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Flat Rock Community Schools is hosting a series of virtual mental health talks for parents. The first one is this week.

A public health storytelling project tackles community, wellness, connection, and perspective by pairing UMass Amherst students with older adults.

Them in a shelter or figure out how to help them further? >> one of the most important things when we interact on the street is humanizing them, getting their name. so many people on the streets have not heard their name called. first and foremost, the sense of human connection we want to bring these people. but anything we can do beyond that of connecting them to the resources definitely something we want to try to do. >> ainsley: what did your parents do, mom and dad, we are making a lot of mo...

About this doll? does he recognize a connection to the pandemic? >> erin, you are right. when the pandemic took root in this country, we all craved human connection and we were prevented from interacting with humans. a lot of companies made a lot of money, amazon, door dash, zoom, and a company outside of las vegas who makes life-sized dolls. it was not just dolls that people found themselves connecting to. we became more attached than ever to our devices, even seeking validation by way of likes...

Social interaction with trusted family and friends is the lifestyle factor that gives the greatest protection against becoming depressed, researchers say.

And whats available on them. look, algorithms have so much power over us, based on the data thats been collected on our habits. they know what we like, what we dislike, what makes us feel good, what we like to buy. in some ways, these algorithms know us better than we know ourselves. and we are certainly spending time with these devices much more than we are spending with human beings themselves. i mean, look at kids. they would rather forego human relationships, relationships with their friends...

I mean, most of us have become more reliant and addicted to our devices than ever before. we rely on these devices for everything. we interact with our devices and even seek validation in the form of likes more than we interact with human beings these days. ai has gotten so good. theres so much we can do even from the confines of our own home or bedroom and not have to engage with human beings in the real world. >> is that a problem? >> it certainly could be a problem. i mean, i think people are...

Utahs governor and first lady hosted the third annual Ready! Resilient! Utah Early Childhood Mental Health Summit, encouraging Utahns to be builders of \

He thinks well be sharing these spaces with digital people. if were going to have to spend more and more of our time, i even on the internet,| you know, transacting and interacting digitally, - how do we provide that human connection? and we do that by providing . a digital workforce for a whole wide range of industries. what should we start with? one of the most interesting things weve learned - about deploying digital people in health care and education . is people often prefer- to interact wi...

He thinks well be sharing these spaces with digital people. if were going to have to spend more and more of our time, even on the internet, you know, transacting and interacting digitally, you know, how do we provide that human connection? and we do that by providing a digital workforce for a whole wide range of industries. what should we start with? one of the most interesting things weve learned about deploying digital people in healthcare and education is people often prefer to interact with ...