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Resilience refers to the ability to recover quickly from difficulties or changes.
In a psychological or emotional context, it refers to a person's capacity to
withstand or recover quickly from challenging situations, such as stress, trauma,
or adversity. Resilience is often seen as a positive trait, indicating flexibility,
strength, and endurance through difficult times. Resilience helps children in
many ways, contributing to their overall development, well-being, and success
both in childhood and later in life. Resilient children are better at managing their
emotions. They can cope more effectively with feelings like frustration, anger, and
sadness, which is crucial for their emotional and psychological health. Resilience
includes the ability to face challenges and setbacks and find ways to overcome
them. This leads to the development of strong problem-solving skills, as resilient
children learn to look for solutions and alternatives rather than feeling defeated.
Resilient children often have better social skills. They are more likely to seek
support from others when needed and provide support in return. This ability
to interact positively with peers and adults is vital for building and maintaining
healthy relationships. Overcoming obstacles and bouncing back from setbacks
can boost children's self-esteem and confidence. When children see that they
can navigate difficulties, they are more likely to believe in their abilities and
have a positive self-image. Resilience, including persistence, optimism, and the
ability to manage stress, can contribute to academic success. Resilient children
are more likely to persist through challenging tasks or subjects, leading to better
educational outcomes. Resilience is also a protective factor against mental
health challenges. Children who are resilient are less likely to suffer from anxiety,
depression, and other mental health issues as they have developed coping
mechanisms that help them deal with stress and adversity. Promoting resilience
in children involves supportive relationships, teaching coping skills, fostering a
positive view of themselves and their abilities, and providing opportunities to
overcome challenges. It’s about preparing them not just to survive the challenges
of life, but to thrive. But we must teach them resilience. It doesn’t come naturally.
How do we teach resiliency? We have to offer hope in the face of struggle. In the
1950’s, Dr. Curt Richter conducted a study at Harvard. I am not here to debate
right vs. wrong on using animals in scientific study. Only to share what he found
and how it can be relevant. In one of his most notable experiments, Richter
placed rats in a cylinder filled with water to observe how long they would swim
before giving up and drowning. The aim was to measure the effects of complete
hopelessness on the will to survive. Initially, the rats would typically struggle for
a short period before succumbing to exhaustion and drowning. However, Richter
introduced a critical variation in the experiment. Before the rats reached their
physical limits, he temporarily removed them from the water, provided a brief
period of rest and care, and then returned them to the cylinder. This intervention
had a dramatic effect on the rats' behavior and survival times. The rats that
experienced this brief respite swam much longer than those in the initial group.
Some reports show that the rats swam for up to sixty hours, which is substantially
greater than the fifteen-minute average of those without hope.
Despite the criticisms of studies on animals, this study is frequently referenced
in discussions about human psychology, particularly in the context of resilience,
motivation, and the psychological effects of hope and despair. It underscores the
idea that the expectation of relief or success can significantly alter behavior and
endurance, a principle that has major implications for education.
Richter's work, while controversial, remains a foundational study in the
exploration of how psychological states influence physical endurance and the will
to live. Our students today face challenges at their age that we never would have
dreamed they would face. It is within our power to offer them hope and show
them that they can endure the trials that this world will throw at them. We can,
and we MUST, teach them resilience through hope if we want to see them attain
greatness.
Puberty Blockers Fails to Pass
-Special to the Times
Controversial legislation prohibiting the prescribing or administering
of puberty blockers to minors experiencing gender dysphoria died in the
General Assembly on the final day of this year’s session when the Georgia
House declined to take it up.
The state Senate passed the Republican-backed bill 32-19 Thursday,
voting along party lines. But the measure failed to reach the House floor
for a vote before the gavel fell on the legislative session shortly before
1 a.m. Friday. The bill aimed at puberty blockers for minors was part
of a Republican legislative agenda pertaining to transgender youths
that Democrats derided as politically motivated to appeal to GOP base
voters. Earlier this week, the Senate passed legislation that would require
students to use bathrooms that match the gender identify on their birth
certificate and prohibit transgender male students from participating in
girls’ sports.
“Surgery is irreversible. Puberty blockers are irreversible,” Sen. Ben
Watson, R-Savannah, chairman of the Senate Health and Health Services
Committee, told his Senate colleagues before Thursday’s vote. “By
participating in an unproven treatment, (doctors) may do real harm.”
But Senate Democrats argued that prohibiting puberty blockers for
minors would let the government interfere with decisions that ought to
be left to young people uncomfortable with the mismatch between their
biological sex and gender identity, their parents, and their doctors.
“We have no business stripping parents and health-care providers of the
right to save children,” said Sen. Sonya Halpern, D-Atlanta.
Sen. Nan Orrock, D-Atlanta, said gender-affirming health care is
supported by every credible medical organization in the nation.
But Watson said several European nations have tightened their laws
governing puberty blockers for minors out of concern over their potential
long-term effect. The United Kingdom’s National Health Service limits
puberty blockers to clinical trials.
“They are not innocuous,” he said. “They have side effects.”
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By Joe Brady, Editor
for
The Times
I think by now, everybody knows that those of us at the newspaper aren’t the
brightest lamps in the room, nor are we the most tech savvy. The office will always
be fodder for a good, lighthearted news article. For Millennial, they take for
granted what we older folks find a real struggle.
Last week I asked Sam to send me some information he had received through
an open records request. Well, the information was on his cell phone. Now, cell
phones are great little communication devices. What would we do without them
growing from our hands and attaching to our ears? But, the question remains, how
do you get information out of it and into a computer for instance?
Well Sam, being 60 and all, has it own ideas about retrieving information
from his small talking device. Not wanting to appear stupid, he thought about it,
praying for an answer to his dilemma. And then it hit him! As the old saying goes,
there’s more than one way to skin a cat. With phone hin tow he walks to the copier
machine.
And you guessed it, turns the screen on and lays it down on the glass of the
copier. He hits the green button, proud of himself for figuring it out on his own.
What spits out the other end of the copier? Black pages, that’s what. You can’t
copy or as our generation says, xerox, the information on your phone. It ain’t
happening.
Now, Sam’s secret would have been safe had he not walked away in utter
frustration, leaving the copies at the printer. Lori picks them up and brings them
to me, “I don’t think Sam can print from his phone.” All I could say was, “bless his
heart!”
Now, remember, we are all the same age in the office, none of us had a clue as
to fixing the dilemma. Was it even possible to print from your phone. My two
favorite people in all the world know better now than to laugh when I call them
with a technical question but with a snicker Lauren explained how to perform the
task! Y’all, that is the coolest thing ever! You can just print stuff right from your
phone! Oh my! That’s all for now, take care!
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