Personal Digest: When kids see racism: parenting in crisis

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Personal Digest: When kids see racism: parenting in crisis
Digest Newsletter ยท Jul 11, 2026
Personal Digest: When kids see racism: parenting in crisis

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most U.S. kids have witnessed or experienced racism โ€” A new Sesame Workshop report finds that the majority of American children have either seen or been subjected to racist behavior, prompting caregivers to have intentional conversations about bias and fairness.

Parenting

Parenting

Parenting in an era of tough talks, fractured finances, and new norms

Racism (mother.ly) · Parental Leave (theconversation.com) · Demographic transition (unfpa.org)

Mental Health

Mental Health

Heat, trauma, meds and policy collide in a mental-health squeeze

Suicide (phillyburbs.com) · Psychedelic drug (aol.com) · Anxiety Disorders (inews.co.uk)

Neuroscience

Neuroscience

New molecular mysteries and map-making rewrite brain science

Schizophrenia (techtimes.com) · Autism (techtimes.com) · Axon (neurosciencenews.com)

Psychology

Psychology

We traded reflection for hustle โ€” and our inner life notices

Productivity (psychologytoday.com) · Feeling Stressed (army.mil) · Penalty kick (fox4kc.com)

Emotional intelligence

Emotional intelligence

EQ as career insurance โ€” and a curious flirtation with emotional AI

Artificial Intelligence (heraldbulletin.com) · Soft skills (abovethelaw.com) · Parenting (yahoo.com)

Education

Education

Education policy at a crossroads: courts, AI, and special-ed worries

Student Loans (abc7.com) · Disability (npr.org) · Artificial Intelligence (daily-sun.com)

Trauma

Trauma

CTE keeps spotlighting the long tail of repeated head trauma

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (beingpatient.com)

Chronic illness

Chronic illness

Lyme reality check: celebrity stories bring chronic flare-ups into view

Lyme Disease (aol.com)

Trauma-informed care

Trauma-informed care

Timing matters: early relationships shape trauma recovery

Child Development (thesector.com.au)

Emotional pain

Emotional pain

Public feuds and art turn private hurt into public lessons

Litigation (nme.com) · Resilience (m.economictimes.com) · Animation (cartoonbrew.com)