Lots of significant themes intersect today: @DocResilience on ACES, protests for #BlackLivesMatter , anniv of #JusticeForGrenfell, data showing ethnic minorities are more at risk of COVID. So I want to provide a thread abt people talkng abt ethnicity & ACES. #ResilienceTogether
2. June 2019. “We see higher levels of childhood adversity among minority populations. We need to acknowledge the role that historic inequities play in creating the environment in which such traumatic experiences are more likely to occur.” injury.research.chop.edu/blog/posts/rol…
3. May 2019. "There is a need for policy makers to examine the unintended consequences of policy change or action. Racial equity impact assessments can be used to examine the impact of a policy change or action to prevent ACEs on communities of color." pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31131725/
4. Feb 2018. "More important than exposure to any specific event is the accumulation of multiple adversities during childhood, which is associated w/ especially deleterious effects on development. The prevalence of ACEs was highest among black children." childtrends.org/publications/p…
5. Let me highlight the KEY POINT in that last article: "Not all children who experience one of these ACES (or even more than one) are negatively affected; much depends on the context in which they occur—particularly t context of POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS." childtrends.org/publications/p…
6. 2017 on paediatricians building hope. "These data suggest that improvng child health trajectories accordng to race &socioeconomic status will require community-building efforts directed to poor & usually racially segregated neighborhoods &communities." academicpedsjnl.net/article/S1876-…
8/end. So I'm just trying to say: They are interwoven discussions: ACES, #BlackLivesMatter-ing, the integenerational consequences of slavery. Many people see t trauma of slavery as the past. It isn't. It lives on in our cultural structures and in the bodies of descendants.
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A #BabyThread about the sophistication of baby teasing.
This latest post from @DanWuori has been getting lots of shares & many of you have tagged me. I thought I would highlight some of the nuances so noone misses its fabulous complexity. THREAD.
2. So what can we see? Well, first, there aren't just 2 of them in on this joke, but 3! I am guessing that Daddy is filming the interaction, because there are two points when the baby looks directly at the camera as he says 'Dada'. With that look, he pulls Daddy into the joke.
3. Second, this is an example of what developmental psychologst Vasu Reddy calls 'infant clowning'. These are "acts which infants repeat deliberately in order to re-elicit laughter from others". He's learned something of emotionally managing his mama.😀
https://t.co/6gB4L1QBWKcairn.info/revue-enfance1…
How the new challenges faced by women footballers help us in thinking about responses to increased “school violence”. An analogy I didn’t have time to draw on today in my intvw w/ @Fionasstalker on @BBCRadioScot . THREAD.
2. A piece in this weekend's @guardian describes the increased hamstring injuries faced by top female footballers. Playing more often in elite matches places new demands on them. "Coaching methods are failing to keep up." The article explains how coaching has to adapt & change.
3. The @guardian article explains clearly how hamstrings work. We get a helpful schematic drawing & a Quick Guide. "Injuries tend to occur during sudden movements. Footballers are at high risk." So we've linked t biology (physiology) of hamstrings to real life (football). Grand!
The “Behaviour Crisis” in schools is not going away. The pandemic has affected developmnt even of babies. We must stop searching for who to blame: kids, govt, parents, teachers, etc. We must understand human development (ie trauma). Let me explain. THREAD bbc.com/news/uk-scotla…
2. This 2022 study found a "striking decline" in t verbal, non-verbal & cognitive performance of babies born during the pandemic. These core capacities will affect all areas of developmnt as babies age. (I have talked about this study to many audiences.) medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
3. This 2021 report showed that yng childrn's language develpmnt had been affected. I hear abt delayed language everywhere. Strugglng to express yrself results in frustration, which leads to behaviour that adults often punish & then relational conflict. bbc.co.uk/news/education…
How @ScotGovEdu announcement of a Behaviour Summit is turning into a #DramaTriangle that scapegoats children - and what we can each do to stay out of that mindset, thereby helping both teachers AND children (and their parents). A THREAD. bbc.com/news/uk-scotla…
2. Yestrday I was quite vocal on Twitter, talking abt what I am watchng unfold as talk of ‘Youth Violence’ in Scotland unfurls across t media, Parliament, school staff rooms & third sector support organisations. By day’s end I was offerng analyses of absent words like “distress”.
3. Earlier in t day, I spent time at @BannermanHigh , deliverng an inservice ssn where I tried to help staff think abt trauma & stress. Many staff said they found it helpful. Some said I hadn’t offered enough practical ideas abt what teachers can DO to manage yng ppl’s behaviour.
Many of you told me you found my recent posts on psycho-history & Nazi Germany to be insightful. So I thought I would offer you another THREAD.
2. Here’s the book I am featuring - by the determined Robin Grille.
Here’s his point: “The ultimate source of advances in human civilisation can be found in the day-to-day innovations in child rearing invented in the relationships of each caretaker & child.”
3. He offers insights into the impacts of religious extremism. He emphasises this: “Scriptures cannot be blamed for their believers’ attitudes. Those who favour violence can find justifications in any text.”
With recent attentn to similarities to 1930s Germany (thank you @GaryLineker), I thought I wd offer a THREAD on how cultural beliefs about children's needs has been shown to relate to t rise of the Nazis. It wasn't all abt t economics. It was abt obliteratng empathy in infancy.
2. I am drawing on the work of the remarkable psycho-historian Robin Grille for this thread. In his book, he explores in depth how "child-rearing affects world affairs". He then looks at a range of cultures: Yugoslavia, Russian Stalinism, Christian-right America & Nazi Germany.
3. "Consider the words 'every child is a battle'. These were the words shouted by Hitler in 1934. A look at parenting manuals of the time expose a prevalent hostility to children. Rigorous obedience training was the dominant ideal."