Meryl Alper
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323 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2024
last heard Jan 2024
Meryl Alper’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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characters, even ones that we can think about, you know, like Sheldon, for example, in Big Bang Theory.
Not a lot of kids were watching that, but there were some who did come out, were like, oh, this character has some similarities to me, but you know, that's not a character in the show that he's not named as being autistic.
It's more implicit than than explicit.
But also thinking about creation tools, tools, you know, it isn't just consuming, but it's also creating.
And so kids using whatever digital resources, if it's like PowerPoint, you know, Google Slides presentations of making books about yourself, or for again, some of these more
kids with more sophisticated skills or talents, you know, like books and and kind of self-publishing books, there's more tools than ever at kids' capacity to both, yes, find other kids, but to do some of that internal sort of private work with the media that's available to them.
came out.
And I'd say that it's there are pros and cons, but I'm thinking of one kid from that I've spent time with who was really into I think a lot of kids are into Percy Jackson.
character that the kid was saying, oh, you know, this character, there's all these jokes about how he's, you know, Vulcan or that there's like a Spock reference and this character is different and I know it and it's an In joke.
But other kinds of fandoms do that the kids find that there's a connection with.
But at the same time, I get into this a little bit in my emotions sort of chapter, but this can also be very stressful.
for especially for kids who have a like a real high the empathy or the way that they pick up on others' emotions and then can internalize those emotions in a way that that can be h highly stressful for them.
In a way that maybe adults or people who aren't in this space don't realize that the stakes can feel very high because you have people who are
have competing passions or dueling passions.
And so these these can be spaces that are full of interest and possible connection, but can also create a lot of stress for kids in ways that might not be so readily apparent to somebody who's not
parent, but if you're not a parent who I guess is themselves a part of these kinds of communities or, you know, intense focused passions around topics that might not also realize how stressful it can be.
And at the same time hard to separate yourself from them 'cause again, if this is an area that you're very passionate about and it motivates you.
It it includes all of these things.
well this is it's a very popular question and it's so layered.
So I think I would say to anyone parent from the get-go that it isn't just some about whatever parenting choices you are or are not making in your home.
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