Kids are struggling in the U.S. right now - emotionally, educationally, and developmentally.

 It’s tempting to focus on kids as we seek to improve the problem - kids are more vulnerable, younger and smaller, and it is distressing to see kids in pain or floundering. We want to make things better.

But parents are struggling, too.

If we stay zoomed out, thoughts can sometimes feel big, vague, or overwhelming. When the overwhelm is all around us, not just in our minds or our households, but in the news and our larger community, it can feel even harder to find some solid footing and know how to make it smaller, and where to even start. 

We need to make it smaller

There are so many reasons for overwhelm in our communities here in Minnesota and across the U.S. It can be very difficult to find ways to navigate overwhelm when it is massive - in the wake of a senseless murder, or in the midst of civil unrest.

But the alternative to finding a way to navigate overwhelm is to stay in the depths of overwhelm…and maybe drown….so navigate we must! 

Have you ever felt overwhelmed? Check one:

• Yes (I’m human)

• No (I am AI / a robot / a figment of your imagination)