Childhood Boredom, ADD Testing And The Danger Of Dwelling On Every Feeling
We begin with Anna Hummel in for Dawn and a California study finding that a large share of surveyed fifth-graders report needing mental-health care. That sends us into a much larger argument about how children describe anxiety, sadness and stress, whether adults encourage youngsters to dwell too much on their emotions and how parenting has changed across generations. Nick also puts Linda Kearns on notice with a spelling-bee challenge after her jab at his intelligence. Anna’s news brings Josh Shapiro’s new Pennsylvania data-center restrictions and the crew’s concerns about local development…
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