Challenging The Bootstrap Myth | Antonio Valdés | TEDxPhiladelphia
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- Does focusing on the “grit” of those who overcome adversity lead us to abdicate responsibility for improving our society? Children’s behavioral health expert, Antonio Valdés, CEO of Children’s Crisis Treatment Center, unravels the myth of pulling oneself up by the bootstraps. He provides scientific background on Adverse Childhood Experiences and the negative health outcomes associated with early childhood trauma. He shares the key protective factors that are shown to improve likelihood of success and survival despite adversity. Valdés challenges listeners to think differently about how we view those who need assistance. Rather than focusing only on how to provide a safety net, we would do better to incorporate those “protective factors” into building a strong foundation for our society, making all children better equipped to thrive despite adversity.
Antonio (Tony) Valdés knows the real impact of adversity in childhood and questions the bootstrap mentality of the “rugged individual” through the lens of resilience research and trauma-informed training. Since his start as a behavioral health-care social worker in 1987, Valdés has raised the bar in providing innovative and much-needed behavioral health services in Philadelphia, while remaining sensitive to the needs of diverse communities. As Executive Director of the Child Psychiatry Center in Philadelphia, he was the catalyst for the organization’s greater involvement in the North Philadelphia community. In 1997, Valdés became the CEO of the Children’s Crisis Treatment Center (CCTC), a Philadelphia nonprofit agency specializing in providing behavioral health services to children and families. Since then, the reach and impact of the CCTC has increased seven-fold as they now serve thousands of families annually.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
The amount of times I was called a failure by teachers and school staff because my grades were bad and I was skipping school and not one of them tried to figure out why. I was dealing with abuse at home a bullying at school and ended up dropping out of school. I’m now 19 and in my dream career and succeeding (career is in public service so won’t pay too much but still what I am passionate about). Too many times people are judged because they didn’t reach a certain level not by the length they went from their previous situation. In a lot of ways I’m far more successful than a millionaire who was raised in a rich family that paid and supported him to be where he is now
Without boots...it's impossible to lift your own bootstraps. This is true for those who have been "purposely" marginalized and oppressed.
It's also impossible to pull on your bootstraps and go anywhere but down
This just makes me so sad. My grandmothers generation worked hard and did ok. I don’t know if I’ll even do as good as they did.
Your grandmother did well because the opportunities were created for them, while these days all those opportunities have been taken away
Ironic on how older generation dares to tell younger generations to pull our selves by the bootstraps, when in the Times of your great grandparents the government gave away millions of acres of lands, to white settlers and all the tools they needed, and all that was passed down to thier future generations
How are you doing so far?
Your presentation is everything I felt, knew, or couldn't verbalize! I've observed either in my life travels or media hype of these super successful individuals that they all became of their own accord. But as I researched it's found that a very few didn't have support and the others had some assistance no mater how small. BRAVO! Dispel this success myth.
Who stole from you, little kid? Santa Clause?
You think making billions from thousands is easy?
Go ahead, mathematically you can turn hundreds into thousands and then from thousands to billions if it's that easy, just to have the "support".
You're just incompetent, deal with that reality.
You have more assistance than any scientists in the 20th century, you have the Internet.
What you've accomplished with that is just embarrassing. Grow up.
@@markarmage3776 if you steal like all billionaires do it's pretty easy yep. Being born into a rich family helps too
@@degamispoudegamis Again, who stole from you? Santa Claus? Anyone?
@@markarmage3776 my boss by not paying me enough
There's a serious problem when something like this is ignored but gossip videos go viral...
You go Tony!!!!
Yeah Tony!!!!
Bootstraps work. Especially in terms of race.
I think this guy is full of it. I really do. His whole idea behind what is meant by the phrase, trying to tie it to puritanism and colonialism. It all just comes off as a complicated web that he is spinning in order to lead everyone to a predetermined conclusion. The phrase is meant to encourage people to try hard. Trying hard does not guarantee success, but not trying will most often lead to guaranteed failure.
@@nyc4life448 Being a trust fund baby doesn't make someone a success story in my mind and I certainly don't waste my time worrying about how quickly those people are brought down to my wealth level. The question that the video puts forth is whether we should tell people that they should put forth effort to improve their own lives, or does saying these things simply cause us to see every person that is struggling as a person that is not putting in effort? He is making the case that Americans ignore other factors that can lead to economic improvement because we have these myths that hard work matters. I don't believe that this is the case. I believe that there are many factors that can lead to this success as he lays out, but encouragement is certainly one of these factors. The bootstrap phrase is just encouragement. Nothing more. There is no evidence that this type of encouragement is harmful, but there is plenty of actual statistical evidence that it is important and helpful.
I would add that wealth is not the only form of success. Society has this obsession with wealth and money. Sure, it certainly can help, and it will provide stability, but it's just as likely to cause apathy, loneliness, dysfunction, etc. My mom came from an incredibly broken home. She and my dad divorced when I was young. We were not a "wealthy" family. In spite of this, she made every effort possible to spend time with us, engage with us, and creatively solved the issue of us not having much money. We were a big crafting/DIY family, and it was absolutely amazing.
You're absolutely right, effort goes a long way, and lack of effort goes equally long in the wrong direction. At some point in the last 10 years we've shifted to this victim mentality that has made us all just give up. It's such a pathetic attitude and will only hurt us. We need to get creative, work hard, be smart about our choices and the people we surround ourselves with. Creativity is what led this country to the top, why are we abandoning it in favor of victimhood?