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A lot of comments here make a point that kids do miss school because they miss friends. This is addressed in the Twitter thread [1] linked from the article: >
by thih9 6y ago
A lot of comments here make a point that kids do miss school because they miss friends. This is addressed in the Twitter thread [1] linked from the article:
> Some, yes, are lonely and miss their friends. But the vast majority expressed that that they don’t feel that disconnected, because their after school habits of texting, Discord, and video chats remain intact.
[1]: https://twitter.com/kingsleymalo/status/1354129303919800323 https://twitter.com/kingsleymalo/status/1354129303919800323
- watwut 6y agoWe have put in effort to make kids connected in lockdowns. They are not completely lonely. (Video chat is useless to them, messaging is useful and playing games together is useful. ) But, their social circles shrinked - they were in contact with more kids before. After first lockdown, some good friends had really hard time to adjust to more social way of living. Examples of issues: a kid got very jealous whenever friend paid attention to other kids. That escalated to bullying of the "if you play with him I wont play with you anymore" kind. This worked well, because other kids were generally more needy then usual, so it was harder for them to say "so what". Then there was reduced ability to solve conflicts or deal with them. They escalated much more quickly over much smaller things. Other kids having different opinions was sudden new shocking unpleasant experience. Finally, reduced ability to deal with frustration. At home, you are not confronted with interpersonal issues nor new situations. Mostly, you get your routine and that is it.