Raylyn Woods Means🇺🇸

[The World Update @TheWorld_Update]

How USA changes.... Then vs Now

[Dexerto @Dexerto]

Seven dogs stolen from their owners have gone viral after escaping their captors and making their way home

The group is believed to have travelled around 17 km together led by a corgi across highways and fields

[DJ Day, author of the Invent-Ory, a COVID tale ⤵️ @RealDJDay]

@its_The_Dr

[Johnny Midnight ⚡️ @its_The_Dr]

Stupid People think they are smart.

[Harding University @HardingU]

Ephesians 4:22-24 - To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

[UT Austin @UTAustin]

Light the Tower y'all 🤘

https://t.co/tnVG4f6LDm

[Longhorn Football Edits✍️ @UTFootballEdits]

@TexasFootball @undertaker 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

[Raylyn Woods Means🇺🇸 @RaylynMeans]

@Patriotfor57179 @cnnbrk Second picture is def a fake

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@harris_wins A.I.

[George @BehizyTweets]

BREAKING: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has just CONFIRMED that noncitizens are getting registered to vote across the state. His undercover investigators caught various Democrat-linked NGOs giving voter registration forms to people at DMV locations

"The investigation has already confirmed that various nonprofit organizations have been located outside Texas Department of Public Safety Driver License offices, operating booths offering to assist in voter registration for persons doing business at the driver's license offices. But all citizens have already been presented an opportunity to register to vote as part of the process of renewing or being issued an identification card or driver's license, so there is no obvious need to assist citizens to register to vote outside DPS offices-calling into question the motives of the nonprofit groups."

"The undercover operations have been conducted throughout major metropolitan areas of Texas and are ongoing."

AG Paxton has also launched an investigation into the findings. I expect arrests, charges, and imprisonment.

[Raylyn Woods Means🇺🇸 @RaylynMeans]

@4Mischief Yes it is.

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@harris_wins Then Kamala, what do you call your “word salads”??????

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@therealroseanne @TulsiGabbard “I wouldn’t show up on a debate stage ever again if I was her either”

Wait , this is a person supposedly capable of running our country and she is a chicken and is not to take the stage to debate ever again? Definitely not qualified.

[Raylyn Woods Means🇺🇸 @RaylynMeans]

@elonmusk There is nothing of merit watching a man beat up a woman in the name of sports, entertainment and his country. Shameful.
#pansy

[Harding University @HardingU]

Cheer on Kinesiology and Sport Administration graduate student Omolara Ogunmakinju as she competes for Nigeria in the 4x400 mixed relay! The first round of the 4x400 mixed relay in Paris is set for today at 12:10 p.m. CDT.
Harding Nation is proud of you! 🇳🇬🥇

[Sherri Unfiltered™ @FFT1776]

💯🎯 - Kid Rock!!

[Raylyn Woods Means🇺🇸 @RaylynMeans]

@glamelegance @MELANIATRUMP Because it not the guns it’s the people. Just like forks and spoons do t make you fat. People are accountable!! Not the instruments!!
We need to quit blaming items for people not being held accountable. It is the people instruments.

[🇺🇸 Pismo 🇺🇸 @Pismo_B]

Good Morning 🇺🇸

[Raylyn Woods Means🇺🇸 @RaylynMeans]

@DUC916KEN Absolutely. Not sure that it’s a woman. Appears to be the uneditable DNA of a man

[Jason Helmes @anymanfitness]

Just finished this book - Bad Therapy by @AbigailShrier

This is one of the most eye-opening books I've ever read. It's a must read for any parent, any teacher, and should be required reading for any school administrator as well.

The book dives into trying to figure out why kids are having so many mental health problems, when there are so many resources devoted to improving mental health outcomes.

Anxiety, depression, suicide, etc are all higher than they've ever been with kids, even though their lives are arguably better than ever before. It just doesn't make sense.

A few key takeaways from the book:

A constant attention on how kids are "feeling" or "thinking" is causing negative outcomes.

Constantly ruminating on your emotions and how you feel negatively impacts your mental health. If all you do is focus on your emotions, you are destined to be anxious or depressed.

We incessantly ask kids how they're feeling, if they're happy, how their mental health is, etc, and this is creating kids who think they're fragile instead of resilient.

Trying to solve every problem for kids has caused a generation who can't do anything for themselves.

We (Gen X) were told to "suck it up" or "you'll live" or "rub some dirt on it" all the time. Many of us came to the conclusion this is "bad parenting" because our feelings were neglected, and we vowed not to do this to our own children.

Because of that, kids immediately over-dramatize everything that happens to them, making mountains out of molehills, and thinking the world must revolve around their emotions and feelings.

You develop confidence and strong mental health by doing things, not by thinking or via therapy.

You can't think your way out of anxiety. You don't gain confidence by analysis of your thoughts or mental health issues.

You gain confidence and eliminate anxiety by doing gradually more difficult tasks, excelling at them, and realizing you are a competent, capable person.

The non-stop attention therapy gives to these small, common emotions we all feel blows them out of proportion to their seriousness (not talking about genuine disorders here, just normal anxieties that millions of people go to therapy to try to avoid).

One of the best ways to decrease your happiness is to chase it.

Our society constantly tells kids they should be "happy" and asks them if they are.

Happiness isn't a state you should be in 24/7. That's not realistic. Joy and bliss aren't permanent states - they are fleeting.

Contentment, stillness, and being even-keeled are much better goals to aim for mentally.

The happiest, most well adjusted kids come from families with loving parents that have strict rules for the household.

This one really set off the confirmation bias in me... I feel really blessed we have 2 well adjusted middle school kids who do great in school, are very respectful and well mannered, and we barely even need to parent them.

But for years, we were very strict with them. Bedtimes, family rules, how we do things, etc. The in-laws and lots of friends thought we were totalitarian.

In reality, we just had high standards. And it's really paying off right now. I found it really interesting that strict rules equals happy kids. Makes sense, though, as kids need to know what their boundaries are.

Constantly surveying school-age kids about their mental health causes more issues than it solves.

Mental health resources is big money. Districts need to validate all the resources allocated towards mental health, and they often do that via surveys.

Asking kids non-stop questions like:

- Have you thought about self harm?
- Have you thought about suicide?
- Have you been so anxious you can't get out of bed?

Etc, etc puts into their heads the idea that themselves, or many of their peers are broken and cannot function properly in the real world.

It normalizes situations that would be incredibly rare at any other time in history.

There's a lot of other takeaways, too, but I'll stop there.

It's a fantastic book. Go pick it up and read it. This isn't an affiliate thing or a promotion thing at all. I just really enjoyed it, and it will further shape the way I parent moving forward.