Posted on 11/27/2016 4:07:43 AM PST by drewh
Ever since the crushing disappointment of Donald Trump’s election victory, I have been glued to social media, hoping to find solace among friends and ideas about how to move forward. One thing I have noticed: A lot of parents have been posting about their kids.
I shared the most difficult questions with nine child, social, and educational psychologists and asked for advice. Here’s a summary of what they told me.
No matter how you feel, you can use the situation to teach your kids about human complexity. You can say, “You know your uncle and your grandfather, and they’re not hateful people, but for whatever reason they were able to overlook the hateful things that Trump did and said because of other concerns,” explains New Jersey–based clinical psychologist Eileen Kennedy-Moore, author of Raising Emotionally and Socially Healthy Kids.
Several psychologists suggested that parents not refer to Trump as a bad person, but as a person who has done bad things and has bad ideas, which underscores the idea that people can be multifaceted. Encourage empathy in your kids, too, by asking them to put themselves in other people’s shoes.
These can be helpful frames for kids even if you don’t buy into this way of thinking yourself; when it comes to children, “it’s not useful to characterize half of our country as hateful racists and misogynists,” Kennedy-Moore says, especially when that group includes people our children love.
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
People with this kind of mentality are certifiable.
These can be helpful frames for kids even if you don’t buy into this way of thinking yourself; when it comes to children, “it’s not useful to characterize half of our country as hateful racists and misogynists,” Kennedy-Moore says, especially when that group includes people our children love.
The hell with touchey feely crap. Let’s just start shooting. These “targets” are A - OKAY with me. Teach the precious cupcakes that their enemies shoot back.
Nobody needs a capable psychologist more than a psychologist.....they are just emotional cripples and social misfits that are seeking a way to justify their illness by helping to create more just like them - they have a high suicide rate for a reason....
Although the concept of this article shows that the people with “questions” are mostly flipping out, the actual advice from “experts” was generally pretty sensible: calm down, recognize some complexity, engage with reality instead of apocalyptic fantasy.
“Cold Spring” sounds like a nice place, right?
It’s 10-15 years out of being a ghetto for also-ran kids of rich white folks that haven’t quite made it.
Just what the Dems want for America. A pretentious lot of snoots, happy in their group delusions.
Was the last stop on the Hudson Line commuter train, now attempting to be a groovy Hudson Valley River Town. Laughably, spent a TON of money on a public bathroom for all of the douchy tourists. SJW’s who don’t want to live in the hellholes they create, live there.
Claim to fame? Pete Seegar owned a place there.
Recently, Roger Ailes bought a place.
Tagging the “Cold Spring” address is pretentious social climbing and projection of the SJW sort, like using 10583 when you live on the other side of the BRP.
Ummm... Because there is no "right" to win the presidency of the United States, and not every one gets a turn. Jesus, it's scary that these nuts are imbedding this mentality in their kids, but I am not surprised.
BTW, the picture on the site when you click the link is hilarious. Love it! LOL!
good grief, these kind of people live in la la land, and can;t handle the real world. Their mental sickness, and mental capacity for real life events are not where an adult should be.
Whatever you do, don’t tell them about the real multi-trillion-dollar monster known as government.
Here’s a summary of what they told me.
Get on a plane to Washington or California and make the first available appointment for an Assisted Suicide Consultation. Please follow through to the end.
but for whatever reason they were able to overlook the hateful things that Trump did and said because of other concerns,”
Just like we overlooked the FACT that Hillary’s Husband, Former President Bill Clinton is a PROVEN Sexual Predator and Rapist.
Soros Jews- no alligence to country but to ideology!
Right back at ya, Ms. "Science Writer". Saying that Trump supports the Klan is WAAAY beyond the pale, but of course, Zero was just trying to protect all of us from a fate worse than death. Which we will now have to endure since Hillary failed in her life long ambition.
/ sarc, just in case it's needed.
That is actually excellent advice. It seems that liberals immediately start screeching about racism, sexism, etc., whenever their dogmatic ideas are challenged. It would be wonderful to see them, instead, try to defend their ideas intellectually.
Not that I think they are capable of defending themselves intellectually. They don't have that much brain power--hence, the usual litany of "bigoted, racist, homophobe."
first the question of qualified comes right to mind. Qualified in what Libya , Middle East, rest with Russia, ISIS, Iraq, Iran, North Africa??? All have been a failure.
Just because she has been around in government for 30 years, which I might add has been plagued with corruption and illegal activity , doesn’t mean she is qualified.
You can have a football coach for 30 years, but if that coach has never done anything in his career , then it doe snot mean he is qualified to run the N.E Patriots .
Then the other question is; So she is a woman , so what? That does not mean she should be given the job , just based on being a female, so tell your daughters like I do that she has ot work, and work hard. She has to do things the legal way, avoid corruption, and most of all tell the truth , instead of always lying, which I might add her own campaign states she has a problem with telling the truth.
Thirdly these fairies need to grow the hell up over at Salon, and other places. Stop thinking of yourselves as victims and understand that we all go through crap, turned down, do not get things we want, it;s a part of life snowflakes.
By facing the truth yourself, telling the kids that you were not being truthful when you said that Trump is a bad guy, and promising never to lie to them again.
It's hard to admit that you lied to your kids, and it's hard on them, but belated honesty and a promise not to lie again is the only way out.
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