The Blog We Share in MM199

                                                                                                                                                      It's Recess, do you know what your children are doing?  Hel lo, ya' all, and welcome to my weekly, 'It Ain't Mine, Podcast Show,' for you parents out there who want to know what your kids are being taught in school, and about all the most recent advances in education.  In this episode, we'll explore a concept called, 'Free Play.'   It's where kids get to pick what they want to do during recess and then figure the rest out on their own.  For our more ed...

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 Photograph by Tim Lloyd https://pathways.org/why-is-play-important/                                                                                                                                                   Hi There!  My name's Tim Lloyd and I'm 11 yrs old.  I live in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, in an area   surrounded by mountains, abandoned mines, quarries, and lakes.   My alarm goes off at 7: 30 a.m. on a Saturday.  Mom's a great cook, and Dad had to leave around  5:00 a.m. for work.  When I walk into the kitchen, my sister, as usual, is already seated at  the ...

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By Khalil Wilson Often times what we see on social media is not a true reflection of our reality. There are even instances where people choose to be an alternate identity when they are interacting on social media platforms. Whether this poses other implications can be argued, but essentially as long as the youth keep consuming social media they will be exposed to millions of differing opinions. This idea of going 'viral' or becoming famous causes teens to go to extreme lengths just to be in the public spotlight. Emotionally, social media comes with a lot of strings attached. Youth may interact on social media and see the different lifestyle people they're age are living and may be envious. From there comes the idea of not measuring up enough, and continuing on is just a downward spiral. A small controlled study showed that young women within the ages of 17 to 25 reported a negative mood after browsing Facebook for just ten minutes. Imaging the broader effects of socia...

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Body image obviously plays a huge part in the world, but I think that there are steps we can take to get rid of societies "standards". Here are a few steps I think we should take. 1.) Stop acting like skinny is what everyone likes & accepts. All body types are beautiful, & skinny is not the standard of everyone. 2.) Instead of posting what other people want to see, post what you like. I feel like once people get comfortable with posting what they enjoy to do, instead of what social media enjoys what they like to do, then people can overall be happy with the content they have for themselves to enjoy, not to think that everyone on your social media has to enjoy it. Overall, change is hard. The world & these standards won't change until people actually want to do it. But I believe once more people start speaking up about body image & the negative effects social media has with it, & things could start looking better.