Given the past two years of living with COVID in the age of social media, I decided to re-post Maria Montessori's "The Mind of the 12 to 18-Year-Old" and her "Prepared Environment for 12 to 18-Year-Olds: the Erkinder (Earth Children)." Why? Because of how living with the realities of COVID--and the overuse of social media--might be affecting our teenagers: anxiety, anger, depression, trauma, eating disorders, drug use, isolation, loneliness, suicidal thoughts; and what makes 12 to 18-year-olds more susceptible to these feelings--in the eyes of Montessori.

It was so enlightening to read her words, her philosophy, and her methodology, and how potent and relevant they STILL are. (This is a re-post. I originally posted it after the Florida Parkland school shooting in 2018.)

~Lisa Nolan

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