Ned Johnson
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601 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2019
last heard Sep 2024
Ned Johnson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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She's not really socially intuitive, and ended up in full-on school recusal for the last three months of eighth grade.
because of anxiety that became depression.
And it was pretty darn hard.
You know, when dad's a guy whose entire career has been helping kids get into college, I'm thinking, holy smokes.
So we had a lot of time because she wasn't in school for three months.
And I remember going on this long walk and she was just beside herself and just herself and life and everything else.
And I looked at her and mustered the best long view, you know, courage that I could have.
And I said, look, you know, you are a terrific person.
You're kind and you're curious and you're thoughtful.
You're really funny and you're really sharp.
And I said, you're going to have a great life.
And she said, well, it sure doesn't seem that way.
And I said, I know it doesn't.
I said, but at least on this one, I want you to trust me because I have a little more experience than you.
So the thing that I did made a really conscious effort during that time, and I would suggest this to any parent who has a kid where, like, school is harder, life is harder, that anything that's been dealt is hard.
To make it your highest possible priority just to love the kid that you got, where he is, where she is right now.
Because if we think a little bit about, you know, this constantly, this slowly developing prefrontal cortex and those executive functions that we want to come online with,
The great Adele Diamond makes the point that if you're sad or lonely or tired or stressed, those executive functions are impacted first and impacted most.
And so we can't really help our kids grow faster than they grew up.
And there are a lot of things that are hard to solve.
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