Rueka Anderson

Raised Democratic Farmer Labor

[Rueka Anderson @RuekaA]

I’m out in the sun enjoying the warm weather. I hear the birds sing, there are trees and nature all around me. It’s so peaceful. How much do you appreciate that and what do you do to preserve it?

[National Women's Hall of Fame @WomenoftheHall]

Happy birthday to 2001 Inductee Rosalynn Carter!

As First Lady, she was involved in programs to aid mental health, the community, and older people. From 1977 to 1978, she served as the Honorary Chairperson of the President’s Commission on Mental Health.

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

I want to talk about trust and attachment in young children. And there’s no video here for good reason.

Several of you have recently tagged me to ask my thoughts on trending videos depicting parents engaging in one appalling behavior or another - in pursuit, apparently, of social media likes.

In one trend, parents pretend to be FaceTiming with their child’s new kindergarten teacher and call their child over to meet her. When they get to the phone, the child comes face to face with a photo of a scary looking adult (which in some cases appear to be mugshots of women deep in the throes of drug addiction, if, in fact, they are real at all). The children are almost always alarmed. Often they cry.

During one of the biggest transitions in their young child’s life (the start of school), these parents have chosen to stoke anxiety rather than provide comfort.

Other recent trends have involved parents in throwing slices of American cheese at their toddlers - or, more recently, unexpectedly cracking a raw egg on their child’s forehead during a joint cooking activity.

Obviously I’m not going to uplift any examples here. But I do want to address the harm these kinds of behaviors create from a developmental perspective.

The years of early childhood are a time during which trust and attachment are (ideally) formed. With love, attention, and responsive caregiving, young children learn that their world is safe. They develop self worth and self esteem. These are prerequisites to both learning and healthy development.

But the key to developing trust is consistency.

And the behaviors in these videos - even if rare and anomalous - serve only to undermine healthy attachment between parent and child. They provide children with data points that suggest their parents can be unexpectedly and arbitrary cruel. They are a violation of hard earned trust.

Some will argue that these are just jokes in good fun. They aren’t. They are the deliberate infliction of trauma, however brief, for the amusement of strangers. It should go without saying that this isn’t good for children.

Please. Don’t. Just don’t.

[Rueka Anderson @RuekaA]

@JimmyCarterNPS @peanut_brigade Happy Birthday Rosalind Carter!

[Jimmy Carter National Historical Park @JimmyCarterNPS]

Join us in wishing a happy 96th to the amazing Rosalynn Carter! Her efforts to create a more positive world have left a lasting impact on generations. Share your favorite #RosalynnCarter moment & let's celebrate her inspiring life & legacy! #HappyBirthdayRosalynn

[Freedom Writers Collaborative @FreedomWritersC]

Trump megadonors are jumping ship so being the snake oil salesman that he is, Trump simply turns to his adoring cult to send him their hard earned money to fund his legal defense fund. He and his enablers must be defeated. Support Democrats. #FWC https://t.co/dFJ86om3GR

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

Because that's what a coward does

[Cher @cher]

MY PRECIOUS, TALENTED,
GODDAUGHTER….
“JESSE JO STARK”
IS COMING UR WAY…DONT MISS HER💋

@jessejostark ❤️ https://t.co/2TQVRkAaSv

[Eric Esrailian @esrailian]

Please share! This report is by @MorenoOcampo1 - former Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court. He argues Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin corridor should be considered a genocide against the ethnic Armenians of Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh. Read & share the report!

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's team said there was no evidence to support his impeachment. The House just published nearly 4,000 pages. https://t.co/cAbnhgh9lG

[Rueka Anderson @RuekaA]

@kylegriffin1 🤮

[Rueka Anderson @RuekaA]

@MeidasTouch Your just RUDE Elon Musk!

[Indigenous @AmericanIndian8]

#INDIGENOUS #TAIRP

[Rueka Anderson @RuekaA]

@kangaroos991 💙

[Rueka Anderson @RuekaA]

@wiseconnector Nicotine

[Rueka Anderson @RuekaA]

@SteveWebb51464 is ugly and nasty

[Awesome Jimmy Team🇺🇸 everything re ❤#JimmyCarter @peanut_brigade]

Jimmy is handsome.
Steve Webb is ugly and nasty.

[Rueka Anderson @RuekaA]

@DevinCow Not going to block you, my dear cow

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Democrats have introduced a bill that would strip the pension of a former president convicted of a felony.

Would it be fair if Donald Trump lost his pension?

[Indigenous @AmericanIndian8]

In Remembrance of those who never made it home
#INDIGENOUS #TAIRP

[Rueka Anderson @RuekaA]

@Tentoads4truth @Tentoads4truth has important tweets!