How native speakers pronounce “adults”

if you're not prepared to be wrong. And by the time they get to be adults, most kids have lost that capacity. They have become frightened of being wrong.

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showing that when you randomly assign people, these are usually with adults, young adults, when you randomly assign

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

people, these are usually with adults, young adults, when you randomly assign people to greatly reduce their social

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

in which our children can grow into flourishing, connected adults. Thank you.

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

Teenagers’ bodies wait to start releasing melatonin until around 11 p.m., which is two hours later than what we see in adults or younger children. This means that waking a teenager up at 6 a.m.

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Seven to eight hours of sleep, while recommended for adults, is just an average. And while messages have to be simplified for health communication to the public,

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The duration of a good night's sleep can be different for different people. Some adults need eight, but some are just fine on six. The second flaw with this kind of doomsday messaging

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For instance, in 2019, it was estimated that 21 percent of adults in the US were wearing sleep tracking devices.

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And that is pure curiosity. But then adults step in, and we tell kids not to pick their noses and not to touch the slugs or toads

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is a testament to that. But I think it's totally true of adults, too. You know, I think we all love hearing about gross stories,

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

In 1960, 90 percent of adults in the United States would go on to get married. Today, 50 percent of adults in the US are unmarried.

Stop Telling Single People to Get Married | Peter McGraw | TED · TED

90 percent of adults in the United States would go on to get married. Today, 50 percent of adults in the US are unmarried. Twenty-five percent of millennials are projected to never marry.

Stop Telling Single People to Get Married | Peter McGraw | TED · TED

the hopeless romantics. But of single adults in the United States, half have other priorities. They're not looking for love or lust, whether for now or forever.

Stop Telling Single People to Get Married | Peter McGraw | TED · TED

I mean, there should be quite a few of you, because in the US, the percentage of American adults who have never been married is at a record high.

Why Friendship Can Be Just As Meaningful as Romantic Love | Rhaina Cohen | TED · TED

have someone fighting both passionately for it and against it, it's not normal. Pew Research did a study of 10,000 American adults, and they found that at this moment, we are more polarized,

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we end up sort of just developing these friendships. But when you think about adults going into the working worlds, you may have repeated unplanned interaction with your colleagues,

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

the less close that they feel. And so we need to recognize that as adults, we don't have the same infrastructure we had as kids.

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

is that infrastructure that kids have for friends that we lack as adults. So as adults, we really need to recreate that infrastructure.

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

that we lack as adults. So as adults, we really need to recreate that infrastructure. And so if you join like, a social group that's repeated over time,

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

According to the US Surgeon General, nearly 50 percent of US adults experienced loneliness pre-pandemic. And that number continues to rise.

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

Globally, one in four people feel lonely. And 20 percent of adults worldwide don't feel like they have anyone they can reach out to for support.

Why Social Health Is Key to Happiness and Longevity | Kasley Killam | TED · TED

I challenge you. Adults in the US spend an average of 4.5 hours each day on their smartphones.

Why Social Health Is Key to Happiness and Longevity | Kasley Killam | TED · TED

my whole approach to stress. This study tracked 30,000 adults in the United States for eight years, and they started by asking people,

How to Make Stress Your Friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED · TED

And listen up, because this study could also save a life. This study tracked about 1,000 adults in the United States, and they ranged in age from 34 to 93,

How to Make Stress Your Friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED · TED

One thing to note that in each of these three C's the adults involved modeled this new version of masculinity to prove to students that they don't have to fit into a stereotype.

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with its own priorities and Hang-Ups adults feel rushed and busy so we end up passing that on to our kids

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distraction it could be the enemy of romance for example a fifth of young adults now interrupt sex to use their phones

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It is linked to an increased risk of heart disease and stroke. And for older adults, social isolation increases the risk of dementia by 50 percent.

Can AI Companions Help Heal Loneliness? | Eugenia Kuyda | TED · TED

I just don’t think we should be doing it now, until we know that we're doing a great job with adults. So what is that we should be doing then?

Can AI Companions Help Heal Loneliness? | Eugenia Kuyda | TED · TED

and I went to graduate school to become a psychologist. I started studying kids and adults in all kinds of super challenging settings,

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth | TED · TED

and I'm not talking about just the kids, but the adults, too. And when I would come home from school crying the ugly cry,

A 3-Step Guide to Believing in Yourself | Sheryl Lee Ralph | TED · TED

And what's ironic is, it's not just that adults have dominated the argument, but that adults have basically been throwing

The Breakthrough Power of Young Leaders | Mohan Sivaloganathan | TED · TED

it's not just that adults have dominated the argument, but that adults have basically been throwing the same argument back and forth at each other.

The Breakthrough Power of Young Leaders | Mohan Sivaloganathan | TED · TED

where they could forge that new future together. So while you had adults who were out there arguing with one another, trying to suppress access to knowledge and history through book bans,

The Breakthrough Power of Young Leaders | Mohan Sivaloganathan | TED · TED

And this warm glow of giving persists into adulthood. When we analyzed surveys from more than 200,000 adults across the globe,

Helping others makes us happier -- but it matters how we do it | Elizabeth Dunn

if you're lucky enough to stumble on an effect that replicates around the world in children and adults alike, you start to wonder:

Helping others makes us happier -- but it matters how we do it | Elizabeth Dunn

Art is not just for kids. Art is not just for adults. Art is not just for peace time.

The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire | Amie McNee | TED · TED

touch screens in them. And to all the adults watching this, it was this amazing thing because it was like

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like Mike Pompeo um who were you know sort of adults from the Republican establishment he has a group of people

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thin margin um in for republicans in the house um you also have more adults that are institutionalists in the Senate um

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old-fashioned way, you know, outside, no agenda, no adults watching, just figure out what to do, have fun that way, or

How to Raise Confident Kids in an Age of Anxiety | Lenore Skenazy | TED · TED

me." That's what I assume of most adults in the neighborhood that they're looking

How to Raise Confident Kids in an Age of Anxiety | Lenore Skenazy | TED · TED

And that when we step back, let Grow's slogan is when adults step back, kids step up.

How to Raise Confident Kids in an Age of Anxiety | Lenore Skenazy | TED · TED

More than half use one regularly. One out of six single adults has formed a romantic bond with AI. So I've spent the last decade studying this intersection of sexuality,

The AI-Generated Intimacy Crisis | Bryony Cole | TED · TED

and greatest invitation to step into our technological maturity. There is no room of adults working secretly to make sure that this turns out OK.

Why AI Is Our Ultimate Test and Greatest Invitation | Tristan Harris | TED · TED

to make sure that this turns out OK. We are the adults. We have to be.

Why AI Is Our Ultimate Test and Greatest Invitation | Tristan Harris | TED · TED

because it means we can compare the ones who say, do well at school or end up healthy or happy or wealthy as adults, and the ones who struggle much more,

Lessons from the longest study on human development | Helen Pearson

crawl to the top of the monkey bars and then just jump off headfirst. And by the time they're adults, whether they're negotiating a raise or even asking someone out on a date,

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so children who had a tough start in life are also more likely to end up unhealthy as adults. They're more likely to be overweight,

Lessons from the longest study on human development | Helen Pearson

there won't be any nature left for our children when they're adults. But there's a fix for this.

Nature is everywhere -- we just need to learn to see it | Emma Marris

and then look at a beautiful view. That's maybe what we want to do as adults, but what kids want to do is hunker down in one spot

Nature is everywhere -- we just need to learn to see it | Emma Marris

Dread not only fueled by doom scrolling, but by the belief that adults, especially adults in power, do not care.

Clover Hogan: What to do when climate change feels unstoppable | TED · TED

but by the belief that adults, especially adults in power, do not care. When I first discovered documentaries,

Clover Hogan: What to do when climate change feels unstoppable | TED · TED

Young people today are falling into despair while the adults in our lives are making sense of the situation through denial.

Clover Hogan: What to do when climate change feels unstoppable | TED · TED

there's the issue of the single-largest killer of healthy adults, and one of the largest killers of all people, is car crashes.

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And children’s laughter and joy were infectious and gradually drew in adults. And see, that's how we set the baits to lure people in.

How Art Transforms Brokenness Into Beauty | Lily Yeh | TED · TED

And then the children. And then adults came. And then a construction team.

How Art Transforms Brokenness Into Beauty | Lily Yeh | TED · TED

and Africa to build resilience. They support young people as well as older adults, training them to weatherize homes, install rooftop solar,

How to Be an “Apocalyptic Optimist” | Dana R. Fisher | TED · TED