Maybe your parent or a teacher has said this to you: “You need to have a positive attitude!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And maybe that seemed wrong to you. If it did, here’s some food for thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I agree with you that there are lots of things to be negative about. This may be a small comfort, but there have always<\/em> been a lot of things you could be negative about! Imagine being a kid during medieval<\/a> times when the plague<\/a> hit your village. (OK, maybe you shouldn’t imagine that!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n But let’s just take this as a given: Human life has always been full of peril.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So why are kids more negative about life than kids used to be? The answer is pretty simple: we know more about the bad things that could happen. That kid in a medieval<\/a> village only knew about the bad things that happened close by. You can know every bad thing that’s happening in the world! You can even know all the predictions<\/em> of bad things that might happen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n That can be exhausting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Focusing on the positive doesn’t mean only believing good things. All people need to pay attention to the struggles in this world and try to make it a better place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But focusing on the positive does mean making sure that you find the good things about every day. It means looking forward to good things that you hope will come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s my challenge to you:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Just writing this has made me feel joy that you, whoever you are, are out there listening. I’m so excited for each young person who is rising from their sleep today able to find a reason to go forward and make this world a better place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Image by frank mckenna.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you wonder why adults tell you to stay positive, even though so many bad things are happening? Here are Prof. Suki’s thoughts on why this is good advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"http:\/\/sukiwessling.com\/kidblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Why-is-stay-positive-good-advice_.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"http:\/\/sukiwessling.com\/kidblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Why-is-stay-positive-good-advice_-mp3-image.jpg","cover_image_id":"903","duration":"2:56","filesize":"3.05M","filesize_raw":"3192964","date_recorded":"2024-12-13 22:49:50","explicit":"","block":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,3],"tags":[27,24],"series":[66],"class_list":["post-889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-being-a-kid","category-the-brain","tag-mindset","tag-psychology","series-kidslearn"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tBut life is better when you focus on the positive.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Everyone who has made positive changes in this world agree:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Every morning, plan to find a piece of joy in life.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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