Social media is now one of the biggest threats to youth mental health, with nearly half of teens saying it’s harming their well-being. Parents agree. So do educators. And still, we treat media exposure like a behavioral problem instead of what it really is: a developmental crisis.
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Topics for the next Northport Storytelling Event have been chosen. Got a story? A workshop 6/28 will help you tell it!
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I’m thinking about what it really means to be a citizen of The United States of America, and this Great Experiment that is our system of government… this wild concept of a Representative Republic with all these checks and balances specifically designed to evade both Kings and ill-informed mobs, and to recognize the value of different perspectives, interests and expertise…
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Photo entitled “Angels in the Troposphere III” by Katheryn Laible
Good morning. Rise and shine! Grateful for all with calm heads, clear eyes, pure hearts and brave souls.
To all those willing and able to speak truth and shine light; humbly, gracefully, earnestly willing to give their best;
To all who understand the Golden Rule, the sacred secular hope of our Nation’s founding, the value of the scientific method and journalistic standards, the nuance of complex history, ethics/morality and just plain common decency… to all who will uplift and stand for those who honor them, and to all those who are bravely, honestly giving it their best to learn better and do better…
For all those willing to have compassion for, and comfort, and patiently yet firmly guide to better places all who are struggling and confused and displaced and frustrated and scared and distrustful and regretful and overwhelmed and completely misled and burnt out and totally traumatized… who isn’t, in one uniquely complex way or another?
Grateful to all who start with themselves and those they know and love best, wherever you are, whatever you happen to specialize in. Grateful to all who give their lives to serve others and who help us to help ourselves so we can better help others and work together to make it all better for everyone…grateful to all who tend their own little space with love and light.
For all who recognize our common souls and unique gifts and this beautiful miracle of a planet that sustains us, that we are responsible for, and which we share with so many other souls we’re only beginning to recognize — tragically broken and yet so worth mending — and for all who keep the faith; those who see the light in the darkness, and those who honestly build the faith that we are not alone in wanting things to work out for the best for this whole precious world.
For every creature who stands up for truth and love with honor and integrity because they know it’s the right thing to do; for all who give it their best to learn and to do better than they might have done before; grateful to all who will offer a hand on board to those brave enough to cast aside what they realize is wrong, and to all who stand and uphold whatever it is they know is right.
It matters so much. It really, really does. May God that is ultimate truth and love guide us all. Best with everything.
If you don’t know how to use media, the media will use you.
That’s not theory. It’s reality.
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