Wired But Isolated: Loneliness in a Digital Age | Headstream Innovation
“ Just like we should invest in roads, schools, clean water … we need to invest in the relationships that hold our communities together.” — Milena Batanova
Milena Batanova, MCC's Director of Research & Evaluation, joined an incredible group of panelists for a discussion about loneliness, how technology both helps and harms connection, and what it takes to build meaningful relationships.
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Making Caring Common Faculty Director Richard Weissbourd joins host Ayla Fudala on the Frontiers of Health & Happiness podcast to discuss "how parents, educators, and communities can help young people become caring, moral, and thriving."
Making Caring Common Faculty Director Richard Weissbourd recently spoke with NBC News about the new survey and report, "Gen Z Wants to Do Good: How Helping Others Supports Meaning and Wellbeing," developed in collaboration between Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation.
Parents thoughtfully sharing about their own mental health challenges can also encourage teens to open up about their struggles and alleviate the stigma they may feel about anxiety and depression.
There may, in fact, be nothing more important in a child’s life than a positive and trusting relationship with a caring adult. Michael McLaughlin, Making Caring Common’s Schools & Parenting Programs Manager, explores how Intentionally and strategically building these types of relationships at your school can boost students’ academic and social-emotional capacities and even transform lives.