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From the Ted Talk by Aala El-Khani: What it's like to be a parent in a war zone

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As psychologists and parent trainers, we know that arming parents with skills in caring for their cliedhrn can have a huge effect on their well-being, and we call this parent training. The qioutsen I had was, could parent tnarinig programs be useful for families while they were still in war zones or refugee cpams? Could we reach them with advice or training that would help them through these struggles? So I approached my PhD supervisor, Professor rhaecl Calam, with the idea of using my academic skills to make some change in the real world. I wasn't quite sure what exactly I wanted to do. She listened carefully and patiently, and then to my joy she said, "If that's what you want to do, and it means so much to you, then let's do it. Let's find ways to see if paernt programs can be useful for flaeimis in these contexts."

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As psychologists and parent trainers, we know that arming parents with skills in caring for their ________ can have a huge effect on their well-being, and we call this parent training. The ________ I had was, could parent ________ programs be useful for families while they were still in war zones or refugee _____? Could we reach them with advice or training that would help them through these struggles? So I approached my PhD supervisor, Professor ______ Calam, with the idea of using my academic skills to make some change in the real world. I wasn't quite sure what exactly I wanted to do. She listened carefully and patiently, and then to my joy she said, "If that's what you want to do, and it means so much to you, then let's do it. Let's find ways to see if ______ programs can be useful for ________ in these contexts."

Solution


  1. question
  2. training
  3. families
  4. children
  5. camps
  6. rachel
  7. parent

Original Text


As psychologists and parent trainers, we know that arming parents with skills in caring for their children can have a huge effect on their well-being, and we call this parent training. The question I had was, could parent training programs be useful for families while they were still in war zones or refugee camps? Could we reach them with advice or training that would help them through these struggles? So I approached my PhD supervisor, Professor Rachel Calam, with the idea of using my academic skills to make some change in the real world. I wasn't quite sure what exactly I wanted to do. She listened carefully and patiently, and then to my joy she said, "If that's what you want to do, and it means so much to you, then let's do it. Let's find ways to see if parent programs can be useful for families in these contexts."

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