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All of Van Duyn Elementary School in Syracuse, New York, went eerily quiet.
On that cold November afternoon in 2019, there was no sound in the school’s hallways except for the echoing of footsteps, going door to door between classrooms. Students and teachers crouched in the corners of the rooms, concealed by darkness. One young girl covered her mouth with her hands to prove she was keeping quiet.
Michael Thompson, assistant director in the Syracuse City School District’s Security Department, unlocked one of the doors and peeked into a third-grade classroom where some students huddled behind a teacher’s desk.
Struggling with your mental health post-2020? Here s what to do
Want to get back to feeling good? We asked mental health experts to share their steps for lowering your anxious feelings and upping the optimism.
AS MUCH AS we all hoped that our current reality would become magically better when the clock struck midnight on January 1.it didn t happen.
After the 2020 dumpster fire of fear, uncertainty and isolation, it s no surprise that most of us need a little help getting into a new, healthy frame of mind for the year ahead. Teens have faced so much sadness and grief with the pandemic, plus all of the political unrest last year. On top of that, they haven t been able to hang out with friends or enjoy milestone events that they were looking forward to, says Dr. Khadijah Booth Watkins, associate director of the Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds in Boston. It s no wonder teens are probably the most depressed and stressed-out group right now.
How to Design Your 2020 Holiday Reboot
It may not be the perfect storybook holiday, but it rarely is. Why not use this year to reset and create your own traditions?
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Dec. 22, 2020
Like everything else this year, the Covid-19 pandemic has turned the holiday season on its head, thanks in part to restrictions on travel and gatherings.
For some, the idea of forgoing their annual holiday traditions is upsetting, especially given the difficulty of this year. But for others, who may find the usual holiday rituals stressful at best and triggering at worst, it may come as a relief. Instead of making their annual “guilt trip” home for the holidays, they’re able to use this year to reset and create their own traditions.