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Adult Community Education Helps Combat Cultural Crisis

November 5, 2024

“The evening was also a time to lay some groundwork and plant some seeds for big ideas and themes that will run through these and other gatherings, and to begin to build a robust educational community where adults are actually struggling with big ideas and striving to deepen their understanding about what is happening and what needs to happen in the world today,” Kershner said.  “We want adults in this community to understand the nature of the crises we are facing as a society, and to see themselves as the answer to those crises, because ultimately, building educational communities is the best answer to cultural crises that we can have.” More »

Behind the scenes at Camphill School Aberdeen, where they’ve been turning young lives around for more than 80 years

September 24, 2024

Camphill School Aberdeen is based in Bieldside in the west of Aberdeen. Set over 50 hectares of open space and peaceful woodlands among alpacas and horses, its services have developed significantly over the decades. They now include an integrated nursery, primary and secondary school, which blends a therapeutic approach to education with the formal curriculum. Camphill School Aberdeen is based in Bieldside in the west of Aberdeen. Set over 50 hectares of open space and peaceful woodlands among alpacas and horses, its services have developed significantly over the decades. They now include an integrated nursery, primary and secondary school, which blends a therapeutic approach to education with the formal curriculum. More »

‘It’s Not a Solution for Teen Girls Like Me’: Instagram’s New Under-18 Rules Met with Skepticism

September 20, 2024

Sevey Morton first got an Instagram account when she was 10 years old. She used it to keep up with friends, but also to follow pop culture trends. Now 16, the San Diego high schooler says all the airbrushed perfection and slickly edited selfies from celebrities and influencers made her hyper-focused on her appearance, causing anxiety and body image issues. “Being exposed to that at a very young age impacted the way I grew into myself,” Morton said. “There is a huge part of me that wishes social media did not exist.” More »

Protecting Children from the Hidden Hazards of Modern Technology

September 1, 2024

Overnight, my life turned upside down. I used to be able to eat everything, but suddenly I had food sensitivities and digestive problems. As a trained Waldorf teacher, I had been practicing equanimity and mindfulness for years—now I was irritable and anxious, and I struggled with brain fog. I used to walk everywhere. Now, my muscles ached whenever I exercised, and I had heart palpitations even when sitting still. What was causing these symptoms? The answer was electromagnetic radiation (EMR) coming from the Wi-Fi router on my desk, the cell phone, and the smart meter outside my bedroom window. It and other forms of electronic pollution affect human beings, but they are not perceptible to the human senses.  My health problems only began to resolve when I addressed the EMR and electronic pollution in my environment. As I worked through my own recovery, I started to ask what parents and educators can do to protect children—and themselves—from the hidden hazards of modern technology. I would like to share three ways to approach the problem. More »

Trauma Informed Practice: Developing courage for truth, capacity for imagination and a commitment to responsible support

June 24, 2024

Working in Kindergarten, visiting many early childhood settings and talking to colleagues has enabled me to understand some of the impact of the pandemic on young children’s development, but clearly children were already experiencing stress even before 2020 and many aspects of modern life are having an ongoing impact on resilience, wellbeing, and children’s development. In all our kindergartens we can regularly see examples of children who are experiencing sensory overload, more and more are touch averse, struggling to connect with others, growing numbers with communication difficulties (Rainer Patzlaff, 2007) 5. In recent years most children have been exposed to adults’ discussions about their fears – about the pandemic, the conflicts raging around the world and environmental disaster. We are transferring our own stress and anxiety onto the youngest members of our society and the impact is obvious. More »

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