Kids’ voices will prompt you with a menu of options:
If you’re feeling mad, frustrated or nervous, press
1. If you need words of encouragement and life advice, press
2. If you need a pep talk from kindergartners, press
3. If you need to hear kids laughing with delight, press
4. For encouragement in Spanish, press
5. Pressing 3 leads to a chorus of kids sounding off a series of uplifting mantras: “Be grateful for yourself,” offers one student. “If you’re feeling up high and unbalanced, think of groundhogs,” another chimes in. “Bro, you’re looking great.”
Peptoc, as the free hotline is called, is a project from the students of West Side Elementary, a small school in the town of Healdsburg, Calif.
So the next time you need a little boost, dial Peptoc at 707-998-8410.
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