Raising Boys and Girls Podcast: Kids and Covid
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Raising Boys and Girls Podcast: Kids and Covid Show Notes
The Raising Boys & Girls podcast is back with bonus episodes to help you finish 2020 strong! Join Sissy Goff and David Thomas this week as they share helpful insight from their experience and evidence-based information about the effect of Covid on kids.
Grab links, stats, and quotes you want to remember in the show notes below.
Connect with Sissy, David, and Melissa at raisingboysandgirls.com
Connect with Minno at podcast.gominno.com
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If you are ever in the area, visit David’s favorite: Ladybird Taco in 12 South, Nashville
Books Mentioned in the Show
Statistics and Important Factors About Anxiety
- Before the pandemic, anxiety was affecting 1 in 4 kids with it being twice as likely in girls.
- The average age of onset has dropped to 6 years old in the past few years.
- Boys have a love/hate relationship with structure. They crave it and despise it.
- Structure helps kids that are anxious.
- Unpredictability is a breeding ground for anxiety.
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Adolescents: an adolescent is typically defined as a child age 10+, those entering or in the middle school years and up into high school.
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Variables associated with symptoms of depression:
- Low parent relationship quality
- Low structure of days
- High distraction
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3 Intentional Practices to Put the Wisdom in Today’s Episode to Work in Your Family:
- Create structure and connection for your kids.
- Encourage breathing and movement.
- Manage your own anxiety.
Did you know?
- 20 seconds of deep breathing resets the amygdala which helps with anxiety.
- If you have anxiety, your kids are seven times more likely to have anxiety.
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Mirror Neurons: a brain cell that reacts both when a particular action is performed and when it is only observed.
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