Another Side of Midnight With Lionel - Lynn Shaw

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2:03Think about this. Kids, they see it, they hear it, they absorb it. You know, a lot of people say, at least people are waking up now more than I'm going to say 30, 40 years ago, people will say the kids were little, the kids were in their bedroom, the kids don't understand. Kids are so smart. And the work we do now at the Warriors, you know, with adults, adults will talk about what they heard as a child, what they saw as a child. So it goes into their being, right? They absorb everything. Domestic violence produces fear. Again, instability, coercion, that word vulnerability, we've got to talk about it. And this is where it intersects with trafficking because the predators, these criminals, understand they are so smart, they understand vulnerability. They're not going after a child or a teen who's, you know, tough and out there and out spoken, they're looking for that one that's shy, okay? That, you know, has their head down, tied into online or you can't really see, but people

3:07are revealing the kids, their feelings. My mom did this, I hate my school. Nobody listens to me. And they're cashing in the predators on this vulnerability. So we have to talk about all this during this month of October. So awareness, you know, look, it's very nice. People can put on the purple ribbons on social media for 30 days and then November 1st comes and everybody's, you know, back at it for something else. We must talk about these issues and recognize warning signs, asking our kids especially things. You know, kids are isolated, right? Especially teens, they hold a lot of things in. But we have to ask, you know, you're doing okay. Look for signs. We have to find out what's in our neighborhoods, our communities as far as shelters or survivor services. But we have to start all looking at the children and making sure we take care of them. And that goes for the systems that are not doing, of course, America right now, a very good job.

4:08There are some really good, hardworking people, but the system itself to protect children is failing miserably. And the foster care system, well, that's for another program. So everybody should know the domestic violence hotline, you know, working around the clock, 1-800-799-safe, you can call, you can get information, you can find out about resources where to go. We have to, unfortunately, talk about these issues and let the public know. And there's help. What is the, by the way, we're talking to Lynn Chauvin from lenswarriors.org, lenswarriors on YouTube and Lynn's underscore warriors on X. What about the, now, the known or the provided for suicide crisis number hotline, which nobody knows about? Yeah, that hotline, 988. Right. Like we have 9-1-1 for emergencies is 988. And that was put into existence two years ago this past July. And I still ask people, and I would say 98% of people say I never heard of it.

5:10I don't know what it's about. Despite some PSAs, despite us talking about it, despite giving out as a resource every day of the week, 988 is a suicide lifeline and crisis. And again, if you're in crisis, obviously use 988 or a member of your family or a friend, but you can call them just to ask, you know, resources in your community, your neighborhood, okay, in your town and your state. People need to utilize these resources. You can call and ask about reading materials. You may have questions. They will guide you. So everybody should understand, again, 988, a resource, even if you just want to have a discussion about suicide or what to look for, things like that. So people have to start waking up in America, realize all of these issues are here and compounding. Okay. And let's talk about it. But let's take action at the same time. Can I ask you, yeah. Can I ask you something, we had talked about something this week. That's my recollection of there was a child, there was another one, the child who committed

6:14suicide at such a young age. And because again, you're all with that, what you're talking about? Yes, yes, yes. Tell us about that. Her mom, Shiree, has given me permission to talk about it. So this is very tough to talk about children. And the ages are dropping down to nine for children committing suicide. Nine years old, Lionel, nine years old, okay. What happened to London at the age of about nine, her mom said is her mom gave her a phone. Her mom didn't think anything of it. And she really became addicted to the phone, not letting go of it, taking it to bed, fighting with her mom and her mom took it away. All of those things we now know because we have the proof and the studies and the doctors and the parents coming forward, there is a true addiction. Okay, with the phone, with the dopamine hits, with kids, you know, they've got to see the next story, the next TikTok, the next Instagram, they want to see the likes, they want to see,

7:16it's like that reward system in the brain, okay. So what happened is the mom took her to a doctor, right? Good parent, can't do this, what do we do? And the doctor prescribed for a child pro-zac. Okay. And still out of control, the doctor doubled the dose of pro-zac. And the mom was not aware of the medications, just trying to be a good mom. And the little girl kept saying, mom, I can't take it in paraphrasing a little bit, but I don't feel like myself, I don't feel well, this sat in the other thing. And one day this child just took a slew of pills and killed herself. So we have multiple issues of the phone, the addiction, the doctor, the medicalization, if you want to call it that, of a child. And her mom, Sheré, is out there talking, can you imagine talking about this, to educate other parents, to educate that this happened in her good home, where she was trying to do

8:19everything right, and it could happen to you as well. So that's another point, like we have to talk about these things, not sweep them under the rug, because they're happening. So even if you don't think anything happening in your home, you have kids or grandkids, you must bring these issues up, obviously age appropriate. On a daily basis almost, and I'd work them into conversation, and I'm not saying, you have to go fall in, but who are you talking to online? Ice cold drinks could be so fire. Try them all only at McDonald's.