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Mightier’s co-founder and chief clinical officer, Dr. Jason Kahn, joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the use of video games to stimulate and expand children’s emotional regulation skills, pandemic barriers, and reduced child care costs.
– Welcome to all. The U. S. Surgeon GeneralHe called the decline in the intellectual aptitude of young people a pressing crisis of public fitness. Our next guest co-founded a company to make a difference. Let’s welcome Dr. Jason Kahn, co-founder and chief clinical officer of Mightier. Have.
So for other people looking to understand this app and this business, how does Mightier Kids work and what kind of good luck have you noticed so far?
JASON KAHN: Thank you, Rochelle,” so Mightier develops a skill called emotional regulation. Emotional regulation is a valuable skill that helps young people re-calm difficult or frustrating moments. It is one of the main predictors of how young people can thrive later in life. Mightier develops this skill by helping young people observe and see their feelings and by giving them, if not thousands of times, to practice while playing video games. And as they practice over and over again, they improve that skill.
– Doc, as a parent of 3 children, we seek to keep our children away from video games. Is there harm to them by selling this addiction?
JASON KAHN: It’s funny that you ask. Mightier is such a difficult way to oppose the script of video games. So, in many ways, video games reflect life. They give you those moments of frustration when you face those demanding situations. And what Mightier is doing is changing those demanding situations. that naturally exist in video games in an opportunity for young people to learn.
And obviously, with gambling, it’s another way to convince young people when it comes to intellectual aptitude. Many young people don’t feel comfortable or even know how to express themselves when they have a problem. the pandemic has really affected the intellectual aptitude of young people and the kind of need they have.
JASON KAHN: Absolutely, one of the things that we’ve detected is that in the pandemic, for each of the other 10 people that we’ve trained to integrate into the intellectual fitness workforce, thirteen other people are gone. And right now, there are enough other people to help the children. So what you’re seeing is that those waiting lists continue to skyrocket, accumulate, and extend a lot more.
And we don’t have the team that can help kids right now. And we want it more than ever. Children have lost so much help because of the pandemic. Notoriously we had the closure of the school and the remoteness. It was harder to get dates. It’s been harder to get the assistance they want. So what we’re seeing is that teams like Mightier are coming in and they’re actually available to families at that time and giving them the assistance they want.
Referring to the pandemic, again, to return to my delight as a parent, it was a difficult time for young people and teenagers in this country. What was it about the pandemic that has so accentuated this crisis of intellectual fitness that we are in?locate us?
JASON KAHN: There are a lot of them. And for young people, I think we want to. . . Seeing it through the eyes of a child, there was so much uncertainty in their lives. And there weren’t many answers. So the school closed. And you think about the amount of social relationships that young people get in school from teachers, their friends, construction administrators, the many intellectual aptitude professionals who work in construction. Suddenly, that disappeared.
And I think what other people misunderstand and why we’re seeing the crisis now is that even though we’ve been there to reopen society, even though we’ve been there for young people to go back to school, those demanding situations don’t go. far. These demanding situations continue to grow. And those young people bring with them those demanding situations. And they still want more support. We cannot resume learning without delay. We want to rebuild all the social skills that have been lost.
– And communicate some of the differences you’ve noticed in other age groups. Obviously, you have the little ones. You have the teenagers. Is there anything you’ve noticed in your studies of coping with intellectual health?
JASON KAHN: I think what we’re seeing globally is young children at all levels having a hard time. Therefore, any school-age child faces some kind of challenge. These demanding situations are going to be different for other children. In young people or elementary school, you may see more outwardized symptoms. So, things like anger or frustration. For older young people in adolescence, things that are more internal, such as anxiety or depression, are other tactics for expressing their feelings.
– Now I need to communicate about childcare. Of course, we don’t make the connection between intellectual fitness care and childcare and other things. But according to the Economic Policy Institute, Washington, D. C. , my component of the country, has the highest childcare charge in the United States, at more than $24,000 a year. That’s more than $2,000 a month and 321% more a year than paying in-state tuition for a four-year public university. Talk about your participation in the NIH and NIMH to help reduce the cost of care.
JASON KAHN: So one of the things that we’re looking at and that we’re in is how Mightier can necessarily reduce the amount of costs that parents and caregivers and even insurance companies pay to cover the intellectual fitness burden that young people carry. And so, lately we’re getting a giant grant-funded study that deals with how Mightier’s arrival in classic physical care can reduce the use of physical care over time.
– This is an important thing. And thank you for bringing that to light. Thank you very much. Dr. Jason Kahn, co-founder and chief scientific officer of Mightier.