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But she doesn't have close friends she sees regularly and her children and grandchildren only visit once every few months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The solitude she once sought is no longer as comforting. \"It can get lonely, very lonely,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a recent poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Bogema is one of about 2.5 million rural residents (about 7% of the total rural population) who say they have no friends or family nearby to rely on. An additional 14 million (about 39%) say they only have a few people. Like Bogema, many feel isolated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54104\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54104\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-18_enl-1e6c34c52073035cbd581b0929629582028c01b8-1-e1565235566501.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">McGregor, Minn., is one of 18 communities in north-eastern part of the state that is participating in a program that addresses loneliness and social isolation by connecting the young with the old. \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>People in rural areas report \"feeling lonely or left out,\" says Carrie Henning-Smith, the deputy director of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/centers/minnesota\">University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center\u003c/a> and one of the authors of a recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30609155\">study \u003c/a>on rural isolation, despite the fact that rural communities often have \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/21/725059882/poll-many-rural-americans-struggle-with-financial-insecurity-access-to-health-ca\">stronger social networks than urban ones\u003c/a>. She notes that many communities have become more socially isolated in recent years as rural economies have declined and young people moved away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Social isolation is increasingly recognized as a \u003ca href=\"https://academic.oup.com/ppar/article/27/4/127/4782506\">public health issue\u003c/a>. Studies show that isolation and loneliness puts people at a higher risk of long term\u003ca href=\"https://heart.bmj.com/content/heartjnl/102/13/1009.full.pdf\"> physical\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4225959/\">mental health problems\u003c/a>, including \u003ca href=\"https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316\">premature mortality\u003c/a>. And Henning-Smith's preliminary research suggests that in rural areas, isolation can reduce people's ability to meet daily needs, like access to health care and food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group in northeastern Minnesota is tackling this problem in a novel way: They're trying to reconnect a fragmented social fabric by bringing together generations to support each other — kids and the elderly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGregor is one of 18 rural communities running the program, called\u003ca href=\"https://northlandfdn.org/news/publications/age2age-outcomes-2013.pdf\"> AGE to age\u003c/a>. It connects more than 4,000 youth with almost 2,500 older adults annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initiative is not just geared to help the elderly — the support runs both ways. It also helps children and young people in these communities feel more supported, giving them work experience and mentors. Children and seniors work on projects together — the kind of activity varies from community to community, and can range anywhere from participating in a reading club, to building and maintaining a community garden, to helping local food pantries, to working on art projects. Along the way, they develop meaningful relationships that can last beyond the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54105\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54105\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-19_enl-a69e86f0a4679c4995ecb002de8680906bf7bc4c-1-e1565235619118.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daryl Doering (center) of Kids Plus explains how certain yard tools work to volunteers Amelia Seybold (left) and Jason Ponthieux during a popsicle break at Barbara Coplan's house. Kids Plus connects kids with adults and seniors to foster relationships in the community. \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cheryl Meld is the director of\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/KidsPlusOfMcGregor/\"> Kids Plus\u003c/a>, a local McGregor group that runs the AGE to age program in this community. She hopes it can help give the town a different future. \"I would like to see a more connected community, and one that sustains those connections,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initiative is \"truly unique,\" says \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/carterflorence\">Carter Florence\u003c/a>, senior director of strategy at \u003ca href=\"https://www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org/\">Meals on Wheels America\u003c/a>, who grew up in rural Appalachia, in Hazard, Ky., and has spent much of her career working in rural areas. Many places around the country, she says, \"are trying to support community connections and grow the close-knitness of their communities,\" she says. But most of these efforts are small-scale, she adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Having such a big program covering such a wide area, that is really intentionally focused on the intergenerational connectedness is unique,\" agrees Henning-Smith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A once-bustling town empties out\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Social isolation and loneliness weren't always a problem in McGregor and neighboring towns, says Meld, who grew up in the next town over, Tamarac. These were once thriving, connected communities, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There were large families,\" she says. \"There were a lot of people doing things together, and a real sense of neighbors and neighborhoods.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGregor once had a bustling downtown, full of stores, bars and restaurants. People shopped and socialized there, running into each other and stopping by each other's homes, Meld remembers. But that started to change a couple of decades ago, she says, when the local economy began to decline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54106\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54106\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-4_enl-70857a2ab1322c1add85b0b687292c1d1ba6ba56-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-4_enl-70857a2ab1322c1add85b0b687292c1d1ba6ba56-1.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-4_enl-70857a2ab1322c1add85b0b687292c1d1ba6ba56-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-4_enl-70857a2ab1322c1add85b0b687292c1d1ba6ba56-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-4_enl-70857a2ab1322c1add85b0b687292c1d1ba6ba56-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-4_enl-70857a2ab1322c1add85b0b687292c1d1ba6ba56-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-4_enl-70857a2ab1322c1add85b0b687292c1d1ba6ba56-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">McGregor was once a vibrant community, but around two decades ago, the local economy declined and people began to move away in search of other opportunities. Those changes affected the social fabric of the town. \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Stores like Walmart and Costco arrived, pushing out local businesses. Minnesota's timber industry, a big source of employment, began to struggle. And family farms did too, as the farms became less profitable and young people moved away looking for other careers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So we lost the sense of generational businesses and families living here,\" says Meld.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, downtown McGregor is eerily quiet, with only a handful of businesses, such as a car repair shop, a bowling alley, a health center, a church, and a funeral home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People don't just get together or drop by for a visit [anymore],\" Meld says. \"You don't see kids playing pick up games, you don't see them get together to play a game of softball.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54114\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54114\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-23_custom-059c149a2da74483b8cc5eb70414df48b2e9d65a-s700-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-23_custom-059c149a2da74483b8cc5eb70414df48b2e9d65a-s700-c85.jpg 700w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-23_custom-059c149a2da74483b8cc5eb70414df48b2e9d65a-s700-c85-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheryl Meld, who grew up in the town adjacent to McGregor and now runs the Kids Plus and the AGE to age program, says that as local businesses closed, families had to work harder to make ends meet. \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The recent poll by NPR, Harvard and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that low income contributes to isolation. The poll found a higher proportion — about three in ten — of rural adults in households earning less than $25,000 a year say they always or often feel lonely and isolated from others, compared to those who earn more money. Previously published studies show that poverty is associated with a greater experience of social isolation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The economic decline has affected the well-being of the entire community, Meld says. Older adults are increasingly aging in isolation. And young and middle aged people are having to work harder to make ends meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54115\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54115\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/fallback.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/fallback.png 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/fallback-160x217.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health \"Life in Rural America — Part II\" survey of 1,405 adults living in the rural United States, conducted Jan. 1-March 2. The margin of error for the full sample is +/- 3.5 percentage points. For purposes of this poll, \"rural\" was defined as areas that are not part of a Metropolitan Statistical Area, as used in the 2016 National Exit Poll. \u003ccite>(Alyson Hurt/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Poverty and social isolation have contributed to rising addiction rates in the community, says Meld.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All this has led to children growing up in difficult family circumstances, with hardly any opportunities to escape their realities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you talk with kids, they'll tell you their parents are separated or divorced or going through some kind of substance [abuse] issue, and that's commonplace\" Meld says. \"The reality of their life is a lot of disruption, a lot of sadness, a lot of kids filling adult roles in their family's lives, helping raise their siblings.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Supporting vulnerable children\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AGE to age program leaders in each community make an effort to engage the most vulnerable kids, says Lynn Haglin, director at the \u003ca href=\"https://northlandfdn.org/\">Northland Foundation,\u003c/a> a Minnesota foundation which started the AGE to age program and funds it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without help, many kids — \"children in the shadows,\" as she calls them — end up struggling on their own, Haglin says. These are \"young people that kind of move through school very quietly and they just don't have those moments where they are made to feel like, 'Wow you are really something you really have a lot to offer,' \" says Haglin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54091\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54091\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-6_enl-990a58a90fcc99f00f7e05bad369700ecca263c6-e1565236026924.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annastazia Vierkandt is now raising her two sons Hamilton (center) and Jack in McGregor, where she grew up. When she was in the seventh grade, she signed up with the AGE to age program and met Coplan, who became a mentor to her. \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Annastazia Vierkandt, now 20 years old, mostly grew up in McGregor. She says the Kids Plus AGE to Age program was a lifeline for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she was a kid, she and her family rarely saw their neighbors or friends. She had three siblings and three half-siblings but they were on their own a lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Being the oldest sister, I was just expected to take care of the kids,\" she says. \"My mom wouldn't go out and play with them or anything like that. Sometimes, we'd just be inside playing, and she'd be inside in her room, or sitting on her phone.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her father lived in another town, and her step father worked long hours. Vierkandt spent much of her childhood feeling alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54101\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54101\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-26_enl-9a1f119bd915ad7b9394f698560b584cd18c21f9-1-e1565236113402.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vierkandt says growing up, there wasn't a lot for kids to do. \"If you're not in school doing stuff, you're going to hang out with the wrong people and end up doing the wrong things. And I've seen people do that,\" she says, referring to drugs and alcohol use, which is a problem in the community. \"That's not where I wanted to be.\" \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Studies show that social isolation puts people at risk of a range of physical and mental health problems. And by the time Vierkandt was about 12 years old, she began to struggle with anxiety and depression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in seventh grade, she signed up to work with Kids Plus and met Barbara Coplan, who remembers her when they first met.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A very bubbly happy girl, but she would be stressed and inward,\" Coplan, who is now 70. \"And she needed some encouragement to be Anna, because Anna's a really cool person!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two of them would meet up after school and head out into the community to work on various projects — helping out at community meals, a soup kitchen, a bake sale, a flower sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Anything that they did, I was usually there, because I didn't want to be at home,\" Vierkandt says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54099\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54099\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-7_enl-85616f224a63666988f2fc31b23db6f9ba58b567-1-e1565236160541.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vierkandt says she appreciated her mentor Coplan's support and guidance during difficult years. \"For the older generation, they've lived life. They can tell you 'Oh that doesn't matter,'\" she says. \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As she got to know Coplan better, Vierkandt started to open up to her about her home life, Coplan recalls. And Vierkandt was also anxious about a lot of things and afraid to talk to people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coplan, who has worked with over 50 children through the program over the years, realized that Vierkandt didn't have much support from the adults in her life. \"It's hard for the kids to fight when they feel like they don't have the support they need,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So she began to give Vierkandt lots of encouragement to come out of her shell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says she would say to her: \"Hey, you're a great person! You talk to people, and communicate with them like you want. You're loving, you understand things. And if they don't want to talk to you, what's the worst that can happen? They'll say get away from me, OK!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coplan was a positive role model, says Vierkandt. \"If I got frustrated or didn't understand how to do something, she was very patient and able to explain it in a way that would help me understand,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The relationship, she says, helped her get through some difficult years, and helped her stay away from drugs, which is what a lot of kids she knew were doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54116\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54116\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-22-x_custom-a3d8b11f415b12a78465bce7c97f86fe1fc6aa84-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-22-x_custom-a3d8b11f415b12a78465bce7c97f86fe1fc6aa84-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-22-x_custom-a3d8b11f415b12a78465bce7c97f86fe1fc6aa84-s1300-c85-160x53.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-22-x_custom-a3d8b11f415b12a78465bce7c97f86fe1fc6aa84-s1300-c85-800x265.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-22-x_custom-a3d8b11f415b12a78465bce7c97f86fe1fc6aa84-s1300-c85-768x255.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-22-x_custom-a3d8b11f415b12a78465bce7c97f86fe1fc6aa84-s1300-c85-1020x338.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-22-x_custom-a3d8b11f415b12a78465bce7c97f86fe1fc6aa84-s1300-c85-1200x398.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doering, Seybold and Ponthieux, all with Kids Plus, clean up a flower bed in Coplan's yard. Coplan has worked with over 50 kids in the program. As her health declined in recent years, she turned to the community's children for help with maintaining her house and yard. \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Connecting kids with an older adult is a way to give them the support of a mentor and a chance to feel like a valued member of the community, says Haglin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's really quite powerful, the impact [of having a] caring adult who takes an interest in this child who is struggling a little bit, who just needs that one-on-one to give them that lift or boost they need,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Previous studies in other communities show that an older mentor can help children in all kinds of ways, like improving their \u003ca href=\"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/josh.12735\">academic performance,\u003c/a> increasing their awareness and self-confidence and even \u003ca href=\"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0743554896111007\">reducing their risk\u003c/a> of drug use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Surveys by the Northland Foundation show that 85% of children and youth participating in AGE to age across Northeastern Minnesota say they have created new friendships with their peers and adults, says Haglin. And all the adults who participate in the program say it has increased interactions between older adults and youth in their community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And for the older adults, says Meld, the chance to help kids gives them a sense of purpose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Ninety five percent of older adults report a renewed sense of purpose and community connection,\" says Haglin. \"And 94% of older adults report decreased feelings of isolation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'Lifesavers'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a bright but cool summer morning and Bogema is dressed in a sweatshirt and jeans. She is expecting a group from Kids Plus to help her with some yard work. \"I'm dressed to work in the yard today,\" she says with a smile. \"Even if I don't pull weeds, I'm ready to go.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54110\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 998px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54110\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-11x_enl-19164188d4630f03d8e9b3bd501a8aeb3614dd45-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"998\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-11x_enl-19164188d4630f03d8e9b3bd501a8aeb3614dd45-1.jpg 998w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-11x_enl-19164188d4630f03d8e9b3bd501a8aeb3614dd45-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-11x_enl-19164188d4630f03d8e9b3bd501a8aeb3614dd45-1-800x599.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-11x_enl-19164188d4630f03d8e9b3bd501a8aeb3614dd45-1-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bogema greets Darian Morgart (left) and Mason Jokamaki, both from Kids Plus who arrived to rake her yard, along with Lisa Belinger, an employee of Kids Plus. \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Soon, a team of three — Lisa Belinger, an employee with\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/KidsPlusOfMcGregor/\"> Kids Plus\u003c/a>, and two 14 year-old boys, named Mason Jokamaki and Darian Morgart — arrive at Bogema's.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bogema takes them to her garage so they can grab some rakes, and the team gets to work raking her yard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54111\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54111\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-5_enl-30ab49275caf817201ee106a72255232d5a63c4e-1-e1565236442365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morgart (left) says he joined the Kids Plus program as a way to see friends like Jokamaki during a time of the year when they wouldn't normally see each other. And, he says, it's a way to meet older people in the community \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Oh gosh you guys, thank you!\" says Bogema. \"Lifesavers!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only is she grateful for their help, she also appreciates their company. Their presence, the sound of their voices — talking and joking with each other — comfort her, she says: \"It's like I'm not alone.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program has made her feel more plugged into the community. In fact, this year, she signed up to volunteer herself. Starting this fall, she will join the group's Reading Pals program, where seniors read to children and help them improve their reading skills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54112\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-13x_enl-4a291011b65b7220adb6384c5ebe740703ef24b0-1-e1565236528618.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"881\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bogema says that the AGE to age program has made her feel more connected to the community. She says just hearing the sounds of kids talking in her yard makes her feel better. \"It's like I'm not alone,\" she says. \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As for 14-year-old Morgart who's helping Bogema rake her yard, he says he decided to work with Kids Plus \"just to hang out in the summer [with friends], because other than that we don't hang out normally.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People live far away from each other, so without a ride from a parent, seeing friends outside of school isn't easy, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His friend Jokamaki says he likes working with his friend. \"It doesn't feel like work. It feels like fun,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program also makes them feel more connected to other people in the town. \"If I'm doing something for other people ... and then, I see them further down the line, like somewhere else, then they recognize me and I recognize them,\" says Morgart. \"It's just nice.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And those community connections can last well beyond the program, as they did for Anna Vierkandt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, Vierkandt is happily married with two children. She is no longer in contact with her own mother, but thinks of her AGE to age mentor Coplan as her second mother and continues to stay in touch with her. Coplan was the first person she texted with pictures after she gave birth to her son earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coplan and the program changed her life, says Vierkandt, by giving her \"a sense of purpose and belonging.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program benefits the entire community, says Coplan. \"Because all it does is pull everybody together.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54117\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54117\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-25x_custom-8fead743d14afffe05a90af9534813f174c5f86e-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-25x_custom-8fead743d14afffe05a90af9534813f174c5f86e-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-25x_custom-8fead743d14afffe05a90af9534813f174c5f86e-s1300-c85-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-25x_custom-8fead743d14afffe05a90af9534813f174c5f86e-s1300-c85-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-25x_custom-8fead743d14afffe05a90af9534813f174c5f86e-s1300-c85-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-25x_custom-8fead743d14afffe05a90af9534813f174c5f86e-s1300-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-25x_custom-8fead743d14afffe05a90af9534813f174c5f86e-s1300-c85-1200x799.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vierkandt says the program has taught her empathy and compassion. \"That's just kind of how I live my life now,\" she says. \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 NPR. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Priscilla Bogema lives in a rural town called McGregor, Minn., in a part of the state that has more trees and lakes than people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She came here about 20 years ago seeking solitude during a major crisis in her life. She had just gotten divorced and was dealing with some health problems. \"So I came to a place where nobody could see me,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Bogema is in her 60s, frail and mostly confined to her house. Her arthritis and other health problems have limited her mobility. She struggles with the upkeep of her home and yard. She drives into town once a week for groceries and a movie with other seniors. But she doesn't have close friends she sees regularly and her children and grandchildren only visit once every few months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The solitude she once sought is no longer as comforting. \"It can get lonely, very lonely,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a recent poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Bogema is one of about 2.5 million rural residents (about 7% of the total rural population) who say they have no friends or family nearby to rely on. An additional 14 million (about 39%) say they only have a few people. Like Bogema, many feel isolated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54104\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54104\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-18_enl-1e6c34c52073035cbd581b0929629582028c01b8-1-e1565235566501.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">McGregor, Minn., is one of 18 communities in north-eastern part of the state that is participating in a program that addresses loneliness and social isolation by connecting the young with the old. \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>People in rural areas report \"feeling lonely or left out,\" says Carrie Henning-Smith, the deputy director of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/centers/minnesota\">University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center\u003c/a> and one of the authors of a recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30609155\">study \u003c/a>on rural isolation, despite the fact that rural communities often have \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/21/725059882/poll-many-rural-americans-struggle-with-financial-insecurity-access-to-health-ca\">stronger social networks than urban ones\u003c/a>. She notes that many communities have become more socially isolated in recent years as rural economies have declined and young people moved away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Social isolation is increasingly recognized as a \u003ca href=\"https://academic.oup.com/ppar/article/27/4/127/4782506\">public health issue\u003c/a>. Studies show that isolation and loneliness puts people at a higher risk of long term\u003ca href=\"https://heart.bmj.com/content/heartjnl/102/13/1009.full.pdf\"> physical\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4225959/\">mental health problems\u003c/a>, including \u003ca href=\"https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316\">premature mortality\u003c/a>. And Henning-Smith's preliminary research suggests that in rural areas, isolation can reduce people's ability to meet daily needs, like access to health care and food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group in northeastern Minnesota is tackling this problem in a novel way: They're trying to reconnect a fragmented social fabric by bringing together generations to support each other — kids and the elderly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGregor is one of 18 rural communities running the program, called\u003ca href=\"https://northlandfdn.org/news/publications/age2age-outcomes-2013.pdf\"> AGE to age\u003c/a>. It connects more than 4,000 youth with almost 2,500 older adults annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initiative is not just geared to help the elderly — the support runs both ways. It also helps children and young people in these communities feel more supported, giving them work experience and mentors. Children and seniors work on projects together — the kind of activity varies from community to community, and can range anywhere from participating in a reading club, to building and maintaining a community garden, to helping local food pantries, to working on art projects. Along the way, they develop meaningful relationships that can last beyond the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54105\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54105\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-19_enl-a69e86f0a4679c4995ecb002de8680906bf7bc4c-1-e1565235619118.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daryl Doering (center) of Kids Plus explains how certain yard tools work to volunteers Amelia Seybold (left) and Jason Ponthieux during a popsicle break at Barbara Coplan's house. Kids Plus connects kids with adults and seniors to foster relationships in the community. \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cheryl Meld is the director of\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/KidsPlusOfMcGregor/\"> Kids Plus\u003c/a>, a local McGregor group that runs the AGE to age program in this community. She hopes it can help give the town a different future. \"I would like to see a more connected community, and one that sustains those connections,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initiative is \"truly unique,\" says \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/carterflorence\">Carter Florence\u003c/a>, senior director of strategy at \u003ca href=\"https://www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org/\">Meals on Wheels America\u003c/a>, who grew up in rural Appalachia, in Hazard, Ky., and has spent much of her career working in rural areas. Many places around the country, she says, \"are trying to support community connections and grow the close-knitness of their communities,\" she says. But most of these efforts are small-scale, she adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Having such a big program covering such a wide area, that is really intentionally focused on the intergenerational connectedness is unique,\" agrees Henning-Smith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A once-bustling town empties out\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Social isolation and loneliness weren't always a problem in McGregor and neighboring towns, says Meld, who grew up in the next town over, Tamarac. These were once thriving, connected communities, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There were large families,\" she says. \"There were a lot of people doing things together, and a real sense of neighbors and neighborhoods.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGregor once had a bustling downtown, full of stores, bars and restaurants. People shopped and socialized there, running into each other and stopping by each other's homes, Meld remembers. But that started to change a couple of decades ago, she says, when the local economy began to decline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54106\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54106\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-4_enl-70857a2ab1322c1add85b0b687292c1d1ba6ba56-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-4_enl-70857a2ab1322c1add85b0b687292c1d1ba6ba56-1.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-4_enl-70857a2ab1322c1add85b0b687292c1d1ba6ba56-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-4_enl-70857a2ab1322c1add85b0b687292c1d1ba6ba56-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-4_enl-70857a2ab1322c1add85b0b687292c1d1ba6ba56-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-4_enl-70857a2ab1322c1add85b0b687292c1d1ba6ba56-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-4_enl-70857a2ab1322c1add85b0b687292c1d1ba6ba56-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">McGregor was once a vibrant community, but around two decades ago, the local economy declined and people began to move away in search of other opportunities. Those changes affected the social fabric of the town. \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Stores like Walmart and Costco arrived, pushing out local businesses. Minnesota's timber industry, a big source of employment, began to struggle. And family farms did too, as the farms became less profitable and young people moved away looking for other careers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So we lost the sense of generational businesses and families living here,\" says Meld.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, downtown McGregor is eerily quiet, with only a handful of businesses, such as a car repair shop, a bowling alley, a health center, a church, and a funeral home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People don't just get together or drop by for a visit [anymore],\" Meld says. \"You don't see kids playing pick up games, you don't see them get together to play a game of softball.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54114\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54114\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-23_custom-059c149a2da74483b8cc5eb70414df48b2e9d65a-s700-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-23_custom-059c149a2da74483b8cc5eb70414df48b2e9d65a-s700-c85.jpg 700w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-23_custom-059c149a2da74483b8cc5eb70414df48b2e9d65a-s700-c85-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheryl Meld, who grew up in the town adjacent to McGregor and now runs the Kids Plus and the AGE to age program, says that as local businesses closed, families had to work harder to make ends meet. \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The recent poll by NPR, Harvard and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that low income contributes to isolation. The poll found a higher proportion — about three in ten — of rural adults in households earning less than $25,000 a year say they always or often feel lonely and isolated from others, compared to those who earn more money. Previously published studies show that poverty is associated with a greater experience of social isolation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The economic decline has affected the well-being of the entire community, Meld says. Older adults are increasingly aging in isolation. And young and middle aged people are having to work harder to make ends meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54115\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54115\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/fallback.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/fallback.png 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/fallback-160x217.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health \"Life in Rural America — Part II\" survey of 1,405 adults living in the rural United States, conducted Jan. 1-March 2. The margin of error for the full sample is +/- 3.5 percentage points. For purposes of this poll, \"rural\" was defined as areas that are not part of a Metropolitan Statistical Area, as used in the 2016 National Exit Poll. \u003ccite>(Alyson Hurt/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Poverty and social isolation have contributed to rising addiction rates in the community, says Meld.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All this has led to children growing up in difficult family circumstances, with hardly any opportunities to escape their realities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you talk with kids, they'll tell you their parents are separated or divorced or going through some kind of substance [abuse] issue, and that's commonplace\" Meld says. \"The reality of their life is a lot of disruption, a lot of sadness, a lot of kids filling adult roles in their family's lives, helping raise their siblings.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Supporting vulnerable children\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AGE to age program leaders in each community make an effort to engage the most vulnerable kids, says Lynn Haglin, director at the \u003ca href=\"https://northlandfdn.org/\">Northland Foundation,\u003c/a> a Minnesota foundation which started the AGE to age program and funds it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without help, many kids — \"children in the shadows,\" as she calls them — end up struggling on their own, Haglin says. These are \"young people that kind of move through school very quietly and they just don't have those moments where they are made to feel like, 'Wow you are really something you really have a lot to offer,' \" says Haglin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54091\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54091\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-6_enl-990a58a90fcc99f00f7e05bad369700ecca263c6-e1565236026924.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annastazia Vierkandt is now raising her two sons Hamilton (center) and Jack in McGregor, where she grew up. When she was in the seventh grade, she signed up with the AGE to age program and met Coplan, who became a mentor to her. \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Annastazia Vierkandt, now 20 years old, mostly grew up in McGregor. She says the Kids Plus AGE to Age program was a lifeline for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she was a kid, she and her family rarely saw their neighbors or friends. She had three siblings and three half-siblings but they were on their own a lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Being the oldest sister, I was just expected to take care of the kids,\" she says. \"My mom wouldn't go out and play with them or anything like that. Sometimes, we'd just be inside playing, and she'd be inside in her room, or sitting on her phone.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her father lived in another town, and her step father worked long hours. Vierkandt spent much of her childhood feeling alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54101\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54101\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-26_enl-9a1f119bd915ad7b9394f698560b584cd18c21f9-1-e1565236113402.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vierkandt says growing up, there wasn't a lot for kids to do. \"If you're not in school doing stuff, you're going to hang out with the wrong people and end up doing the wrong things. And I've seen people do that,\" she says, referring to drugs and alcohol use, which is a problem in the community. \"That's not where I wanted to be.\" \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Studies show that social isolation puts people at risk of a range of physical and mental health problems. And by the time Vierkandt was about 12 years old, she began to struggle with anxiety and depression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in seventh grade, she signed up to work with Kids Plus and met Barbara Coplan, who remembers her when they first met.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A very bubbly happy girl, but she would be stressed and inward,\" Coplan, who is now 70. \"And she needed some encouragement to be Anna, because Anna's a really cool person!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two of them would meet up after school and head out into the community to work on various projects — helping out at community meals, a soup kitchen, a bake sale, a flower sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Anything that they did, I was usually there, because I didn't want to be at home,\" Vierkandt says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54099\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54099\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-7_enl-85616f224a63666988f2fc31b23db6f9ba58b567-1-e1565236160541.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vierkandt says she appreciated her mentor Coplan's support and guidance during difficult years. \"For the older generation, they've lived life. They can tell you 'Oh that doesn't matter,'\" she says. \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As she got to know Coplan better, Vierkandt started to open up to her about her home life, Coplan recalls. And Vierkandt was also anxious about a lot of things and afraid to talk to people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coplan, who has worked with over 50 children through the program over the years, realized that Vierkandt didn't have much support from the adults in her life. \"It's hard for the kids to fight when they feel like they don't have the support they need,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So she began to give Vierkandt lots of encouragement to come out of her shell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says she would say to her: \"Hey, you're a great person! You talk to people, and communicate with them like you want. You're loving, you understand things. And if they don't want to talk to you, what's the worst that can happen? They'll say get away from me, OK!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coplan was a positive role model, says Vierkandt. \"If I got frustrated or didn't understand how to do something, she was very patient and able to explain it in a way that would help me understand,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The relationship, she says, helped her get through some difficult years, and helped her stay away from drugs, which is what a lot of kids she knew were doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54116\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54116\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-22-x_custom-a3d8b11f415b12a78465bce7c97f86fe1fc6aa84-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-22-x_custom-a3d8b11f415b12a78465bce7c97f86fe1fc6aa84-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-22-x_custom-a3d8b11f415b12a78465bce7c97f86fe1fc6aa84-s1300-c85-160x53.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-22-x_custom-a3d8b11f415b12a78465bce7c97f86fe1fc6aa84-s1300-c85-800x265.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-22-x_custom-a3d8b11f415b12a78465bce7c97f86fe1fc6aa84-s1300-c85-768x255.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-22-x_custom-a3d8b11f415b12a78465bce7c97f86fe1fc6aa84-s1300-c85-1020x338.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-22-x_custom-a3d8b11f415b12a78465bce7c97f86fe1fc6aa84-s1300-c85-1200x398.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doering, Seybold and Ponthieux, all with Kids Plus, clean up a flower bed in Coplan's yard. Coplan has worked with over 50 kids in the program. As her health declined in recent years, she turned to the community's children for help with maintaining her house and yard. \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Connecting kids with an older adult is a way to give them the support of a mentor and a chance to feel like a valued member of the community, says Haglin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's really quite powerful, the impact [of having a] caring adult who takes an interest in this child who is struggling a little bit, who just needs that one-on-one to give them that lift or boost they need,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Previous studies in other communities show that an older mentor can help children in all kinds of ways, like improving their \u003ca href=\"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/josh.12735\">academic performance,\u003c/a> increasing their awareness and self-confidence and even \u003ca href=\"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0743554896111007\">reducing their risk\u003c/a> of drug use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Surveys by the Northland Foundation show that 85% of children and youth participating in AGE to age across Northeastern Minnesota say they have created new friendships with their peers and adults, says Haglin. And all the adults who participate in the program say it has increased interactions between older adults and youth in their community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And for the older adults, says Meld, the chance to help kids gives them a sense of purpose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Ninety five percent of older adults report a renewed sense of purpose and community connection,\" says Haglin. \"And 94% of older adults report decreased feelings of isolation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'Lifesavers'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a bright but cool summer morning and Bogema is dressed in a sweatshirt and jeans. She is expecting a group from Kids Plus to help her with some yard work. \"I'm dressed to work in the yard today,\" she says with a smile. \"Even if I don't pull weeds, I'm ready to go.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54110\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 998px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54110\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-11x_enl-19164188d4630f03d8e9b3bd501a8aeb3614dd45-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"998\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-11x_enl-19164188d4630f03d8e9b3bd501a8aeb3614dd45-1.jpg 998w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-11x_enl-19164188d4630f03d8e9b3bd501a8aeb3614dd45-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-11x_enl-19164188d4630f03d8e9b3bd501a8aeb3614dd45-1-800x599.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-11x_enl-19164188d4630f03d8e9b3bd501a8aeb3614dd45-1-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bogema greets Darian Morgart (left) and Mason Jokamaki, both from Kids Plus who arrived to rake her yard, along with Lisa Belinger, an employee of Kids Plus. \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Soon, a team of three — Lisa Belinger, an employee with\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/KidsPlusOfMcGregor/\"> Kids Plus\u003c/a>, and two 14 year-old boys, named Mason Jokamaki and Darian Morgart — arrive at Bogema's.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bogema takes them to her garage so they can grab some rakes, and the team gets to work raking her yard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54111\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54111\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-5_enl-30ab49275caf817201ee106a72255232d5a63c4e-1-e1565236442365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morgart (left) says he joined the Kids Plus program as a way to see friends like Jokamaki during a time of the year when they wouldn't normally see each other. And, he says, it's a way to meet older people in the community \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Oh gosh you guys, thank you!\" says Bogema. \"Lifesavers!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only is she grateful for their help, she also appreciates their company. Their presence, the sound of their voices — talking and joking with each other — comfort her, she says: \"It's like I'm not alone.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program has made her feel more plugged into the community. In fact, this year, she signed up to volunteer herself. Starting this fall, she will join the group's Reading Pals program, where seniors read to children and help them improve their reading skills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_54112\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-54112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/08/rural-health-mcgregor-13x_enl-4a291011b65b7220adb6384c5ebe740703ef24b0-1-e1565236528618.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"881\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bogema says that the AGE to age program has made her feel more connected to the community. She says just hearing the sounds of kids talking in her yard makes her feel better. \"It's like I'm not alone,\" she says. \u003ccite>(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As for 14-year-old Morgart who's helping Bogema rake her yard, he says he decided to work with Kids Plus \"just to hang out in the summer [with friends], because other than that we don't hang out normally.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People live far away from each other, so without a ride from a parent, seeing friends outside of school isn't easy, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His friend Jokamaki says he likes working with his friend. \"It doesn't feel like work. It feels like fun,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program also makes them feel more connected to other people in the town. \"If I'm doing something for other people ... and then, I see them further down the line, like somewhere else, then they recognize me and I recognize them,\" says Morgart. \"It's just nice.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And those community connections can last well beyond the program, as they did for Anna Vierkandt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, Vierkandt is happily married with two children. She is no longer in contact with her own mother, but thinks of her AGE to age mentor Coplan as her second mother and continues to stay in touch with her. Coplan was the first person she texted with pictures after she gave birth to her son earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coplan and the program changed her life, says Vierkandt, by giving her \"a sense of purpose and belonging.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Many teachers are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/52566/how-to-build-a-trauma-sensitive-classroom-where-all-learners-feel-safe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">working to modify their classrooms and schools\u003c/a> to offer a more supportive environment for students who have experienced trauma in their lives. They're taking heed of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/49894/how-trauma-abuse-and-neglect-in-childhood-connects-to-serious-diseases-in-adults\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research showing\u003c/a> that adverse childhood experiences like poverty, neglect, and exposure to violence affect children's brains and may have a negative impact on learning and behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For me being trauma-informed has so much to do with mindset, accepting that different people come into a school setting with incredibly varied life experiences,\" said Lindsey Minder, a second grade teacher profiled in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.edutopia.org/video/getting-started-trauma-informed-practices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edutopia video \u003c/a>introducing trauma-informed practices. \"Some of those life experiences may be traumatic. And the way in which that plays out in my particular classroom could look a number of ways. And by me having that lens it makes it less about are they doing 'the right thing' or the 'wrong thing' and more about, 'where is that behavior coming from? Why is that happening?'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While dealing with all the issues kids bring to school can be overwhelming for teachers, the upside is that they are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/46613/how-to-develop-mindsets-for-compassion-and-caring-in-students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">well positioned to make a big impact\u003c/a> on students' lives. Positive relationships with caring adults can help buffer students from the effects of trauma and chronic stress, making trauma-informed schools \"healing places.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/eWIV3wWygS4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you're fearful, if you're anxious, if you're distracted about something that's happened to you, you literally can't learn. Your brain shuts down,\" said Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, president and CEO of the \u003ca href=\"https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learning Policy Institute\u003c/a>. \"So it's essential to give kids social and emotional tools that allow students to recover from the challenges that they have experienced. Take actual classroom time to work on the building blocks of how to perceive your emotions, how to talk about them, how to get along with other people, how to take a moment and become calm when you need to, how to express your needs so that others can meet them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One strategy to intentionally support students who need a little extra in these areas is \u003ca href=\"https://www.edutopia.org/video/cultivating-trust-one-one-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one-on-one time\u003c/a> with a staff mentor. Providing a regular, relaxed environment for the student to check in with the same adult helps them build trust and opens the door for more learning. 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These meetings offer a picture of students across learning environments and allow teachers to share where a student is struggling as well as where she shines. 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Everyone will experience adversity at some point in their life, so while these strategies may be particularly important for students struggling right now, they're also supporting children who will need these skills later in life.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Over many years researchers in the learning sciences, psychology, anthropology and neuroscience have learned a lot about how humans learn. One of the key properties is malleability. The brain changes in response to relationships and experiences, continuing to develop through young adulthood. And while the children in any class will develop differently based on their experiences, the brain will grow and change with the right inputs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What's most interesting is a child can become a productive and engaged learner from any starting point, as long as we intentionally build those skills,\" said Dr. Pamela Cantor, founder and senior science advisor of \u003ca href=\"https://www.turnaroundusa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Turnaround for Children\u003c/a>, in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.edutopia.org/article/bringing-science-learning-classrooms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edutopia video \u003c/a>on bring learning sciences into the classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Strong relationships can prime a person to learn. And for those who have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/49894/how-trauma-abuse-and-neglect-in-childhood-connects-to-serious-diseases-in-adults\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adverse childhood experiences\u003c/a>, strong relationships can mitigate the negative effects of trauma. Schools \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/52413/how-teachers-designed-a-school-centered-on-caring-relationships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">organized with relationships\u003c/a> as a priority can benefit children in many ways. In this \u003ca href=\"https://www.edutopia.org/video/power-relationships-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edutopia video\u003c/a>, teachers share how they make time and mental space to connect with students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/kzvm1m8zq5g\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I prioritize relationship building, because getting to know them is the best part of the job,\" said English language arts teacher Catherine Paul.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it isn't always easy to show up in the vulnerable, open ways that lead to authentic connections with kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It starts from so much honesty and transparency with kids. It's really easy to strive to be this like idealized, always ready to go, elementary school teacher. And that's not real, and that's not human,\" said teacher Lindsey Minder. \"My students connect most with me when they see that I also struggle, and I also have challenges. It takes a lot of vulnerability on my part.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One easy way to start the day with connection is to greet students at the door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"During that time I'm just trying to connect with them, help them with their transition from home to school, and just kinda take a pulse check on where they are,\" said Falon Turner, a kindergarten teacher at Van Ness Elementary School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/GVAKBnXIGxA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's an intentional way to look each child in the eyes every morning and let them know that who they are, how they feel and what they bring to the classroom matters.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Ryan \"China\" \u003ca href=\"https://adaa.org/living-with-anxiety/personal-stories/becoming-change\">McCarney\u003c/a> has played sports his entire life, but sometimes he has to force himself to show up on the field to play pick-up soccer with his friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm dreading and I'm anticipating the worst. But I do it anyway. And then, it's a euphoric sensation when you're done with it because you end up having a great time,\" says McCarney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCarney was just 22 when he had his first panic attack. As a college and professional baseball player, he says getting help was stigmatized. It took him six years to get professional support. He still struggles with depression and social anxiety, but says exercising helps him — especially when it's with his teammates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Research shows exercise can ease things like panic attacks or mood and sleep disorders, and a recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(18)30227-X/fulltext\">study\u003c/a> in the journal, Lancet Psychiatry, found that popular team sports may have a slight edge over the other forms of physical activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The researchers analyzed CDC survey data from 1.2 million adults and found — across age, gender, education status and income — people who exercised reported fewer days of bad mental health than those who didn't. And those who played team sports reported the fewest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the study's authors, \u003ca href=\"https://medicine.yale.edu/people/search/adam_chekroud-1.profile\">Adam Chekroud\u003c/a>, an assistant adjunct professor at Yale's School of Medicine, thinks team activity could add another layer of relief for sufferers of mental illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says there are biological, cognitive and social aspects to mental illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some sports might just be hitting on more of those elements than other sports,\" he says. \"If you just run on a treadmill for example, it's clear that you're getting that biological stimulation. But perhaps there are other elements of depression that you're not going to be tapping into.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, this study only shows an association between group exercise and improved mental health, and can't prove that the one causes the other. But, given what is known about depression in particular, it adds up, says Jack Raglin, a professor in the department of kinesiology in the School of Public Health at Indiana University, Bloomington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People who are depressed often isolate themselves, he says, so exercising in a group setting, \"can help alleviate symptoms and deal with this very pernicious symptom of depression.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Group exercise or team sports might also have an edge over other forms of exercise because they add an element of accountability, says Raglin. He did a study finding that couples who started an exercise program together had a lower dropout rate than those who started one on their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study showed that \"very simple forms of social support can be beneficial,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists don't know the exact mechanism that makes exercise elevate mood and decrease anxiety, but there is \u003ca href=\"https://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/12/exercise.aspx\">a body of research\u003c/a> to show that it does work on the short and long term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you conceptualize exercise as a pill it means, well it's a rather small pill and easy to take and easy to tolerate,\" says Raglin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One limitation of the \u003cem>Lancet Psychiatry\u003c/em> study is the data is based on patients self-reporting their symptoms. Dr. Antonia Baum, a psychiatrist and the past president of the \u003ca href=\"https://sportspsychiatry.org/\">International Society for Sports Psychiatry\u003c/a> says patients don't always give an accurate picture of their mental health. She says the study is an important step in this research field, but the conclusions shouldn't be taken as scientific gospel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are animals. We are meant to move and if we don't, a lot of systems slow down, including our mood and cognition,\" says Baum. \"So it makes intuitive sense that exercise is beneficial, but it's nice to try to start to wrap our arms around being able to quantify and qualify that in some ways.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baum says she works with each of her patients to incorporate exercise into their lives. And she says this study will be a good jumping off point for more research on team sports and mental illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, Baum and other researchers say getting someone who is depressed to start exercising is easier said than done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's all well and good to conclude that exercise whether it's done as a solo or a group pursuit is beneficial, but to get patients to do it is another matter and when you have a depressed patient motivation is often lacking,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chekroud says getting patients in general to stick to any kind of therapy is challenging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not just exercises that people stop doing, they also stop taking medications. They stopped showing up for therapy,\" he says. \"Adherence is a big problem in health care right now,\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the study's findings could lead to more tools to help people reduce the overall burden of mental illness, now the leading contributor to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/depression\">global burden of disability\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The field is really crying out for things that we can do to help people with mental health issues,\" says Chekroud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For McCarney, team sports have helped him get a handle on his symptoms, he says. Before social gatherings, he often feels claustrophobic and panicked, but when he works through the anxiety and gets onto the field, he says it's always worth it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It just gets you around people which I think is another huge thing when you're trying to maybe break out of a depressive cycle,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>How to get started\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For some people, the idea of joining a team or any kind of group fitness activity is terrifying. Here are a few tips for getting started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Find a sports ambassador. \u003c/strong>Raglin recommends finding a \"sports ambassador,\" a friend who can connect you with a group sport or activity. The friend can get you up to speed on the sport and what's expected of you. Team sports may feel like a leap of faith, says Baum. 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But, given what is known about depression in particular, it adds up, says Jack Raglin, a professor in the department of kinesiology in the School of Public Health at Indiana University, Bloomington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People who are depressed often isolate themselves, he says, so exercising in a group setting, \"can help alleviate symptoms and deal with this very pernicious symptom of depression.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Group exercise or team sports might also have an edge over other forms of exercise because they add an element of accountability, says Raglin. 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Dr. Antonia Baum, a psychiatrist and the past president of the \u003ca href=\"https://sportspsychiatry.org/\">International Society for Sports Psychiatry\u003c/a> says patients don't always give an accurate picture of their mental health. She says the study is an important step in this research field, but the conclusions shouldn't be taken as scientific gospel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are animals. We are meant to move and if we don't, a lot of systems slow down, including our mood and cognition,\" says Baum. \"So it makes intuitive sense that exercise is beneficial, but it's nice to try to start to wrap our arms around being able to quantify and qualify that in some ways.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baum says she works with each of her patients to incorporate exercise into their lives. And she says this study will be a good jumping off point for more research on team sports and mental illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, Baum and other researchers say getting someone who is depressed to start exercising is easier said than done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's all well and good to conclude that exercise whether it's done as a solo or a group pursuit is beneficial, but to get patients to do it is another matter and when you have a depressed patient motivation is often lacking,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chekroud says getting patients in general to stick to any kind of therapy is challenging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not just exercises that people stop doing, they also stop taking medications. 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And how should adults be handling this conversation?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One night during the summer of 2017, a teenager named Francesca in Virginia was assaulted by a classmate: \"I was pinned down and he fondled my breasts and sexually assaulted me.\" We're only using her first name because she's 15 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Francesca says she struggled at first with coming forward, but eventually became an activist and public speaker on consent and survivors' rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jules Spector, meanwhile, is an 18-year-old graduate of a private high school in Brooklyn, now taking a gap year before attending Wellesley College.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spector is also a survivor of sexual assault, and it took her years to come forward. 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And no one does it for attention, because it's the most painful thing you could possibly do, but also the strongest thing you could possibly do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For too many young people like Spector and Francesca listening to the news right now, they're not learning about sexual violation — because that's already happened, if not to them then to someone they know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What they \u003cem>are\u003c/em> learning, educators say, is whether the adults in power will take these claims seriously, and whether speaking up results in harsher consequences for survivors or for those accused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So how are we supposed to talk to our children about all this? Here's some guidance from experts:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. It's your job. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As parents, you are the primary sexuality educator of your children — whether you're saying anything or not,\" says Debra Hauser, the president of Advocates for Youth, a national nonprofit that works for honest sexual health education. Francesca works with the organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When something like this is in the news, as it has been all too often lately, Hauser adds, it's \"a great teachable moment.\" Talking about a situation that doesn't personally affect your kids or someone they know can be a less threatening way to open up the topic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. It's not too soon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hauser says conversations about consent and bodily autonomy can — and should — predate any discussion of the mechanics of sex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You see two 4- or 5-year-olds, where one wants to borrow the other one's crayon and they just grab it,\" she explains. \"And the response that you have is, 'You have to ask for it. And if that other child says no, you have to respect that and find another way to get a crayon.' That's the very beginning of consent education right there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Give them the information.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karen Rayne is a sex educator with a nonprofit called UnHushed. She also has a daughter in middle school and one in high school. 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Or designate someone else they can talk with.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each year, on their birthdays, Hauser would tell each of her children (who are now grown) to name a trusted adult outside of the family to share hard things with. Things they might be tempted to keep secret because of a fear of punishment, a fear of disappointing a parent, or for any other reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\" 'Let's agree on a couple other adults that you respect that you could go and talk to,' \" she told them. \" 'And we'll go together and tell them that we have this agreement.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. Talk to potential perpetrators, not just potential survivors.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When talking about sexual assault and consent, we often focus on victims, and primarily on girls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, \"it's the people who are doing the sexual assaulting that need a different kind of education and a different kind of support starting from a very young age,\" says Rayne. \"About things like [what to do] when they're attracted to someone or interested in someone and that person rejects them\u003cem>.\" \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the right education, says Rayne, a young man might be able to say, \" 'Oh, you know what? I've been drinking too much and I feel like my capacity to make wise decisions is failing me.' Or, 'Hey, you know, when someone's trying to push me off of them, that's something that I should take as a cue to get off.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hauser says the landscape of consent is shifting for this generation, and not only with the #MeToo movement. 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