Make sure you are getting the “Whole Story”

Written by Dr. Kate McCann
8th February 2022
Earlier today I shared a beautiful sunrise photo on my social media stories.  If you missed it, it was this glorious photo from a beach I pass on my morning commute. It’s a pretty picture – but it IS a story for #SaferInternetDay

Does a “Story” tell the story?
The beautiful moment captured I captured with coffee on the beach – how did you feel?

Okay.

My work colleagues laughed this morning:
How would you feel if I told you that it was a moment between the chaos of being the mother of young children leaving for work and the unnecessary pressures of being a doctor in a struggling healthcare system. That my few potential minutes of peace were interrupted by rat in those rocks😳 and cut short when I ran back to my car because someone intoxicated had started an aggressive verbal altercation with a passing jogger. And that I posted that photo back in the car – rather than peacefully breathing in salt air?

Does that photo make you feel differently now with the whole story?

We can so be easily be misled online, either by accident or design for a number of reasons — And so can our children and teens.

Tech-savvy or not, internet safety skills are essential for modern parenting and helping protect and nuture your child’s #mentalhealth (as well as emotional adn physical) as well as safety. #TalkListenLearn

Get up to speed with free resources @cybersafekidsie and Webwise

(Morning mindfulness exercises can help – even if mine didn’t work out today🐭. It’s worth coming back to how to make them work for you later. #lifestylemedicine)

#GetTheWholeStory 

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