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So true Karen Young - Hey Sigmund !

This Via Mona Delahooke, Ph.D.

In this time during Covid and beyond, I so agree! Found on Positive Parenting Solutions

"It makes sense that parents are reporting these kinds of regressions right now, said Kenya Hameed, a clinical neuropsychologist at Child Mind Institute. Regressions occur in response to stressors or big changes. And there’s so much uncertainty right now. Via Child Mind Institute

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I may know one or two.... Found on Positive Parenting Solutions

Lynn Lyons, Psychotherapist, Anxiety and Children cautions us around telling kids to do their best. For children who are perfectionistic, it can serve as an unrelenting push to do more, say more, be more. So what do we say and teach instead? The ability to know when enough is enough. The ability to discriminate between when you really have to give it your all and when it’s okay to coast - because sometimes it’s okay to coast. Via School Psyched,Your School Psychologist

What does rolling down a hill, hanging upside down on the monkey bars, running barefoot in the sand and twisting the rope of a swing & then spinning round & rou...nd have to do with your child's balance, coordination, attention, & reading? They help support a well developed vestibular system; a sensory system located in our inner ear that provides our brain with information about motion, spatial orientation and is a key component in postural reflexes, eye movement & muscle tone. "Ironically, we tend to tell kids, 'Don't spin, you're going to get dizzy.' Or, 'Get down from that rock, you're gonna get hurt.' Our vestibular system is stimulated and developed by moving through space in a variety of directionsparticularly at high speeds. 30 or 40 yrs ago, kids were getting the stimulation they needed by participating in several hours of daily unstructured outdoor play. Not anymore. According to the Child Mind Institute, the avg American kid now spends an avg of just 4-7 minutes per day on unstructured outdoor play. Angela Hanscom, pediatric OT and founder of TimberNook, recommends, at minimum, 3 hours per day. The reduction in movement isn't just leaving kids with underdeveloped vestibular & proprioceptive systems, but it's also making them physically weaker. In 2012, Hanscom conducted a pilot study on Am 5th grade students to see how their balance & core strength compared to an avg Am 5th grader from 1984. She found that only 1 in 12 children could meet the 1984 standard in both measures. Now, huge numbers of students are constantly fidgeting in their seats....it's a clear indication they aren't getting enough movement. Since movement can help light up areas of our brain that relate to focus, fidgeting is often a self-regulation mechanism used by movement-starved children in an effort to better pay attention." The greater the movement, the more vestibular input received & Drive365 workouts incorporate movements that consider our vestibular sensory needs across all ages. Keep in mind, some kids over process vestibular input & may avoid experiencing it. It's important to honor movement sensitivities while still helping to develop a tolerance to vestibular input. See past the shock value title to read some thought provoking points.