Lecture 17:Child And Adolescences Health Flashcards
The philosophy of child honoring
Is a holistic philosophy involving a children-first approach to healing communities and restoring ecosystems.
It views how we regard and treat our young as the key to + building a humane and sustainable world
+ organizing society around the priority needs of its youngest members
Child honoring starts with 3
- the primacy of early years
- we face planetary degradation -> endangers the young
- call for a systemic response
the nine guiding principles for honouring the child.
respectful love
diversity
caring community
conscious parenting
emotional intelligence
nonviolence
safe environments
sustainability
ethical commerce
respectful love
respect children as whole people and to encourage them to know their own voices.
-> instills self-worth; it’s the prime nutrient in human development.
diversity
Diversity is about abundance: of human dreams, intelligences, cultures, and cosmologies; of earthly splendours and ecosystems.
biodiversity and human diversity at an early age builds on their innate curiosity.
caring community
Caring Community refers to the “village” it takes to raise a child.
e.g: Child-friendly shopkeepers, family resource centres, green schoolyards, bicycle lanes, and pesticide-free parks
conscious parenting
begins with empathy for newborns.
Elementary and secondary schools could teach nurturant parenting (neither permissive nor oppressive) and provide insight into the child-rearing process.
emotional intelligence
a time for exploring emotions in a safe setting, learning about feelings and how to express them.
=> Emotional management builds character and is more important to later success than IQ.
e.g: Cooperation, play, and creativity all foster the “EQ”
Nonviolence
It means more than the absence of aggression; it means living with compassion.
it means no corporal punishment, no humiliation, no coercion
safe environments
protection from the toxic influences that permeate modern life–from domestic neglect and maltreatment, to the corporate manipulations of their minds, to the poisonous chemicals entering their bodies.
=>Safe Environments foster a child’s feeling of security and belonging.
sustainability
not merely to conservation of resources, renewable energy development, and anti-pollution laws.
need to build social capacity by investing in their young citizens, harnessing the productive power of a contented heart.
ethical commerce
includes a revolution in the design, manufacture and sale of goods; corporate reform; “triple bottom line” business; full-cost accounting; tax and subsidy shifts; political and economic cycles that reward long-term thinking.
=> enable a restorative economy devoted to the well being of the very young.
F.A.I.L
FIRST ATTEMPT IN LEARNING
How depression and ADHD are linked 3
overlapping symptoms
ADHD doesn’t cause depression, but peopl with ADHD are at 4 times the risk
Dopamine dysregulation is associated with ADHD and can lead to depression
ADHD Differcence 5
mood lability
difficulty regulating attention & focus
craves novelty
hyperactivity & impulsivity
hyperfocus
Depression difference5
depressed mood (sad, empty, hopeless)
loss of pleasure
may withdraw from people and activities that once provided pleasure and meaning
feelings of worthlessness, and excessive guilt
feeling physically slowed down
Data on children and mental illness
- Few receive appropriate treatment
- Most have their onset during childhood or adolescence (before 25)
