Rethinking the Friendship Paradigm

Name: Rethinking the Friendship Paradigm
Uploaded: 2019-04-11T16:31:17Z
Duration: 16 min 22 s
Description: Human beings have always told each other stories as a way of making sense of the world. But by telling children the same type of story a little too often, we have created a heartbreaking problem for kids who struggle socially. Writer Melissa F. Olson examines how a universal friendship paradigm developed into a problematic example, and looks at some potential ways to reframe the message.

Melissa F. Olson |

TEDxOrillia

• March 2019

Human beings have always told each other stories as a way of making sense of the world. But by telling children the same type of story a little too often, we have created a heartbreaking problem for kids who struggle socially. Writer Melissa F. Olson examines how a universal friendship paradigm developed into a problematic example, and looks at some potential ways to reframe the message.

Rethinking the Friendship Paradigm

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