After reading about how young people ca n’t deal with the typical stress of daily life without being given the opportunity to relax and enjoy the pressure, I frequently worry about the republic’s future.
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But then, as I recall, my parents said the same thing about Boomers, and we ended up doing quite well. The best you can say is we did n’t blow up the world.
We individuals are a poor number. We need to have our feelings “validated” even when they do n’t need to be validated. Those who try to authenticate our stress and anxiety do so because it gives them power. And that means going overboard to ensure that people may pretend to be at their heart’s content even if the election is n’t stressful.
This era has gotten off to a ridiculous start thanks to the departed. As the years go by, I anticipate it to get yet weirder.
To humour: At the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, where officials and public policy wonks matriculate and end up working for the U. S. state, kids can enjoy their false stress and anxiety by playing with Legos, drinking hot cocoa, and practicing “mindfulness” activities.
Jaclyn Clevenger, the school’s director of student engagement, emailed McCourt students to introduce the school’s post-election” Self-Care Suite” . ,
All McCourt group members are encouraged to accumulate in the 3rd ground Commons to get a much-needed break, joining us for mindfulness activities and snacks throughout the day, she wrote in recognition of these difficult times.
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Please note that these individuals are n’t running for any business. Their stress and anxiety are being validated ( manufactured? ) by adults who fear their snowflakes must be coddled up and cooed over because they ca n’t stand the stress of winning or losing.
Here’s the “agenda” for the” Self-Care Suite”:
10: 00 a. m. 11: 00 a. m.: Drink, Cocoa, and Self-Care
11: 00 a. m. 12: 00 p. m.: Legos Station
12: 00 p. m. 1: 00 p. m.: Healthy Treats and Healthy Habits
1: 00 p. m. 2: 00 p. m.: Coloring and Mindfulness Activities
2: 00 p. m. 3: 00 p. m.: Milk and Cookies
4: 00 p. m. 5: 00 p. m.: Legos and Coloring
5: 00 p. m. 6: 00 p. m.: Meals and Self-Guided Meditation
Frannie Block at the Free Press , documents,” The only thing missing is a blankie”.
As you might have guessed, Georgetown is n’t the only school where stress validation takes place.
Georgetown is not the only institution concerned about the devastated students that will follow the vote, of course. At Missouri State University, the coaching facility has set up a post-election” self-care no telephone area space” with quiet jars, coloring pages, and visual fidgets.  ,
And just last week,  , The New York Times reported that Fieldston, the wealthy New York City personal college, was making presence the day after Election Day additional for” students who feel too physically distressed”. Fieldston is actually hiring psychologists for” Election Day Support,” and has eliminated all research requirements for that day.
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Jerry Seinfeld, a comedian, claimed to have yanked his son out of Fieldston and sent him to another class to finish the seventh grade.
What kind of life have these persons led that lead them to believe that handling young people should be done? he told the Times. ” To encourage them to lock. This is the training they are providing, for immoral sums of money” . ,
It’s Sure, Jerry. Get some patchouli perfume and take a chill supplement. You’ll think right as weather in no time.
