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There’s a simple and powerful way to confront the world’s most pressing crises, says women’s rights activist Yifat Susskind: think like a mother. As she puts it: “When you think like a mother, you prioritize the needs of the many, not the whims of the few.”
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Tsubasa
May 1, 2020 at 10:23 pm
As if being a mom suddenly makes you wiser.
mindlesstube
May 1, 2020 at 10:26 pm
When you think like a mother you look to the government to provide for you and keep you safe, so you sacrifice all your freedoms for security.
Rooted Reality
May 1, 2020 at 11:05 pm
Being a parent is about placing another above yourself, thinking of a future and world others beyond you experience
Tsubasa
May 1, 2020 at 11:24 pm
@Rooted Reality You can do that without spawning humans.
The Flaneur
May 2, 2020 at 12:20 am
@mindlesstube Exactly!
Static Pichu
May 1, 2020 at 10:23 pm
Thank you Yifat Susskind for allowing me to look at everything in the world at the same time and proving that we can move from one opinion or notion to another freely at our advantage (or sometimes disadvantage) but we can actually *think like anything even if we are not typical* *a man can think like a mother*. use, acknowledge and store concepts like a in a metaphorical paint pallet and learn to access these tools in situations but that we can be of many things at the same time. ugh it’s hard to explain but I know what I mean.
asattar2007
May 1, 2020 at 10:30 pm
People like you who call themselves activists while turning the world to Sodom and Gommorah…
The sane people of the world are sick of your lies.
Stop using misery of people to propagate your sick agenda.
You talk about Motherhood while you advance perversion!
Don’t you dare touch the ideals of motherhood with your polluted touch.
You are leading the world to one thing; destruction!
May the Lord save us from you.
realize the sneeze
May 1, 2020 at 10:32 pm
why there an audience? aren’t we supposed to be at home rn? how long ago was this filmed and why does it seem so relevant to current events?
Rooted Reality
May 1, 2020 at 11:02 pm
Well… Some of us in the thing going on now… HAVE KIDS? It is relevant… I’m trying to shield my kids from the craziness, not allow scarcity to be pushed, while keeping them out of stores that can’t even keep shelves stocked
cam schik
May 1, 2020 at 10:32 pm
I wish I could like this talk a thousand times, this is so powerful
Alexplorer
May 1, 2020 at 10:46 pm
I wish you liked proper punctuation as much as you like comma splices.
Lron Hubbard
May 2, 2020 at 1:00 am
Lmao. testosterone has literally diminished
merve Acar
May 1, 2020 at 10:36 pm
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Astres
May 1, 2020 at 10:42 pm
“Uncertain times” you say, all ppl not-alive all eternity, some stupid woman’s summon you, to suffer because her mother do it to her, my precious must have the same experiences, I hate word “mother” – worst executioner, pain from the first cry to the last breath they bring. -_-‘
Kevin Marken
May 1, 2020 at 10:46 pm
That sounds so hopeful but humanity is like a child a very young child is very selfish and as they grow they learn you cannot live on your emotions you must learn in the way to learn is to teach people not indoctrinate them but teach them to think on their own if we first take our time and create schools that teach and not indoctrinate and people start to on their own like a child growing into an adult they will know what is good and what is bad and things will change but it will never happen under emotion it will only happen under intellect of the individual
Дмитрий Весёлый
May 1, 2020 at 11:01 pm
Итс кул, ай эгри
Kimo
May 1, 2020 at 11:17 pm
So is thinking like a father bad? In the world that i have observed, only fathers usually have a holistic view of a family, they put themselves last. Women normally think of themselves 1st and then fit the family around their interest. Personal interests should be last and family interest 1st as fathers.
The Flaneur
May 2, 2020 at 12:20 am
Women raise infants into children, men raise children into adults.
c Fsy
May 1, 2020 at 11:22 pm
aight, men got no feelings 🙁
for learning Happiness
May 1, 2020 at 11:27 pm
Legit literally as its message itself
Ken Plant
May 1, 2020 at 11:42 pm
Think like a mother? So worry to the point that you make yourself sick?
Simon Phillips
May 1, 2020 at 11:44 pm
Oh please!
Max Designs
May 1, 2020 at 11:53 pm
Thinking like a mother, what a nonsense…
C.p.2.0
May 1, 2020 at 11:56 pm
People in the comments are making all sorts of completely baseless claims about her idea of “thinking like a mother”, like, how hard is it to understand when she literally stands there and advocates for love, compassion, and a desire to protect and assist those in need to be the main influencers of decisions in times of crisis/etc, and see it as her advocating for stressing out, being overbearing, or sacrificing everything you have ?
The Flaneur
May 2, 2020 at 12:18 am
DO NOT think like a single mother.
Mohammad Saif Ullah Gauhar
May 2, 2020 at 12:18 am
I literally read, in certain times, think like a monster. Was relieved to read the actual title. Or was I?
Sasha Townsend
May 2, 2020 at 12:25 am
I loved the beginning, but then she had to pivot at the end to insult mothers who would make different choices than she would. She reminds me of the moms who shame other moms for their parenting choices. Can’t we be open to seeing that there are others who choose differently and think differently, but are still doing what they think is best for all involved? Insulting others didn’t add to her message. It was an unnecessary dig.
Yes, lovingly solving problems with everyone’s best interests at heart is exactly what needs to be done. Labeling and attacking straw-mothers is an easy appeal to a base, but it isn’t inclusive. It isn’t conducive to problem solving with solutions from all perspectives.
We need to remember that not everyone will share our points of view. That doesn’t mean we aren’t entitled to our points of view, but if we’re truly thinking like mothers, we should be open to the differences among us and truly embrace diversity, including ideological diversity. If your child is different than what you expected, do you love them less or do you choose to get to know them and understand them for who they are? Thinking like a mother means loving diverse people, even when you disagree with them, and treating their experience as valid, soothing concerns, and addressing reasonable expectations. That is how we get everyone’s needs met. Being a good mother starts with listening.
Arlene Van Oss
May 2, 2020 at 12:34 am
How beautifully inspiring !
Tim A
May 2, 2020 at 12:34 am
Great video but I have to say the title should say Think like a Parent because not all mothers are great. And this excludes fathers. Women often think that their gender is the most nurturing. Many ppl are and were raised by great MenFathers while the mom was the dead beat alcoholic. Let us treat both genders equal please.
Again, great video.
Wyzax76
May 2, 2020 at 12:51 am
My mother always said, ‘think like a teacher, in uncertain times.’ She was a teacher, so I guess you are right.
Lron Hubbard
May 2, 2020 at 1:01 am
Toxic feminism
Robert
May 2, 2020 at 1:22 am
this is not how mothers operate. Outside of the context of trauma, Oxytocin makes us more prosocial towards in-group members and more anti-social towards out group members. It exacerbates conflict. It makes you more closed minded and focused on your own biases. This women how no idea about established behavioural neuroscience. All well intended but misleading and is therefore exacerbating disorientation. Foolish propaganda.
Mike theJedi
May 2, 2020 at 1:25 am
Eminem’s like.. naaa
Joe Fish
May 2, 2020 at 4:10 am
Yeah you had me until you started spewing out the sjw stuff
thecaneater
May 2, 2020 at 4:12 am
Your sexism is showing. And it’s not pretty, just like your soul.
Skeleton 87
May 2, 2020 at 4:49 am
Many people claims that 9/11 was inside job.
I took a while for thinking about that.Why would a guy kill innocents people where he can kill military personnel by those explosives.
Why would he let America to invade his land.
In the other hand,George W bush had all the logical reason to play this cruel ploy.
He terrified us,he said we are gonna die if you don’t elect me as your President.
And by the,..Iraq.
America invaded Iraq by claiming that Iraq has nuclear weapons.But actually they didn’t had.
If they’re so concern about their country,their people than why don’t they invade North korea?
They acknowledged that they have nuclear and they also said they Americans.
Americans are banned in North korea!
So,why don’t they do anything about that?
Isn’t that strange?
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May 2, 2020 at 5:53 am
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My Stuff
May 2, 2020 at 8:23 am
Hum, my mom killed herself. R u really sure i should think like her? Well… Actually it would help me now that i think about it. Maybe, in the and, she made the right choice, my dad always said i should’ve followed her steps years ago, but it’s not like he’s around anymore not give me more advice. I wanna see my mom again… I think it’s time to do it, i don’t even know why i postponed it for so long
ITouchTheSky 8GladysWorld8
May 2, 2020 at 8:44 am
Thank you so much for talking of this argument and sharing your personal story. I had a wonderful mother. She was so caring and generous woman also. Lovely watching watching and listening to you here on the top of Trentino Italy mountain.
Marina Winkel
May 2, 2020 at 8:49 am
is this a recording pre Covid-19? or why are so many confined in the same room?
Kurtis Fehr
May 2, 2020 at 9:54 am
Obviously it’s pre-recorded. Are you the police or something? Chill out
That one dude
May 2, 2020 at 9:16 am
Remember that pregnant lady in Sri Lanka who blew herself up along with her three other kids in her house…? Go tell her friends and family.
Meanwhile, 500,000 children also go missing in America every year, only about 10% are found or maybe turn 18. Kidnapped children may live about 6-7 years. Have fun in you feel-good cult.
Kurtis Fehr
May 2, 2020 at 9:56 am
Ah yeah, so during these times it’s only the mothers that can help because anybody that isn’t a mother, can’t understand this way of thinking. In my experience its the mothers I see that are panic buying, overworrying, promoting drama and spreading fake news, so maybe don’t think like them.
Dimetropteryx
May 2, 2020 at 10:09 am
Just watch the video. She addresses this.
Mr. Sharp
May 2, 2020 at 10:14 am
Bad advice, you must think like a father.
il padrino - ألعراب
May 2, 2020 at 10:19 am
✋🏻👏🏻
Jan
May 2, 2020 at 11:39 am
This is a terrible presentation, which creates division. You are suggesting that mothers think better, are more caring and are more likely to take action than non-mothers. Therefore, if you are a mother you are better than fathers, women who can’t have children, women who choose not to have children, and children themselves who have not yet reached the age of having children. This is patronising and simply wrong. Even if we ignore that there are bad mothers in the world, thinking like a mother also means choosing to protect your own child over another woman’s child and thinking you know what is best for your child better than they do themselves. These traits are not useful when protecting vulnerable people in the world. What you are actually describing is a caring human, not a mother. I too would turn a child away from seeing something traumatic like 9/11, as would would many people in this world: mothers, fathers and other non-mothers alike.
Creative Canvas
May 2, 2020 at 2:42 pm
Agreed! 💯
Dark Sarcasms Video Diaries
May 2, 2020 at 12:05 pm
Thinking with only emotion and treating everyone like they are 5 years old is not a good strategy. Also, we have feminized and demonized men too much in our society. WE NEED MORE MEN WHO STEP UP AND ACT AS MEN (not be shamed into acting as women)! Now we have a war on men/boys or anything masculine!
Heat
May 2, 2020 at 2:07 pm
We need more moms in charge.
James Skiles
May 2, 2020 at 10:37 pm
Yeahhhh so they can take some time off when they get pregnant or feel upset. Women are not born to lead.
Heat
May 3, 2020 at 1:18 pm
James, your kind is going extinct.
Creative Canvas
May 2, 2020 at 2:39 pm
The title should be “let’s think like a PARENT.” What about paternal instinct?? Can we stop spreading the stereotype that women are born nutures! Because they aren’t. There are many men/fathers who are loving and nurturing, and many women who aren’t.
Azariah Reese
May 2, 2020 at 5:17 pm
I see your point, and I thought about that too. Though she doesn’t continue defining what she defines as “mothering” throughout the video, she does make a point of acknowledging this in the beginning. If this definition is hard to get past, don’t let it get in the way of absorbing her deeper messages 🙂
Mayesha Nishma
May 2, 2020 at 3:16 pm
To be able standing there in Ted talk, does take alot of courage and confidence.
I don’t know how she got so much of those and delivering this information in a wrong way.
This main title is not even clear enough.
Global Autobahn
May 2, 2020 at 4:01 pm
One of the only good things about this pandemic is that the fem-nazi’s went away for while…. sigh
Mohammed Othman
May 2, 2020 at 4:46 pm
thinking like a mother who wants to provide better life for her children
SAJESH V C
May 2, 2020 at 4:56 pm
Thank you
วังวน คนเดิม
May 2, 2020 at 6:39 pm
อยากได้คำบรรยายภาษาไทยบ้างครับ
Simon Grönlund
May 2, 2020 at 7:04 pm
Sadly I think Mrs. Susskind spoke for the already converted but still, pep-talks are always welcome for us believers 🙂
James Skiles
May 2, 2020 at 7:10 pm
Before I even watch this I’m going to throw out my answer:
*Divorce my husband and make him my slave in family court?*
Or is it not an American mother we are supposed to be thinking like?
Anne daley
May 2, 2020 at 10:56 pm
I love this and I love that she is giving mothers their moment. Its well deserved.
Kevin Starry
May 3, 2020 at 1:28 am
We expect the world to become a better place.
Jeet Detroja
May 4, 2020 at 5:21 pm
How about lets make it collectively?
Anne daley
May 3, 2020 at 1:33 am
This is not about thinking like a parent, this is her connection to the maternal instinct she feels as a mother to her work around the world as her instinct as a woman. That’s an elite and beautiful thing. Being a parent is also an elite and amazing thing but it is a different topic as to what she is celebrating in this Ted Talk.
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May 3, 2020 at 2:35 am
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walperstyle
May 3, 2020 at 4:40 am
Fairly certain government sucks and can’t manage anything. F-
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May 3, 2020 at 7:40 am
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May 3, 2020 at 8:55 am
your are amazing darling
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May 3, 2020 at 9:13 am
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Ra Si
May 3, 2020 at 11:34 am
can you make riddle video series to improve emotional intelligence
Shan Chang
May 3, 2020 at 12:53 pm
good
David Kimanzi
May 3, 2020 at 12:59 pm
Migration just like mothering is an act of hope
Pradyumn Tamrakar
May 3, 2020 at 1:37 pm
All people are saying for humanity but They don’t know way for humanity and you said way for humanity ,really sach a great speech ❤👍❤
karl chandran
May 3, 2020 at 2:36 pm
*Life is a gift from God above. Live each day with peace and love; no matter what storm travels through.*
By Nishan Panwar
The world is facing so much.
True peace and love comes from the inside of our hearts. Mother’s embody this sentiment by not fearing to spread love, through thought and action. Brilliant video!
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Gunça Illiyeva
May 3, 2020 at 7:45 pm
Very good, I like it. Awesome speech 😍
Curious Wanderer
May 3, 2020 at 9:06 pm
Prevent violence against women? Prevent Orthodox Islam and tribal tradition.
Ruthless
May 4, 2020 at 5:02 am
That was amazing.
Babies Babies
May 4, 2020 at 11:52 am
My mommy always says “the most certain thing is uncertainty “
Well,she’s always right!
イキすぎ両成敗
May 4, 2020 at 12:24 pm
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Aristotle A
May 7, 2020 at 10:49 pm
Do you have others to learn English? Could you mind commanding me some else?
Indovision Services
May 4, 2020 at 3:27 pm
There is a Saying in India ” mata kumata nahi hoti ” Meaning mother emotion and intuition never betrays
Артём Морозов
May 4, 2020 at 3:40 pm
What a beautiful woman
Rylee Curtis
May 4, 2020 at 5:40 pm
This is so amazing❤
Chika
May 5, 2020 at 3:22 am
Mom: Think like me.
Son in rebellion: Uh?
Iria Cervelló
May 5, 2020 at 6:58 pm
Madremia, habla de 9/11 como lo peor del mundo y al dia mueren 24000 personas de hambre en el mundo porque eeuu crea pobreza en África aproposito