Folks, the twinkly lights are up on our streets, and December is on its way. I'm going to get a step ahead of the rush and take a social media break. I will see you all in the new year, here & BlueSky. Let me take this opportunity to wish you all a happy holiday season. 🎄🤶
Yestrday at #DaringVentures Cafe we talked abt the power of stories. Here is a tiny example, shared in t chat. 'Emily' = @LynburnNurture . She makes change just by sharing stories of her trauma-informed practice w/ children. @realdcameron @ShivieArgyle @grahamchatterl2 @lyns06
"The main point of therapy is to enter into a relationship where it safe to make the unconscious conscious." When we spoke yesterday at #DaringVentures Cafe about containment & tolerating feelings, we were in this same realm. @LynburnNurture @ShivieArgyle @lyns06
#FierceCuriosity
"Leaders in the EY sector are concerned about the provision of sleep areas for the youngest children, toilets that are too big & sinks that are too high for nursery children."
I am thinking about when children's hospitals started building for children.
Labour plan for 100,000 new nursery places in England ‘unlikely to work’
Exclusive: projected spare capacity is not all in the right places to match projected demand, research finds
www.theguardian.com
The truth is that human beings love denial. It protects us from feeling bad. Institutions that work with children employ staff who need to feel good about themselves & what they do. So part of tackling boarding school harm is getting adults to stop turning to denial.
"As a child, I was so terrified of that nurse that I learned how to do, what I now know is called, ‘dissociate’. I told myself I was dead, so I cdn’t feel anything. It was very useful at the time. I hadn't realised I carried that ability through my life." http://amazinstories.uk/podcast/my-life-with-amazing-strangers-dr-suzanne-zeedyk-fierce-curiosity-hospital-care-for-children/
As the proportion of 4 year olds who "defer" a year climbs, the biological basis of the whole future Scottish population shifts. It is magnificent news. @GiveTimeScot @UpstartScot @fionalarkin13 @LynburnNurture
"Parents bravely shared stories about what emotional dysregulation looks like in their families." Oooph #Courage
I know it's been a long while, but I wrote this today, as part of my #FierceCuriosity series. My thanks to all of you who support my edgy questioning nature.
https://suzannezeedyk.substack.com/p/innovative-strategies-that-helped-end-corporal-punishment
Rituals help with transitions. So here's this one, for the last time. Every single day, since Covid, I began my Twitter day w/ #gratitude. You can find those over on BlueSky now. I close #gratitude here w/ a @sesamestreet song. Cause it makes me laugh.😀
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ9WiuJPnNA
Today @alastairmci gave the keynote address at a mtg of @greenerkdy in Kirkcaldy Scotland. I was there! (yes, in between shows of #TheLittleIceberg!) I want to tell all of us why what he said frm this little corner of t world speaks directly to t earthquake in US politics. THREAD
