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Actress Goldie Hawn said he believes COVID-19 exacerbated and made Americans more aware of mental health issues among children in the United States, and her foundation is working in response to teach mindfulness and mental fitness.
In 2003, Hawn started the Goldie Hawn Foundation and the MindUP program to address many of the mental health issues Americans still see in children today.
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“There was an increase in suicide, there were kids who were on…psychotropics, they had ADHD and anxiety, and I don’t think anyone really saw it as a problem until we got to a point where we couldn’t cope anymore.” he told Fox News Digital.
Actor Kurt Russell and his partner, actress Goldie Hawn, and their children, actress Kate Hudson and actor Oliver Hudson, attend the film premiere of the romantic comedy ‘Raising Helen’ on May 26, 2004 at the El Capitan Theatre, in Hollywood, Calif.
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Hawn acknowledged that there is now a heightened awareness of the mental health issues plaguing America’s children, but that children need to be “more aware and… know about their brains so they can control their thoughts, their emotions and being able to be … the arbiter of how they see life.
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Hawn, who spoke to Fox News Digital at the Milken Institute Global Conference last week, said that when he created MindUP 20 years ago, it was to give children this knowledge.
Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell attend Goldie’s Love In For Kids at Ron Burkle’s Green Acres Estate on November 3, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.
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Hawn added that during COVID, her family prioritized spending time together, but she also acknowledged that they were “privileged.”
“Here’s the reality: The reality is that we were fine,” he said. “I’m not worried about us. We’re privileged. But what worries me is that everyone else who lived in apartment buildings lost their job, didn’t know what to do with their children, and had a loss of an ability to manage their own emotions.” “.
Honoree Goldie Hawn attends the Child Mind Institute’s 2019 Change Maker Awards at Carnegie Hall on May 1, 2019 in New York City.
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Hawn said that during this time, he kept thinking “Just put on [MindUP] in the schools”.
“Because one day, we will be able to raise enough children who have the intelligence and emotional intelligence to lead a better world,” he said.
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Hawn encouraged parents, educators, and others who want to help teach children mindfulness to visit mindup.orgwhere there are resources for schools and families.
“Since 2003, MindUP has been helping children around the world develop the mental fitness necessary to thrive in school and throughout their lives,” the website reads.
