Tumblr Thread: Talking To Kids Like They're People

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Eric Lund
Mar 28, 2021 3:00 PM EDT

Tumblr gets on a real tear here about how to instill a sense of responsibility and achievement in kids by speaking to them on their interests and being less condescending. There's some interesting points in here, and some thoughts to take home about how society deals with teenagers in general. For more of the wholesome and encouraging side of tumblr, here's some girls discovering unequaled joy at a pumpkin patch.

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    Product - silver-tongues-blog Follow probably why so many teens take to social media where they can enthusiastically share their interests and achievements and get positive feedback that their parents never gave moonlighteduniverse Follow A LITTLE LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK bisexual-boredom This hit hard rowark Follow I remember once, when I was in my early 20s, I was an afternoon supervisor at my job, and I worked with mostly teenagers, and the one day this one kid, who was like 15, was
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    Font - After that, this kid was cleaning out the fridge at least once a week, and I was like, "why are you always cleaning the fridge?" Like, I didn't mind, but it seemed odd. And he said, "one time I cleaned the fridge and you said I did a good job. I wanted to make you proud of me again." Literally, I changed the entire way l interacted with teenagers after that. I actually got a package of glitter stars and I would stick them on their nametags when they did a good job, and they loved it. My m
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    Font - at a time when I was still young enough to remember what it was like to be a teenager. I was only 2 years out of highschool at that point and highschool is f ting hard. People forget this as they get older, but ask anyone and almost no one would ever want to go back and do it again, but they expect kids to suck it up because they're young so they should be able to do school full time, plus homework, and work, and maintain a healthy social life, and sleep, and spend time with family, and d
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    Font - bank. I would've loved to talk about philosophy and politics and history with family the way I did with friends and in class but because I was young no one took what I had to say seriously. And no, teens aren't always on their phone. They're on their phone when they're bored. You think I'm on social media when I'm with my friends? When I'm talking about something l'm interested in? Maybe the reason kids are so distant and always on their phone during family parties and the like is because
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    Font - aromantic-goldfish Follow Whoop there it is midwesternlikeope Follow When you respect kids, they really respond and learn from you. But if you treat kids like “theyre just a kid, what do they know??" then you'll never find out. imagitory Follow As a Disneyland Cast Member, I'll add my own experience onto this – Very frequently, when I first speak to a child while l'm at work, they'll kind of withdraw and act uncomfortable and shy. Their parents will then rather frequently tell them to not
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    Font - I cannot tell you how many times l've seen that same kid - simply after hearing their initial reaction being validated, instead of reproached - immediately open up to me after that. I also cannot tell you how many times that child and I would go on to start a friggin' marathon conversation, and I got to hear all about how great their day was or what their favorite Disney movies were or what rides they liked and didn't like or how much they like a certain Disney character or song..all from
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    Font - question, so I skipped even asking her if I could see her work, instead admitting that I myself wasn't very good at art, but that l'm trying to get better and that I love the history of Disney animation. On the screens around us was video footage of different Disney concept art and animation reels, so I pointed one of them out (for Snow White) and asked if she knew the story behind the making of the movie. Upon confirming that she didn't, I proceeded to get down on the floor so I could si
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    Font - People, kids and teens included, love sharing what they love and how they feel with others. You just have to give them the chance to show it. moony-moons-world Follow A LITTLE LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK! I feel like I am obliged to add one more thing: don't ever think that the kids won't feel your unspoken judgements cause they do! I felt always like a 'problem' in my family, until I was about sixteen, I got this teacher who was litterally the first to tell I was worthy. He changed
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    Font - manifestingdestiel Follow This post is Everything branchesofyggdrasil Follow I told one of my new coworkers (who is 26) that he was doing really well and that I was proud of him and his progress. I thought he was going to start crying for how quietly he said "really?". Positive feedback makes the biggest difference to everything. zarekarstudio Follow i'm extremely lucky that i've always gotten positive feedback and proper attention + engagement from my parents. i can count on one hand the
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    Font - lazulimav Follow #adults like to say "just try harder! you can do it!" #"if you just tried harder-" #what if i'm already doing my best? #what then? #you can't try harder than "best" #AND #fun fact some people's best isn't very impressive #mine sure isn't #i wish i knew that when i was a kid #i wouldn't have grown up hating myself #the way school is run THRIVES off of the way most adults treat kids and teens #and if you're neurodivergent? well adults basically say "f k you"
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    Font - Zare why would you hide this nugget of glorious truth in the tags this is literally everything I want to say but couldn't figure out words for it silver-tongues-blog Follow the majority of the worlds "best" is average. Thats just how statistics work. you cant expect every single person to be above average because then the average would shft to be more difficult. we saw this in real time with the job market and education system. our generation has to learn so much more and jump through sig
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