{"id":810,"date":"2020-10-19T11:08:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T23:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/?p=810"},"modified":"2020-10-19T11:12:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T23:12:26","slug":"kia-ora-lovelies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/?p=810","title":{"rendered":"Kia Ora, lovelies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"451\" height=\"298\" src=\"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-813\" srcset=\"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image.png 451w, http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Life is swift in my neck of the woods. Growth galore, <a href=\"https:\/\/canterbury.libguides.com\/writingup\/thesisformatting\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/canterbury.libguides.com\/writingup\/thesisformatting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deadlines descend<\/a>, calendar is cranking. I&#8217;m trying to stay upright, wrestling to go with the flow. Embracing change as we seek stability. All that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How are things on your stomping ground? Is your baseline affect as grumpy as mine? Are we all responding to the atmospheric weirdness of modern life: stubborn inequalities, persistent biases, and a flippin&#8217; pandemic to boot? How does an individual little bald monkey stay happy when she knows about the fragility of Papatuanuku, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gaia_hypothesis\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gaia_hypothesis\" target=\"_blank\">Mama Gaia?<\/a> Praps it&#8217;s too much for our tiny minds. In which case I reckon the best approach is to leap back into our bodies &#8230;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v7SN-d4qXx0&amp;list=PLui6Eyny-UzwmsJ9vILet4TJwqcINCz4j\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v7SN-d4qXx0&amp;list=PLui6Eyny-UzwmsJ9vILet4TJwqcINCz4j\" target=\"_blank\"> streeeeetch<\/a>, make <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sweetpotatosoul.com\/2019\/12\/maple-teriyaki-tofu-veggies.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sweetpotatosoul.com\/2019\/12\/maple-teriyaki-tofu-veggies.html\" target=\"_blank\">something lovely<\/a> for dinner, have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcsweeneys.net\/articles\/e-mail-addresses-it-would-be-really-annoying-to-give-out-over-the-phone\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mcsweeneys.net\/articles\/e-mail-addresses-it-would-be-really-annoying-to-give-out-over-the-phone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">laugh<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.neurosequential.com\/covid-19-resources\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.neurosequential.com\/covid-19-resources\" target=\"_blank\">here is a raft of pressies from Bruce Perry and the gang at the Neurosequential Network<\/a>, these are resources that use the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics to help children make sense of the pandemic. And they help adults to make sense of children during the pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a pretty groovy resource from the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/screentimenetwork.org\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/Dear%20Parents.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/screentimenetwork.org\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/Dear%20Parents.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Children&#8217;s Screen Time Action Network, it&#8217;s for parents of teens<\/a>, written from teenagers&#8217; perspectives. Yikes. It&#8217;s not easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This piece from the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/02\/23\/business\/cell-phone-addiction.html?utm_source=Screen%2FLife+Balance+Master+List&amp;utm_campaign=d65a7e234e-2020_10_12_SLBNEWSLETTER&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_23b7b03fe3-d65a7e234e-393226866&amp;mc_cid=d65a7e234e&amp;mc_eid=7ed3494ea4\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/02\/23\/business\/cell-phone-addiction.html?utm_source=Screen%2FLife+Balance+Master+List&amp;utm_campaign=d65a7e234e-2020_10_12_SLBNEWSLETTER&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_23b7b03fe3-d65a7e234e-393226866&amp;mc_cid=d65a7e234e&amp;mc_eid=7ed3494ea4\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times is about ditching the cellphone and &#8220;unbreaking&#8221; your brain<\/a>. (How lucky that author is to have access to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/catherineprice.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/catherineprice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Catherine Price<\/a>, although I guess we all do, via her writing.) Meanwhile, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-54140676?eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=3a7736f1-9759-4f63-a561-bd9052fa6ab7\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-54140676?eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=3a7736f1-9759-4f63-a561-bd9052fa6ab7\" target=\"_blank\">the BBC report here on the issues of YouTube<\/a> and their disregard for children&#8217;s privacy. Same but different from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/09\/08\/health\/privacy-violations-kids-apps-wellness-trnd\/index.html?eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=3a7736f1-9759-4f63-a561-bd9052fa6ab7\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/09\/08\/health\/privacy-violations-kids-apps-wellness-trnd\/index.html?eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=3a7736f1-9759-4f63-a561-bd9052fa6ab7\" target=\"_blank\">CNN, about the data that apps are gathering about children<\/a>, and here is another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/08\/14\/technology\/tiktok-underage-users-ftc.html?eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=3a7736f1-9759-4f63-a561-bd9052fa6ab7\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/08\/14\/technology\/tiktok-underage-users-ftc.html?eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=3a7736f1-9759-4f63-a561-bd9052fa6ab7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NY Times piece, this one about the high percentage of TikTok users<\/a> who are underage (and, yes, are having their data harvested). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is so much more to share, but as I said &#8230; I gotta keep my foot on the (imaginary) gas if I&#8217;m going to finish this research and get &#8216;er submitted. So I&#8217;ll end by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/life-style\/parenting\/300109639\/theyre-ridiculous-why-the-woman-who-started-the-gender-reveal-trend-wants-them-to-stop\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/life-style\/parenting\/300109639\/theyre-ridiculous-why-the-woman-who-started-the-gender-reveal-trend-wants-them-to-stop\" target=\"_blank\">sharing the inventor&#8217;s request that we cease gender reveal parties, please.<\/a> Please!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life is swift in my neck of the woods. Growth galore, deadlines descend, calendar is cranking. I&#8217;m trying to stay upright, wrestling to go with the flow. Embracing change as we seek stability. All that. 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