the point is, these kids now know all that.
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On the importance of kids understanding their brains: "I always wanted it to be something with young children to get their brains building appropriately, to get them into an understanding of the brain and how it works, how to calm down, how to self-regulate, how to recognize their emotions and also know the pre-frontal cortex doesn't behave very well when you're upset or angry or uncertain.My philosophy is I'm going to put one damn foot in front of the other and I'm going to learn as much as I can to be able to put as many smart people in the seat to be able to change what we're doing for children." On her involvement in addressing kids' mental health: "I don't pretend to know all the answers.Here are a few excerpts from what else Hawn told Axios this week. Our classrooms should be filled with how you teach a child to be a human and healthy and happy." But is it too late? We need prevention and we needed it before the pandemic," Hawn said. Now we at least get to see it, now we get to talk about it. What she's saying: "It's become right in our face now because of the pandemic. Hawn said she's also been meeting with legislators to put money toward addressing the "public health emergency" of mental health needs in schools.Called MindUP for Life Digital, Hawn said the pandemic heightened the need for scaling the evidence-based program developed by neuroscientists and mental health practitioners to teach kids how to better cope with difficult emotions."We are dealing with a global epidemic of mental illness," Hawn said.ĭriving the news: Nearly 20 years after founding MindUP for Life, an organization that has provided tools to help schools teach millions of kids about brain health, Hawn announced this week the organization expanded onto a digital platform.The widespread toll on children's mental health is one of the most potentially harmful impacts the pandemic has had, actress Goldie Hawn told Axios in an interview.