Por Matthew Lynch
Resumen: Después de ocho años, nuestra nación ha ido en otra dirección. Ahora los insultos raciales, el sexismo y la intolerancia están royendo los límites de una compañía educada, deshilachando el tejido político tejido por una administración de Obama que levantó al gobierno como la solución para reparar a Estados Unidos. En poco tiempo, la administración Trump detuvo e incluso revirtió el rumbo del presidente Obama. Todos los días parece que el mundo gira más y más fuera de control. Te encuentras preguntando: «¿Qué sigue?» Tus hijos también se están preguntando. Ser padres en la era de Trump no será una tarea fácil.
El joven atrapado en la era de Trump
Los niños construyen su interpretación del mundo en función de lo que sucede a su alrededor. Ven y oyen más de lo que crees que hacen. Es muy probable que sus hijos ya hayan escuchado historias en la escuela sobre deportaciones, tanto posibles como reales. Han sido testigos de un comportamiento agresivo centrado en la política. Han escuchado a los adultos discutiendo. Nada de eso ha sido bonito, y menos ha sido civil. Situaciones como estas pueden crear una inmensa ansiedad en los niños . Su estrés emocional puede aparecer en una variedad de formas, como actuar mal, comer estrés, o no comer en absoluto, y desarrollar señales nerviosas como masticar las uñas de las manos.
Cómo ayudar a tus hijos
Permita que sus hijos expresen sus preocupaciones sobre el clima político actual. Es posible que no puedan comunicar sus inquietudes en términos sofisticados, pero pueden decirle lo que les molesta. Escúchalos. Es importante mantenerse conectado con lo que está sucediendo en la escuela, especialmente si se está llevando a cabo la intimidación. Conocido como el efecto Trump, los niveles de acoso informados en las escuelas se han disparado dramáticamente y se vuelvenmás tóxicos desde las elecciones de noviembre de 2016.
Tú eres el modelo a seguir
Para ser padre en la era de Trump, tendrás que ser una persona más amable y tolerante que aquellos que te odian. No será fácil, pero deberás estar en desacuerdo de manera agradable . También puedes ayudar a tus hijos a hacer lo mismo. Si modela el comportamiento que desea ver en otros adultos, sus hijos sabrán que también deben actuar con respeto en lugar de la intolerancia. La lección es una que trascenderá mucho más allá de la era de Trump: el respeto mutuo nunca pasa de moda.
Con qué puedes contar en la era de Trump
A pesar de lo difícil que pueda ser predecir el próximo movimiento del presidente Trump, hay tres cosas ciertas.
- Trump ofenderá a todos. Las personas a ambos lados del pasillo estarán decepcionadas, alarmadas y enojadas más allá de las palabras. Algunos estarán aterrorizados.
- Hemos elegido vivir en una república gobernada democráticamente. Elegimos a los funcionarios que queremos llevar a cabo nuestro negocio. La buena noticia es que ningún funcionario electo permanece en el cargo para siempre. Tampoco lo hará Donald Trump.
Usted tiene el poder de hacer el cambio en este país con su voto.
After eight years, our nation has gone in another direction. Now racial slurs, sexism, and intolerance are gnawing at the edges of polite company, fraying the political fabric woven by an Obama administration that lifted up the government as the solution to repairing America.
In a short time, the Trump administration has stopped and even reversed President Obama’s course. Every day it seems like the world is spinning further out of control. You find yourself asking, “What’s next?”
Your children are wondering, too.
Parenting in the Trump Era will be no easy task.
The youth caught in the Trump era
Kids build their interpretation of the world based on what goes on around them.
They see and hear more than you think they do. The chances are good that your kids have already heard stories at school about deportations, both possible and real. They’ve witnessed aggressive behavior centering around politics. They’ve listened to adults arguing. None of it has been pretty, and less of it has been civil.
Situations like these can create immense anxiety in children. Their emotional stress may show up in a variety of ways, such as acting out, stress eating — or not eating at all, and developing nervous tells such as chewing on fingernails.
How to help your children
Allow your children to express their concerns about the current political climate. They may not be able to communicate their concerns in sophisticated terms, but they can tell you what bothers them. Listen to them.
It’s important to stay connected to what’s going on at school, especially if bullying is taking place. Known as the Trump Effect, the levels of harassment reported in schools has soared dramatically and become more toxic since the November 2016 election.
You are the role model
To parent in the Trump era, you will have to be the kinder, more tolerant person than those spewing hatred around you. It won’t be easy, but you will have to disagree agreeably.
You can also help your children do the same.
If you model the behavior you want to see in other adults, your children will know they also should act with respect rather than intolerance. The lesson is one that will transcend far beyond the Trump era: respect for each other never goes out of fashion.
What you can count on in the Trump era
As hard as it may be to predict President Trump’s next move, three things are certain.
Trump will offend everyone. People on both sides of the aisle will be disappointed, alarmed, and angry beyond words. Some will be terrified.
We have chosen to live in a democratically governed republic. We elect the officials we want carrying out our business. The good news is that no elected official remains in office forever. Neither will Donald Trump.
You have the power to make the change in this country with your vote.
Fuente: http://www.theedadvocate.org/parent-trump-era/
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BLANTYRE, MALAWI – In September, I was among a group of world leaders who gathered in New York City to discuss ways to improve access to quality education. Around the world, hundreds of millions of children are either not receiving basic schooling, or are attending schools but not learning. We gathered to devise a way forward.
The crisis that I discussed with heads of state from France, Senegal, and Norway, along with leaders from the United Nations and global education advocates, is not an abstract problem unfolding in a distant land. It is a crisis that has reached my doorstep in Malawi. The challenge of education is one that my government, like many in developing countries, grapples with every day.
As one of the co-conveners of the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity– which brings together world leaders to mobilize support for solutions to the education crisis – I have long focused on how to improve educational access. Quality schooling is key to helping people contribute to the development of their communities and their countries. Without a properly educated populace, it would take decades for developing countries like mine to overcome the profound economic, social, and health challenges that we face.
To ensure that we do not fail our children, or our country, my government is investing heavily to build a strong and sustainable education system. We have steadily increased education spending, which has risen from 12.5% of the total domestic budget in 2010 to 21% in 2015. This represents one of the highest percentages among developing countries anywhere, and I hope that our example will encourage leaders elsewhere to devote at least 20% of their national budgets to education.
But there is a limit to what economically struggling countries like Malawi can do alone. To make real progress in education, the generous support of wealthier partner countries and global institutions is essential. The momentum we have generated can be sustained only if donor support remains strong.
Malawi’s education sector has benefited greatly from balancing increased domestic investment with external support. For example, more Malawian children are enrolled in primary school than ever before, and the rate of boys and girls completing primary education has increased dramatically, from 59% in 2007 to 80% in 2014. Adult literacy has also improved, albeit more modestly, from 61% in 2010 to 66% in 2015.
Still, Malawi falls far behind the rest of the world on a several key education indicators. Among the list of challenges we face are derelict schools, high pupil-to-teacher ratios, and significant gaps in inspection and oversight capabilities. These and other issues make it hard for teachers to teach and for students to learn.
When Rihanna, the pop artist and ambassador of theGlobal Partnership for Education, visited Malawi in January and met with students and teachers, she put a spotlight on the promise of education. Our country has been fortunate to receive funding in recent years from bilateral donors and international organizations like GPE, which helps countries like mine increase educational quality and broaden access.
Since 2009, GPE funding has enabled Malawi to conduct long-term planning and data collection, and has brought domestic and international partners together for a common cause. GPE’s support has helped us build more facilities, overhaul our curriculum, improve access for girls, and train more educators.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that Malawi’s partnership with GPE has been transformative, which is why I am urging donor countries around the world to contribute generously to GPE at its upcomingfinancing conference in Senegal. By 2020, GPE aims to distribute more than $2 billion annually to help improve education in developing countries around the world.
Without GPE’s support, some 825 million young people risk being left behind without the education or skills to perform well in the workplace of the future. That could lead to growing unemployment, poverty, inequality, instability, and other factors that threaten not just individual countries or regions, but the entire international community.
Educating every child is a moral imperative and thus a universal responsibility. In today’s interconnected world, challenges and gains in low-income countries do not remain local.
When my colleagues and I met in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, we recommitted to solving the challenges of educational quality and access. We now need the rest of the world to join us in addressing this global crisis head-on.