Actress Goldie Hawn discussed how the COVID pandemic is affecting children’s mental health and what can be done to better manage the impact on a national level.
Hawn, 76, noted that the pandemic was taking a toll on the “mental health” of children who have no control over what happens in the world.
The Oscar-winning actress’s remarks come amid growing discussions about mask mandates for children, as 15 states still impose it in US schools.
“We’re dealing right now with a pandemic of mental illness,” Hawn said. fox and friends features Brian Kilmeade, Will Cain and Carley Shimkus on Friday.
“Mental illness is something that can actually last…it’s very, very dangerous. If we don’t look at it and know what and how to deal with it, then we’re not going to win this battle with the kids.’
Hawn helps run the nonprofit organization MindUp, which was started in 2003, as a means of meeting the mental health needs of children.
Oscar-winning actress Goldie Hawn, 76, has spoken out about the effects of the pandemic on children and the mental health trauma they face.
Hawn has long been an advocate for children’s mental health and helped create MindUp in 2003.
Hawn also emphasized the importance of implementing mental health programs for children. He is pictured here in November 2021 with his daughter Kate Hudson (right).
Hawn also pointed out the difficulty children have in managing the stress of children during the pandemic. She is seen here with her husband Kurt Russell (right) at the 2020 premiere of Christmas Chronicles, Part Two.
Hawn’s remarks come amid the ongoing argument over mask mandates in schools, as 15 states still require students to wear them.
To help children navigate the pandemic era, Hawn gave advice on how to manage their stress and emotions during this difficult time.
“We can start to look at how we are implementing preventative social and emotional programs,” he said. “We are dealing with a pandemic of mental illness.”
He also pointed out how children’s mental health has been affected by a lack of control over a situation they may not know how to handle.
‘If we don’t know how to handle it, we are not going to win this battle for the children.’
Hawn, who is neutral on the issue of mask mandates, said even parents are also having a hard time navigating the situation.
“Whether it’s masks, whether it’s any of the various things that are happening in the world today, it’s very, very scary,” Hawn also told the network. “I think what we need to do is start focusing on our next generation,” he urged.
“We have to build our future and make our children strong and fit and able to connect with each other,” he added.
Hawn spoke with Fox and Friends hosts Brian Kilmeade, Will Cain and Carley Shimkus on Friday.
“We’re dealing right now with a pandemic of mental illness,” Hawn told the network.
In order to properly address the issues of masks for children, Hawn also offered tips on how to convey COVID-based information to them.
“I think there is a form of conscious change in the way we report, talk and share.”
He went on to insist on the need to implement mental health programs in schools to help children better understand and acclimatize to the ways of a world driven by an ‘invisible enemy’.
In addition to the effects of the pandemic, he also pointed out the importance of the effects of social networks on a child’s brain, since suicide attempts by young women have increased by 50 percent.
“The bottom line is MindUP or any of these programs that are preventative mental health programs that should be in schools, not one day a week, every day, they should be part of your classroom, part of your learning,” He said.
‘Why do we ask children to learn and not teach them about their brain?’
MindUp was created in 2003 to help with the mental health needs of children.
Hawn’s televised appearance comes after she published a USA Today article about her personal experiences with mental health as a child and how other generations have come through traumatic historical events.
“We all know how magical a child’s imagination can be: the wondrous worlds they create in their minds,” she wrote in the January op-ed.
“But there is a flip side to the playful creativity that can turn a big cardboard box into a spaceship.
“A child’s mind exposed to real-world fear, without the ability to process it properly, can go through dark passageways that lead to nothing less than existential dread.”
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