Definitely the case! I’m not always on top of this myself, but I do go in and remove anything that may poison my recommendations. At this point, I just get plants, history, and a splash of comedy. Thank you for bringing this to the fore!
My son is still young, almost 8, so I’m speaking for near that age level. He doesn’t get unrestricted access to YouTube. If he’s watching YouTube, it’s with one of us present and helping him navigate it. He always wants to watch the video that’s the lowest quality shit just based on the thumbnail, because they have thumbnails that stick out. I’ve taught him about “low quality” content and we’ve watched a couple so he could understand what I meant. Now, when he wants to watch something like that, I say “no, that’s going to be low quality,” he seems to understand and we move on to find something else.
Eventually, I’m going to let him navigate YouTube alone sometimes, and then go back and look at his watch history to see how things are going. He doesn’t know watch history is a thing, nor will I ever tell him. If things go off the rails, we will guide them back to the rails slowly and nonjudgmentally
That said, we were at a restaurant the other day and a woman was there with her baby and a friend. She set that infant in a high chair with AI slop on her phone right in its face. The kid definitely didn’t disturb her conversation, because it looked like a zombie. Godspeed, child
The best cure for being too anxious to go to the library or ride the bus is to go to the library and ride the bus. Your rationales for not doing these things don’t hold up, because the entire point of this advice is to help you get used to leaving your house by yourself. Don’t make excuses and just go.
Assuming you’ve seen your PCP and had those headaches checked out
Anxiety is usually very treatable. Look for an LCSW, LPC, or PhD psychologist who specializes in anxiety disorders. It can be good to speak with a therapist first before going straight to an MD psychiatrist, but it’s your call. Meds can be useful to get the worst symptoms under control while you engage in therapy, but meds alone aren’t a good long-term strategy to manage anxiety.
Parasite Eve was an amazing game. Blew my mind my first play through. Parasite Eve and Final Fantasy 7 & 8…a great time for gaming
Dude. The guy had autism. He was not manipulating them with that statement
It’s cute you think you’d still have access to dollars in this scenario
“Clean as you go” gang rise up
What constitutes a murder vs manslaughter charge varies quite a bit by state, as do sentencing guidelines.
Did you miss the part where he says women should have the right to vote?! His opinions on other people not having any rights certainly make his life choices fair game. He should be ridiculed. But yes, Piers Morgan is douchenozzle
Have you seen his Piers Morgan interview? What. The. Fuck
That was Universal. You’re thinking of Aladdin 5
Daytime fatalities are up 26.5% on this graph. Not good, but not 40%. Population growth was 8.5% over that period
But you don’t know what among these options have already been tried. You can’t just force someone to move to a different facility unless they have a guardian, and I can only assume this woman does not have a guardian and has capacity to make her own decisions. Again, we do not have the information necessary to draw a legitimate moral judgment for or against this facility
I think what you can take away from this is that you’re good at your work and respected by your colleagues. You don’t owe them anything though, and they don’t control you. If you’re satisfied with what you’re doing now, get used to confidently explaining why, and thank them for their praise.
Ok, let’s roll with it then. What would be your solution in this hypothetical situation that avoids removing her from the premises?
The movie Koyaanisqatsi has some documentary footage of New York City streets from the late 70s, and there are some scenes where they’re packed. I’ve never been to NY so can’t speak from experience, but if they’re less busy now, maybe that has to do with cultural changes and the internet replacing much of what we used to do in real life?
It’s easy to take a black and white stance like “this is never okay,” but reality is never that clear cut. What if she was exhibiting behaviors that put other residents at risk? Should the long term care facility just put up with her and risk the safety of other residents, or should they take steps to remove her? This is just one of many possibilities that are not black and white. Again, we have literally no info to go off of, and we won’t because this woman’s situation is protected health information.
PBS Kids is a great option for littles! Free, no commercials, and supportive of social/emotional development (Reminder to set up a monthly donation to your local PBS station!). With the PBS Kids app, we’d often download a few episodes of something like Daniel Tiger or Wild Kratts for road trips
We rarely watch YouTube together, most of the time he’s watching a series of some kind through Netflix or Paramount. Trollhunters, Gravity Falls, Henry Danger, stuff like that. His only exposure to commercials is during football games, whereas I can still sing over 100 jingles from my childhood.
It’s still always better to limit/avoid screentime…