'100% of suicides should be preventable.' — Nancy Lublin's crisis text line has already helped 6 million young people

If you’re reading this release your shoulders from your ears, unclench your jaw, and remove your tongue from the roof of your mouth. We physically tend to hold onto stress in least noticeable ways. Relax.

First time a catwalk has lived up to its name:

Pediatricians have just declared that spanking under any circumstances is bad for children. u.pw/2RxaI02

When we’re children, friendships mark the first “free-choice” relationships we make, and are the earliest example of relationships existing beyond the given requirements of familial connection. Friendships are love stories in their own right. bit.ly/3kjUEjg

Incredible — brain implant translates paralyzed man’s thoughts into text with 94% accuracy

Crested mynas, as many other birds, are born altricially, which means young are underdeveloped at the time of birth, therefore fed by parents. When they grow up, they have to learn that food doesn't simply jump into their beaks [📽️: Rebecca Gelernter]

This crow snowboarding on the roof of a building using a jar lid x.com/minouye271/sta…

Some kids have taller mountains to climb than others. We can’t climb the mountains for them, but an awareness of the mountains… reminds us of the importance of our patience and support. Some kids need us to be their cheerleader more than they need us to be their instructor.

Let me tell you a story. This is Susan Lung. She taught me to read and write in a single year when I was 7 years old. I've been looking for Susan, hoping to thank her in person, for almost twenty years. And then she surprised me at my reading last night.

Simple innovations like this 'tree cocoon' is helping trees grow in the harshest climates.

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. —Alvin Toffler, Futurist

A lot of kids don’t like school. That’s the reality. When the adults in the building get to know those kids and genuinely care about them… they can turn that around. That’s also the reality.

Figure of speech: hyberbole, exaggeration for emphasis or effect (but you never know)

These drones fire ‘seed missiles’ into the ground to plant up to 400K trees a day — and they're working

When people are in a "Learning Zone" they get "complex and innovative work done." Ideas via Amy Edmondson #Sketchnote via Tanmay Vora ✍

This charity invented a shoe that can grow up to five sizes, helping to stop children in developing countries walking barefoot.

This is vital.

Siblings can grow up in the same home, but can have completely different experiences of their childhood and views of their parents. HERE’S WHY 🧵: