You Are Sad and That Sucks A Lot by Oliver Schminkey

It's a free phone call, and people are there all the time, ready to listen and help. If you don't feel like you have anybody to talk to and feel unsafe, there are people ready to listen. But sometimes sadness can feel overwhelming. It can help to talk about your sadness with someone, like a friend or parent. For more, you can check out Mallika Chopra's book for kids, Just Breathe.Īnother note about sadness: everybody feels sad sometimes, and that's totally normal. In fact, she leads meditations in each episode of this series. Mallika Chopra will also share a meditation to help with sad feelings. And Neptune and Pluto will join us to cover a few ways to help friends or family members who are feeling blue. We'll talk about some ways to help handle sad feelings (doctor-approved pet cuddles, anyone?).

We'll learn about how social animals - from goldfish and penguins, to humans - all seem to get sad sometimes. But this episode has plenty of fun stuff, too! 'They don't just manage to block legislation concerning guns, they manage to block information concerning them, too.' This lack of data, combined with the NRA message of no gun control whatsoever and an organized alert system that informs members of upcoming votes on important pieces of legislation, leads to loud and consistent support for the NRA agenda.This is the second episode in our four-part series on feelings! In this episode, we're covering the small and big parts of sadness.īecause this episode touches on some heavy pieces of sadness - we recommend kids listening along with an adult, so you can talk over any questions that come up. How effective exactly? Oliver spoke about the 1996 Dickey amendment, which was backed by the NRA and put a restriction on the Center for Disease Control's ability to research gun violence. And it is pretty clear what is standing between those two things: And it's the National Rifle Association. 'And there is clearly a disconnect between public opinion, which favors to varying degrees a number of different gun-control measures, and any practical action in Washington. 'Here we are again after another mass shooting with weak legislation doomed to failure,' Oliver said. John Oliver devoted the first part of Last Week Tonight to the issue of the National Rifle Association, comprehensively breaking down why the NRA has such power. It's been just over one week since the massacre in Orlando, and while there are some people fighting for change, there are others who desperately want to block it.

You Are Sad and That Sucks A Lot by Oliver Schminkey