The Kid Should See This  • September 9, 2025

🦁 WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK:

KPop Demon Hunters: Wordplay, lyrics, and references explained by a Korean teacher ➜

🤖 We’ve read a lot of conversations about AI Chatbots, as well as how we can talk with our kids about them. Parents Together just released a deeply worrisome look at Character AI, “an AI chatbot platform with millions of bots, many of which impersonate characters and celebrities known and loved by kids and teens.“ Content warning: ”Darling, Please Come Back Soon”: Sexual Exploitation, Manipulation, and Violence on Character AI Kids’ Accounts (pdf).

📚 3 Ways to Boost Students’ Motivation to Learn: “New research suggests that motivation isn’t built on grades but on whether grades match students’ expectations, so showing them evidence of their learning is key.”

🏛️ Students Have Questions About Our Democracy. Is Civics Class Up to the Task? “Today’s messy political realities are crashing against traditional civics ed.”

🐬 Five Habits to Help Kids Be Resilient: “The five ‘resilience animals‘ can help children and caregivers learn to be mindful and self-compassionate in moments of difficulty.”

📺 PBS accounts for nearly half of first graders’ most frequently watched educational TV and video programs.

💬 Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism: Messaging Guidance from the Public Health Communications Collaborative.

🖼️ Our friends at 20×200 are having a big sale: My favorites include Ohara Koson’s storybook-style Peacock, this Gordon Parks print, this Zoo Baggu and Doggu Baggu, this sci-fi NASA toroidal colony design study, this Don Pettit print, and these Topographic Gradient Catchalls from Warmth Ceramics. 

📋 ICYMI: 5 Questions + 5 Picks with Rion Nakaya

🌳 September is Trees for Wildlife™ Month. “It's the perfect time to support and celebrate the National Wildlife Federation’s efforts to plant native trees through our nationwide network of community partners!”

🖍️ Yay! for free printables via We Are Teachers.

Thank you, as always. - Rion

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