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Kids start out very mindful, but we sort of beat it out of them as they get older and go to school. To help a child who is anxious we use fun and quick ways to bring them back into the present. childmind.org/article/anxiet…

You know how some newsletters hit your inbox and the subject line is just like, "Hundreds of dead animals" because they think outrage will make you open them but you're just sad? Yeah ours are the opposite of that: …lutionsjournalism.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=08…

The story of “Grace,” a Black teenager w/ ADHD incarcerated for not doing court-mandated schoolwork, is deeply troubling. Join us for a frank, thoughtful conversation w/ Child Mind Institute clinicians on learning disorders, race & the damaging effects of the school-to-prison pipeline.

Where we are at with remote learning: well-off families planning pods, low-income families having child-neglect cases opened against them for kids' failure to log on for virtual classes. bostonglobe.com/2020/08/15/met…

Another reason I love this part of my work-life. My Solutions Journalism Network team meetings are mostly this:

.Jay Rosen is spot-on. But there should be no smirking among hard-boiled journalists for the brand of reporting promoted by the Solutions Journalism Network.

Nothing but love to WSJ. Magazine for letting me be on their September cover. Talked about speaking out more and the US Open among various things so if you feel like reading you should check it out.

If you want to know how our party is going, this is the moment when Julia Hotz broke out her ukulele to sing "10,000 Stories" to the tune of "500 Miles" by The Proclaimers. Typical Friday.

If you want to meet the person whose solutions story was the 10,000th in our Story Tracker, it's Meg!

To GOP operatives working overtime to disqualify votes from deployed troops because you think it helps your guy: look in the mirror and ask yourself how it came to this.

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Check it out ⁦Solutions Journalism Network⁩ ⁦Leah Todd Lin⁩ and ⁦Julia Power Burns⁩ in New Hampshire! Thanks for the coffee and walk on the trail 🙏 - here’s to more time in the mountains talking journalism and life.

My Nike collection drops tomorrow 😭 nervous is not enough to describe this feeling.

Surveys indicate that only between a quarter and a third of Americans care about #climatechange. The Potential Energy Coalition, a #nonprofit dedicated to raising public awareness of climate issues in the U.S., aims to change that: harvardmagazine.com/2021/03/making…

We’ve recently seen disturbing antisemitic attacks and a troubling rise in Islamophobia. If you are committed to a future of equality and peaceful coexistence, please stand united against anyone who promotes hatred of any kind.

What a beautiful day of Solutions Journalism Network announcements!

This is just unreal. Flooding INSIDE Newark Liberty International Airport (credit: Kimberly Mairs). Dave Curren News12NJ News 12 Weather Michele Powers

Journalism needs to confront two serious communication issues: You cannot inspire widespread prosocial behavior with fear, and you cannot build meaningful empathy through pity.

Join the *55,000* people who have checked out brilliant solutions stories curated by @MarkObbie on issues from climate to crime and beyond. If you're craving different news, not less, discover our Flipboard: flipboard.com/@soljourno