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No one's arguing that they should be locked down alone in a room for the duration of the pandemic. They'll spend time with their family and probably see at leas
by blub 6y ago
No one's arguing that they should be locked down alone in a room for the duration of the pandemic. They'll spend time with their family and probably see at least some friends.
Somehow kids are able to survive summer holidays or home schooling without grave developmental consequences.
This is purely about economic consequences and it's a calculated risk that the outbreaks in schools will be able to be contained without having to shut down the entire educational system again and forcing families to both work and take care of their kids.
- fileeditview 6y agoMaybe this is true for older children. For younger ones i cannot agree. Children go through various phases which are very important in their development. You cannot just postpone them. Having the family (often only parents) around and maybe 1-2 friends from time to time is vastly different from a class of 20-30 pupils. Also remember that the summer holidays you mention don't disappear. They additionally increase the time of separation. Especially this year where a lot of families won't go on vacation as usual.