you live.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>4. Become a citizen-scholar, a online tutor, or assistant to the visually impaired: Find \u003c/strong>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>your\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cstrong> way to volunteer, virtually\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As many community organizations struggle to keep up with rising needs and shrinking budgets, volunteer options — even contactless ones — abound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"mindshift_53780\" hero=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/06/iStock-1076193752-1020x680.jpg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Does the idea of becoming a citizen scholar sound intriguing? The Smithsonian has\u003ca href=\"https://www.si.edu/volunteer/DigitalVolunteers\"> digital volunteer opportunities\u003c/a>. For instance, \"citizen scholars are invited to transcribe historic documents including diaries and working papers of prominent Americans,\" according to the Smithsonian website. To get involved, you can check out the \u003ca href=\"http://transcription.si.edu/\">Smithsonian Transcription Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or, you could help people with low-vision, a program called \u003ca href=\"https://www.bemyeyes.com/\">Be My Eyes\u003c/a>, is an app that connects people who are blind or have low-vision with volunteers who offer virtual assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VolunteerMatch, a database of volunteer opportunities has a searchable site for \u003ca href=\"https://www.volunteermatch.org/virtual-volunteering\">virtual volunteering\u003c/a>, with thousands of postings around the country, calling for all kinds of skills from tutoring kids to making face masks. Find more options on \u003ca href=\"https://www.idealist.org/en/volunteer?actionType=VOLOP&isVirtual=YES&q=&searchMode=true\">Idealist.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>5. Keep friendships alive, with small acts of kindness \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, a small gesture can help you reconnect. Even though we can't bake together, think about dropping off some cookies to a friend. Ask your neighbor if you can pick up some grocery items for them on your next trip. Organize a puzzle or game swap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During these strange and difficult times, \"you can feel like you're really depleted and you have nothing to give,\" says Judith Moskowitz. \"But just a simple act of helping someone else out comes back and bolsters you as well,\" she says. An act of kindness can lift our spirits. \"And that really feels good.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Look for creative ways to nourish your friendships, like working through a cookbook together, or watching movies together, suggests \u003ca href=\"https://lydiadenworth.com/bio/\">Lydia Denworth\u003c/a>, author of \u003cem>Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond. \u003c/em>And don't miss the opportunity for small touch points throughout the day: Even sharing a joke over text can make you feel less alone, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Friendship is critical in times of stress — that's what friendship is for,\" Denworth says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Elena Renken contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2020 NPR. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the world’s first history book, Herodotus recounts how the ancient Lydians faced a prolonged period of food scarcity. Months passed without relief and despair set in, spurring the desperate Lydians to implement an unusual solution. Life was organized according to a two-day schedule, where they fasted on the first day and played games to distract from hunger, while on the second day they ate and abstained from play. Herodotus writes that the people lived according to this pattern for eighteen years, survived the famine, and invented some of the games that we enjoy today.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Three thousand years later, we stand to learn much from the Lydians. Games might be a timely balm as we grapple with our own social crisis. French philosopher David Émile Durkeim believed that games are a cornerstone of human bonding, while their power to absorb and distract helps ease our thoughts from the troubles at hand. Also, digital games can simulate vast navigable virtual spaces, an attractive commodity when access to real world space is restricted. But, unlike the Lydians, we already have tens of thousands of games ready to go, many of which have been designed to dissolve physical distance.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As we adjust to a prolonged sojourn in the great indoors, the games included here may help ease the burden of confinement. 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The soothing soundtrack, austere expanses and calming rhythm of play are a powerful antidote to the doldrums of social isolation. The best part is that you are not alone. At every level, one might encounter another anonymous player with whom they can exchange magic scarves and form a temporary alliance. Communication is limited to avatar motion and nonverbal chimes or “pings.” Strangely, these \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-07-08-how-journey-only-truly-made-sense-when-almost-everything-had-been-cut\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">constraints deepen the emotional connection\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> between players as it impedes potentially toxic behavior. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Journey\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a powerful metaphor that binds inward and outward voyages, but perhaps the most relevant message it delivers is its persistent reminder that less is more.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkL94nKSd2M\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Stardew Valley \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The pastoral life calls in \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.stardewvalley.net/\">\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stardew Valley\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, where you’re an urban office worker who inherits an abandoned plot of land from your grandfather. 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Nintendo’s \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/ring-fit-adventure-switch/\">\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ring Fit Adventure\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the spiritual successor to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_Sports\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wii Sports\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, uses motion sensors, a plastic ring peripheral and an RPG narrative to incentivize a workout. It also includes more traditional guided exercise routines. 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"content": "\u003cp>It’s no mystery that exercise boosts mental health and cognitive function in kids. A nine-month \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25266425\">study\u003c/a> of children aged seven through nine found that kids who were active could think more clearly. A March 2020 report published in \u003cem>Lancet\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215036620300341\">found\u003c/a> that 12-, 14- and 16-year-olds who exercised regularly were less likely to develop depression by age 18. Brain scans of 20-year-olds \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/well/move/being-young-active-and-physically-fit-may-be-very-good-for-your-brain.html\">revealed\u003c/a> that active young adults have better recall and thinking ability. The relationship between movement and brain health is so clear that the World Health Organization \u003ca href=\"https://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/physical-activity-recommendations-5-17years.pdf\">recommends\u003c/a> an hour a day of moderate exercise for kids aged 5 through 17. Though most children in the United States get far less than that, regular recess and athletic teams provide at least some built-in movement for many children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with countless other sobering repercussions, COVID-19 jeopardizes kids’ physical activity at a time when the emotional benefits that exercise provides are sorely needed. With school closures, suspension of team practices and the imperative to stay home and away from others, children and teenagers (and their agitated parents) will have to find other ways to keep moving. This is especially important now, as a global pandemic with potentially catastrophic repercussions has a way of igniting fear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some parents and athletic organizations are already making plans for how to keep kids active without schools, organized practices or games to fall back on. Ashley Quinn, a mother of three—and high-school lacrosse coach—said she’ll try to create a home routine with her young kids that includes regular exercise. “We will wake, eat breakfast, ‘attend school,’ and remain physically active with a set program of running, stick work, etc.—disguised as games for my younger daughters,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">\u003ca href=\"https://uwcla.uw.edu/about/staff-bios-responsibilities/julie-mccleery-phd\">Julie McCleery\u003c/a> at the University of Washington College of Education and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.kcplayequity.org\">King County Play Equity Coalition\u003c/a> created a \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BpR03CTq3SfrhRCyhOr_MxIW38WvXUnE2ceml_yxeJ8/edit\">list of activities\u003c/a> as a direct response to COVID-19 related social distancing measures in Washington state. \u003c/span>Some of those ideas are included in this list of resources from teachers, parents and experts on keeping kids moving while school is out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>For young kids: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roberta Moran, the Athletic Director at Kent Place School in Summit, New Jersey, which educates girls from K-12, said that the shutdown of organized sports could mark the return of more “old-school” games for young kids: bike rides, short jogs, wall-ball, shooting baskets in the driveway, running hills at a local park. Going \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-what-does-social-distancing-mean/607927/\">outside\u003c/a> to exercise is fine as long as other people aren’t close by, says \u003ca href=\"https://www.cphi.upenn.edu/cphi/about/\">Carolyn Cannuscio\u003c/a>, who heads up research at the Center for Public Health Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For kids who may not have access to yards or parks, \u003ca href=\"https://hhph.org/h-y-p-e-at-home/\">Hip Hop Public Health\u003c/a> offers in-house alternatives. The online site promotes healthy eating and exercise through music and teaches hip hop dance moves to kids of all ages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gonoodle.com/blog/gonoodle-games-movement-app-for-kids/\">GoNoodle\u003c/a> is another free online site that engages young children with videos and games. The site describes its games as “designed to tire kids out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwn4beja1QE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://openphysed.org/activeschools/activehome\">Physical Education Network\u003c/a> offers a variety of games and resources for K-5 that include yoga, rhythm and movement, and mindfulness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Girls on the Run of Southeastern Michigan, which ordinarily meets with grammar school girls outside to encourage running and self-esteem, created an \u003ca href=\"https://a0e4b1.emailsp.com/f/rnl.aspx/?fmg=sron5a:ee=n5bg8=nr3/8&x=pv&19f=84.95fa8&x=pp&rw7cg.e.&x=pv&n:8df&x=pv&m9a0/.l&_04d=wuxoNCLM\">in-home exercise program\u003c/a> for girls and their parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.thewildnetwork.com/inspiration/persil-wild-explorers-app\">Persil Wild Explorers App\u003c/a> offers 100 outdoor exploring activities of varying lengths for children and families. Some of these are geared for right outside the home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For parents with patience, \u003ca href=\"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/monkey-spot-scavenger-hunts/id972386385\">Monkey Spot Scavenger Hunts\u003c/a> help kids organize and carry out at-home scavenger hunts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_A_HjHZxfI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>For teenagers: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Author and exercise physiologist Len Saunders \u003ca href=\"https://www.care.com/c/stories/10371/fun-indoor-exercises-for-school-aged-kids-9-12-years-old-guide-to-childrens-exercise/\">recommends\u003c/a> sets of ordinary \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=calisthenics+chart&tbm=isch&hl=en&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS844US844&hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwip8a3wjZ3oAhWhVjABHaxxARsQrNwCKAB6BAgBEFU&biw=1903&bih=970#imgrc=Ds52z9FCikQiBM\">calisthenics\u003c/a>. Parents could clear out space in a basement or driveway, arrange “stations” for different exercises, and then set a timer for each activity. How many push-ups, sit-ups, jumping jacks, jump-rope turns, burpees, and step-ups can a child carry out in 45 seconds? How about a minute? To keep the exercises challenging, change the amount of time at different stations, add in more exercises, and increase the number of circuits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The \u003ca href=\"https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-minute-workout/\">7-minute\u003c/a> workout app and The New York Times six-minute \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/well/move/in-6-minutes-you-can-be-done-with-your-workout.html\">workouts\u003c/a> are both really good options for getting in a decent workout without needing much space or time,” said Maya Vuchic, a high-school senior and runner. “High intensity interval training in general, be it with a jump rope or running in place or strength exercises, can be highly beneficial without miles of road to run on.” \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Wls5hni0E\">Videos\u003c/a> of such workouts are available online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Wls5hni0E\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a more tailored approach, the app \u003ca href=\"https://www.jefit.com/\">JeFit\u003c/a> builds personalized workout programs of all kinds, including many to be done at home without equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.freeletics.com/en/training/\">Freeletics\u003c/a> offers training programs at all levels and connects athletes with a digital coach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://pocketyoga.com/apps/pocket-yoga/?rewrite-strtolower-url=Apps/PocketYoga\">Pocket Yoga\u003c/a> is an app for yoga enthusiasts, to be done anywhere including alone at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.downdogapp.com/\">Down Dog\u003c/a> does much the same, but adds high-intensity interval workouts and seven-minute sessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the absence of symptoms of the virus, going to the gym is still an option, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-what-does-social-distancing-mean/607927/\">Albert Ko\u003c/a>, the chair of the department of epidemiology at Yale. 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Parents could clear out space in a basement or driveway, arrange “stations” for different exercises, and then set a timer for each activity. How many push-ups, sit-ups, jumping jacks, jump-rope turns, burpees, and step-ups can a child carry out in 45 seconds? How about a minute? 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"content": "\u003cp>Originally posted on \u003ca href=\"https://chalkbeat.org/posts/newark/2020/03/03/it-makes-me-feel-like-a-better-person-newark-students-learn-how-to-teach-meditation-to-their-peers/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish\">Chalkbeat\u003c/a> on March 3, 2020\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After his brother was shot and killed in alleged gang violence three years ago, Tyrell Williams had trouble controlling his temper — until he tried meditating. Now, he wants to teach his peers how to meditate, too.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u003c/span>Weequahic High School junior and nine other students, including one from East Side and another from LEAD Charter School, are training to become “meditation mentors.” They’re halfway through an eight-week intensive program at school that teaches them how to facilitate meditation groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Newark students are so motivated that they come to school one hour early every day to practice meditating, regulating their breathing, and calming their mind. They also meet for several hours on Saturday to deeply self-reflect, do yoga, and learn games and exercises to facilitate meditation groups for people of all ages.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_55447\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-55447\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/03/DSC_1002-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/03/DSC_1002-680x1024.jpg 680w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/03/DSC_1002-680x1024-160x241.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tyrell Williams said meditating has improved his mental health following his brother’s death. \u003ccite>(Devna Bose/Chalkbeat)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jennifer Kohl, who facilitates meditation sessions and started yoga classes at the school a year ago, said the students practice mindfulness, a non-religious meditative practice that has become a popular aid to treating health problems, including chronic pain, and to dealing with life’s pressures. Increasingly, schools also are teaching mindfulness to help stressed-out students.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Meditation is the practice of observing what’s going on, without reacting to it. It’s the practice of observing thought pattern and sensation, and the process of observing your environment, externally and internally,” she said. “You sit in stillness, and the brain starts to quiet, and at the same time, you’re observing what’s happening around you.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kohl has students practice mindfulness activities. One day, for instance, she had them pick a positive word and create a necklace or bracelet with the word spelled out with colorful lettered beads, focusing on that word the entire time. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We’re doing something quiet and peaceful, and it helps them feel safe and supported, which affects the brain,” Kohl said. She said that’s especially impactful on teenagers, whose brains are still developing. “Because of that, meditation is setting them up for success.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Music video director and producer Director X’s TEDx Talk, which advocates for \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD-OeQOgezE\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">meditation to prevent violence\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, inspired the meditation program at Weequahic High.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://aces-report.burkefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019-NJ-ACEs-Opportunities-Report.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Almost half of New Jersey’s children\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> have experienced trauma, which can negatively affect classroom performance, behavior, and health, and can increase the likelihood of ending up in jails. Childhood trauma \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.childtrends.org/publications/prevalence-adverse-childhood-experiences-nationally-state-race-ethnicity\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">has been found to affect\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> black and Hispanic students disproportionately, and about 90% of Newark students are black or Hispanic.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Superintendent Roger León backs the meditation and yoga classes. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Can you imagine how many kids are not learning simply because they’re not in the right mental state?” he said at the initiative’s launch last Thursday. “This work we’re launching today, is going to make an incredible impact, not only in our school system, but in the homes of these young people and the lives of their friends.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_55448\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 650px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-55448\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/03/DSC_0959-650x432.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/03/DSC_0959-650x432.jpg 650w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/03/DSC_0959-650x432-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Director X attended the initiative’s launch on February 27 at Ironside Newark. The program is inspired by his TEDxTalk, “Message to the Man Who Shot Me.” \u003ccite>(Devna Bose/Chalkbeat)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The district won \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://chalkbeat.org/posts/newark/2019/11/07/mental-health-grants/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">$6.5 million in grants\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> this year for student mental health, and schools are offering \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://chalkbeat.org/posts/newark/2020/02/04/inside-newarks-efforts-to-manage-student-trauma/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">more support to students\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, like counseling services and “grief baskets” of items to help students coping with loss. District officials, including León, have spoken out about prioritizing student mental health needs and care for students who have experienced trauma, and student mental health is a recurring topic at school board meetings. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thomas Owens, executive director of MENTOR Newark, which is partnering with local organizations Lotus Yoga and the Hanini Group to provide the classes, said he thinks the district’s recent focus on student mental health is a “large part” of why they joined the initiative. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schools \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://chalkbeat.org/posts/in/2016/04/06/schools-combine-meditation-and-brain-science-to-help-combat-discipline-problems/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">across the county\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> have adopted meditation, which \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/5/22/13768406/mindfulness-meditation-good-for-kids-evidence\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">research suggests\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> helps practitioners deal with trauma and lessen anxiety — though mindfulness practices in schools are largely experimental. In \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-high-school-quiet-time-meditation-david-lynch-bogan-20190725-72so6zr2gvganb2c54k4eq24zm-story.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chicago\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a meditation program aimed at addressing trauma in youths who live in poverty and among violence has led to fewer arguments in school but has made some students feel uncomfortable. Students in \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/5/22/13768406/mindfulness-meditation-good-for-kids-evidence\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washington, D.C.\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, however, love their weekly meditation sessions, and in nearby \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2018/07/16/meditation-and-mindfulness-how-a-harlem-principal-solves-conflict-in-her-community/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York City\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, one principal told Chalkbeat that incorporating meditation during the school day increased academic performance at her school.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many of the meditation mentors at Weequahic, which offers yoga as part of physical education and an alternative disciplinary measure, were skeptical of participating in the program at first. Williams was suspended a few months ago for recording a fight between two students. When he came back to school, he was sent to practice yoga. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The first day, I didn’t really want to do it because I thought it was corny,” he said. “Then, I started to really like it.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After a few weeks, Kohl encouraged Williams to also join the mentorship program.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I’ve enjoyed it a lot more than I expected,” he said. “It’s helped my temper. I used to get mad fast, but not now.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Four years ago, Weequahic had a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://chalkbeat.org/posts/newark/2018/10/16/in-newark-reporting-lapses-hide-thousands-of-student-suspensions-from-public-view/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">high suspension rate\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, but Principal Andre Hollis said in a 2018 Chalkbeat interview that he’s tried to steer the school toward “restorative practices,” which are designed to help students reflect on their actions and make better choices, rather than sending them out of school.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">León said last week that attendance and discipline have improved at Weequahic, which he partially attributes to a focus on student mental health.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We can only come to a couple of conclusions,” he said. “On the list of things we can say are responsible for it, I have to add meditation.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the intensive 8-week portion, students will spend three months completing a practicum before they graduate. Then, Kohl hopes the student mentors will teach meditation classes throughout Newark. The mentors plan to work with elementary-age Newark children this summer, and Kohl is hopeful the students will be hired — by the district, city, or other local organizations — to facilitate meditation and mindfulness sessions.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Williams is already spreading the word and the practice.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I’ve started teaching my two friends who got suspended how to meditate,” he said. “It’s helped them a lot. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Meditation is the practice of observing what’s going on, without reacting to it. It’s the practice of observing thought pattern and sensation, and the process of observing your environment, externally and internally,” she said. “You sit in stillness, and the brain starts to quiet, and at the same time, you’re observing what’s happening around you.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kohl has students practice mindfulness activities. One day, for instance, she had them pick a positive word and create a necklace or bracelet with the word spelled out with colorful lettered beads, focusing on that word the entire time. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We’re doing something quiet and peaceful, and it helps them feel safe and supported, which affects the brain,” Kohl said. She said that’s especially impactful on teenagers, whose brains are still developing. “Because of that, meditation is setting them up for success.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Music video director and producer Director X’s TEDx Talk, which advocates for \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD-OeQOgezE\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">meditation to prevent violence\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, inspired the meditation program at Weequahic High.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://aces-report.burkefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019-NJ-ACEs-Opportunities-Report.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Almost half of New Jersey’s children\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> have experienced trauma, which can negatively affect classroom performance, behavior, and health, and can increase the likelihood of ending up in jails. Childhood trauma \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.childtrends.org/publications/prevalence-adverse-childhood-experiences-nationally-state-race-ethnicity\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">has been found to affect\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> black and Hispanic students disproportionately, and about 90% of Newark students are black or Hispanic.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Superintendent Roger León backs the meditation and yoga classes. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Can you imagine how many kids are not learning simply because they’re not in the right mental state?” he said at the initiative’s launch last Thursday. “This work we’re launching today, is going to make an incredible impact, not only in our school system, but in the homes of these young people and the lives of their friends.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_55448\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 650px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-55448\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/03/DSC_0959-650x432.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/03/DSC_0959-650x432.jpg 650w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2020/03/DSC_0959-650x432-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Director X attended the initiative’s launch on February 27 at Ironside Newark. The program is inspired by his TEDxTalk, “Message to the Man Who Shot Me.” \u003ccite>(Devna Bose/Chalkbeat)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The district won \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://chalkbeat.org/posts/newark/2019/11/07/mental-health-grants/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">$6.5 million in grants\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> this year for student mental health, and schools are offering \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://chalkbeat.org/posts/newark/2020/02/04/inside-newarks-efforts-to-manage-student-trauma/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">more support to students\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, like counseling services and “grief baskets” of items to help students coping with loss. District officials, including León, have spoken out about prioritizing student mental health needs and care for students who have experienced trauma, and student mental health is a recurring topic at school board meetings. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thomas Owens, executive director of MENTOR Newark, which is partnering with local organizations Lotus Yoga and the Hanini Group to provide the classes, said he thinks the district’s recent focus on student mental health is a “large part” of why they joined the initiative. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schools \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://chalkbeat.org/posts/in/2016/04/06/schools-combine-meditation-and-brain-science-to-help-combat-discipline-problems/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">across the county\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> have adopted meditation, which \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/5/22/13768406/mindfulness-meditation-good-for-kids-evidence\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">research suggests\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> helps practitioners deal with trauma and lessen anxiety — though mindfulness practices in schools are largely experimental. In \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-high-school-quiet-time-meditation-david-lynch-bogan-20190725-72so6zr2gvganb2c54k4eq24zm-story.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chicago\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a meditation program aimed at addressing trauma in youths who live in poverty and among violence has led to fewer arguments in school but has made some students feel uncomfortable. Students in \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/5/22/13768406/mindfulness-meditation-good-for-kids-evidence\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washington, D.C.\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, however, love their weekly meditation sessions, and in nearby \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2018/07/16/meditation-and-mindfulness-how-a-harlem-principal-solves-conflict-in-her-community/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York City\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, one principal told Chalkbeat that incorporating meditation during the school day increased academic performance at her school.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many of the meditation mentors at Weequahic, which offers yoga as part of physical education and an alternative disciplinary measure, were skeptical of participating in the program at first. Williams was suspended a few months ago for recording a fight between two students. When he came back to school, he was sent to practice yoga. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The first day, I didn’t really want to do it because I thought it was corny,” he said. “Then, I started to really like it.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After a few weeks, Kohl encouraged Williams to also join the mentorship program.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I’ve enjoyed it a lot more than I expected,” he said. “It’s helped my temper. I used to get mad fast, but not now.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Four years ago, Weequahic had a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://chalkbeat.org/posts/newark/2018/10/16/in-newark-reporting-lapses-hide-thousands-of-student-suspensions-from-public-view/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">high suspension rate\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, but Principal Andre Hollis said in a 2018 Chalkbeat interview that he’s tried to steer the school toward “restorative practices,” which are designed to help students reflect on their actions and make better choices, rather than sending them out of school.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">León said last week that attendance and discipline have improved at Weequahic, which he partially attributes to a focus on student mental health.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We can only come to a couple of conclusions,” he said. “On the list of things we can say are responsible for it, I have to add meditation.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the intensive 8-week portion, students will spend three months completing a practicum before they graduate. Then, Kohl hopes the student mentors will teach meditation classes throughout Newark. The mentors plan to work with elementary-age Newark children this summer, and Kohl is hopeful the students will be hired — by the district, city, or other local organizations — to facilitate meditation and mindfulness sessions.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Williams is already spreading the word and the practice.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I’ve started teaching my two friends who got suspended how to meditate,” he said. “It’s helped them a lot. It makes me feel like a better person, teaching other people.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When kids at Warner Arts Magnet Elementary School act up, they aren't sent straight to the principal's office. Instead, many students at the high-poverty school in Nashville, Tenn., go to the \"BeWell\" room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The serene space is awash in sunlight and brimming with plants. There are yoga mats, toys, a lounging nook and soothing music drifting out of a desk speaker. In this room, teacher Riki Rattner, who is also trained as a yoga instructor, helps students practice deep breathing and check in with their emotions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Let's get you checked in and calming down. Taking care of you,\" she tells a fourth grader who walks in after a tiff in art class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One in 5 American children \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/10/23/772789491/how-to-help-a-child-struggling-with-anxiety\">struggles with anxiety\u003c/a>, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.childtrends.org/indicators/adverse-experiences\">almost half\u003c/a> experience at least one serious stressor at home — like divorce, poverty or a parent's addiction — according to the nonprofit Child Trends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To help students cope, a growing number of schools like Warner are turning to mindfulness. Its boosters claim all kinds of benefits, and there is research to back them up. But mindfulness in schools can mean many different things, and the explosion of interest has some researchers and proponents advising caution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Mindfulness when delivered in a high-quality structured program can be beneficial for youth,\" says Erica Sibinga, a professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. \"We can't immediately assume it's effective when delivered in other ways.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mindfulness is a bit of a catch-all term for a secularized version of practices that draw from religions like Buddhism and Hinduism. It might include things like focusing on the senses, deep, regular breathing and mental exercises designed to promote awareness and kindness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In schools, mindfulness has taken many forms, from intensive curricular programs, to professional development for teachers, to an occasional behavioral respite. Some for-profit companies advertise videos and audio tracks meant to be played to children for as little as five minutes a day; others market toys and gadgets. For example, at Warner, Rattner uses an expandable ball to demonstrate deep breathing and a liquid motion bubble timer filled with colorful oil to help students calm down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Tish Jennings, an education researcher at the University of Virginia says buyers should beware.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's people out there that have good intentions, and they're really trying to support schools, but they may not have the evidence behind what they're doing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Evidence-Based Mindfulness\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Almost 90% of Warner students live in poverty, and many come to school carrying trauma and other troubles that affect their behavior and ability to focus. The mindfulness program, which began this school year, is one way Warner is trying to address those challenges. In addition to one-on-one sessions with students, Rattner also hosts yoga classes and provides classroom support. And twice a day, Principal Ricki Gibbs leads school-wide breathing exercises.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gibbs says he's already seen an improvement: Behavior referrals are down 80% compared to the same time last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've given them avenues to work on mindfulness,\" Gibbs says, \"to work on just calming themselves, getting to their center place where they can just be children.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gibbs may be seeing results, but there's little research behind mindfulness programs like his. And the programs that \u003cem>have \u003c/em>been studied — and proven effective — take a lot more time than what's being done at Warner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the clinical research on mindfulness has centered on Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, a specific protocol created in a medical school. It draws from traditional Buddhist meditation practices, but secularized and standardized. MBSR for adults is \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3336928/\">fairly intensive\u003c/a>: It typically takes place over the course of eight weeks, for two or two and a half hours per week, plus an all-day retreat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Studies have found that MBSR improves both chronic pain and the body's immune response. And there are significant mental health benefits: For adults, across populations, this protocol has been shown to have \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/1809754\">a similar effect as antidepressants\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sibinga at Johns Hopkins has published \u003ca href=\"https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/results/directory/profile/0006430/erica-sibinga\">several studies\u003c/a> on the efficacy of mindfulness for children and teenagers, particularly those who cope with significant stress and trauma. In the studies, which Sibinga designed, the training consists of 12 weekly sessions of 50 minutes each — a significant amount of instructional time at any school. Some of the language has been simplified or made less abstract for young people, but it's still very much based on MBSR, she says. And, it works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We see mental health benefits,\" Sibinga explains. \"We see some behavioral benefits. Youth are more likely not to engage in conflict — more likely to walk away from contentious discussions. They express greater acceptance of themselves.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennings at the University of Virginia has taken a different, in some ways even more intensive approach. She believes successful mindfulness programs should include adults as well as the children in a school, and they should be integrated with a schools' approach to discipline and social and emotional learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennings co-created a program called \u003ca href=\"https://createforeducation.org/care/\">CARE\u003c/a>, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/08/19/488866975/when-teachers-take-a-breath-students-can-bloom\">provides intensive mindfulness training\u003c/a> for teachers. Randomized controlled trials show the program is effective not only in improving teachers' well-being, but also in improving the classroom environment as teachers become more centered and less reactive to stressful situations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennings says the programs that are backed by the best evidence are \"doing a really good job of fitting into the school system in a way that the teachers and students can use. It's not being plugged in or added on. It's building a new climate in the school where everyone\" — from the principal to the bus driver — \"is approaching what they're doing with a more mindful and compassionate approach.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She's currently studying \u003ca href=\"https://www.compassionschools.org/program/\">a district-wide program\u003c/a> in Louisville, Ky., that is trying to do just that.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Equitable Mindfulness\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the United States, mindfulness has long been associated with white, affluent and highly educated people, as well as with the technology industry and the corporate world. As its use spreads in schools, and as researchers like Sibinga focus specifically on how it can help children who face trauma and adversity, experts like Tiara Cash are raising concerns about equity and inclusion. Cash is with the Center for Mindfulness, Compassion and Resilience at Arizona State University, an organization that works to promote what she calls \"equitable mindfulness\" to diverse communities in culturally specific ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/racial-disparities-in-school-discipline-are-growing-federal-data-shows/2018/04/24/67b5d2b8-47e4-11e8-827e-190efaf1f1ee_story.html\">Statistics show\u003c/a>, in schools across the country, black and Hispanic students are disciplined more often and more harshly. Cash says it's possible that a given student is feeling angry or disruptive because teachers really do show implicit bias — and mindfulness isn't going to fix that underlying problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Mindfulness really isn't spiritual bypassing,\" she says. \"So we're not trying to bypass the fact that there are social injustices and systematic issues that show up in these different communities and in these different spaces.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says that while it is helpful to give a student a chance to process difficult emotions that come up in class, mindfulness would be better used to allow teachers to interrogate and eliminate their own implicit biases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What we're really trying to do is elevate the understanding that, you know, with our own personal practices, with our own sitting with ourselves, we're able to break down these barriers better.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of that, Cash, like Jennings, says it's hard to do mindfulness effectively unless teachers walk the talk. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When kids at Warner Arts Magnet Elementary School act up, they aren't sent straight to the principal's office. Instead, many students at the high-poverty school in Nashville, Tenn., go to the \"BeWell\" room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The serene space is awash in sunlight and brimming with plants. There are yoga mats, toys, a lounging nook and soothing music drifting out of a desk speaker. In this room, teacher Riki Rattner, who is also trained as a yoga instructor, helps students practice deep breathing and check in with their emotions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Let's get you checked in and calming down. Taking care of you,\" she tells a fourth grader who walks in after a tiff in art class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One in 5 American children \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/10/23/772789491/how-to-help-a-child-struggling-with-anxiety\">struggles with anxiety\u003c/a>, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.childtrends.org/indicators/adverse-experiences\">almost half\u003c/a> experience at least one serious stressor at home — like divorce, poverty or a parent's addiction — according to the nonprofit Child Trends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To help students cope, a growing number of schools like Warner are turning to mindfulness. Its boosters claim all kinds of benefits, and there is research to back them up. But mindfulness in schools can mean many different things, and the explosion of interest has some researchers and proponents advising caution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Mindfulness when delivered in a high-quality structured program can be beneficial for youth,\" says Erica Sibinga, a professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. \"We can't immediately assume it's effective when delivered in other ways.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mindfulness is a bit of a catch-all term for a secularized version of practices that draw from religions like Buddhism and Hinduism. It might include things like focusing on the senses, deep, regular breathing and mental exercises designed to promote awareness and kindness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In schools, mindfulness has taken many forms, from intensive curricular programs, to professional development for teachers, to an occasional behavioral respite. Some for-profit companies advertise videos and audio tracks meant to be played to children for as little as five minutes a day; others market toys and gadgets. For example, at Warner, Rattner uses an expandable ball to demonstrate deep breathing and a liquid motion bubble timer filled with colorful oil to help students calm down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Tish Jennings, an education researcher at the University of Virginia says buyers should beware.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's people out there that have good intentions, and they're really trying to support schools, but they may not have the evidence behind what they're doing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Evidence-Based Mindfulness\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Almost 90% of Warner students live in poverty, and many come to school carrying trauma and other troubles that affect their behavior and ability to focus. The mindfulness program, which began this school year, is one way Warner is trying to address those challenges. In addition to one-on-one sessions with students, Rattner also hosts yoga classes and provides classroom support. And twice a day, Principal Ricki Gibbs leads school-wide breathing exercises.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gibbs says he's already seen an improvement: Behavior referrals are down 80% compared to the same time last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've given them avenues to work on mindfulness,\" Gibbs says, \"to work on just calming themselves, getting to their center place where they can just be children.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gibbs may be seeing results, but there's little research behind mindfulness programs like his. And the programs that \u003cem>have \u003c/em>been studied — and proven effective — take a lot more time than what's being done at Warner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the clinical research on mindfulness has centered on Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, a specific protocol created in a medical school. It draws from traditional Buddhist meditation practices, but secularized and standardized. MBSR for adults is \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3336928/\">fairly intensive\u003c/a>: It typically takes place over the course of eight weeks, for two or two and a half hours per week, plus an all-day retreat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Studies have found that MBSR improves both chronic pain and the body's immune response. And there are significant mental health benefits: For adults, across populations, this protocol has been shown to have \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/1809754\">a similar effect as antidepressants\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sibinga at Johns Hopkins has published \u003ca href=\"https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/results/directory/profile/0006430/erica-sibinga\">several studies\u003c/a> on the efficacy of mindfulness for children and teenagers, particularly those who cope with significant stress and trauma. In the studies, which Sibinga designed, the training consists of 12 weekly sessions of 50 minutes each — a significant amount of instructional time at any school. Some of the language has been simplified or made less abstract for young people, but it's still very much based on MBSR, she says. And, it works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We see mental health benefits,\" Sibinga explains. \"We see some behavioral benefits. Youth are more likely not to engage in conflict — more likely to walk away from contentious discussions. They express greater acceptance of themselves.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennings at the University of Virginia has taken a different, in some ways even more intensive approach. She believes successful mindfulness programs should include adults as well as the children in a school, and they should be integrated with a schools' approach to discipline and social and emotional learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennings co-created a program called \u003ca href=\"https://createforeducation.org/care/\">CARE\u003c/a>, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/08/19/488866975/when-teachers-take-a-breath-students-can-bloom\">provides intensive mindfulness training\u003c/a> for teachers. Randomized controlled trials show the program is effective not only in improving teachers' well-being, but also in improving the classroom environment as teachers become more centered and less reactive to stressful situations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennings says the programs that are backed by the best evidence are \"doing a really good job of fitting into the school system in a way that the teachers and students can use. It's not being plugged in or added on. It's building a new climate in the school where everyone\" — from the principal to the bus driver — \"is approaching what they're doing with a more mindful and compassionate approach.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She's currently studying \u003ca href=\"https://www.compassionschools.org/program/\">a district-wide program\u003c/a> in Louisville, Ky., that is trying to do just that.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Equitable Mindfulness\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the United States, mindfulness has long been associated with white, affluent and highly educated people, as well as with the technology industry and the corporate world. As its use spreads in schools, and as researchers like Sibinga focus specifically on how it can help children who face trauma and adversity, experts like Tiara Cash are raising concerns about equity and inclusion. Cash is with the Center for Mindfulness, Compassion and Resilience at Arizona State University, an organization that works to promote what she calls \"equitable mindfulness\" to diverse communities in culturally specific ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/racial-disparities-in-school-discipline-are-growing-federal-data-shows/2018/04/24/67b5d2b8-47e4-11e8-827e-190efaf1f1ee_story.html\">Statistics show\u003c/a>, in schools across the country, black and Hispanic students are disciplined more often and more harshly. 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