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When kids can’t socialize normally with their peers that is negative for them, even if kids themselves might be happy with “homeschooling” and socializing with

by Thlom 5y ago

When kids can’t socialize normally with their peers that is negative for them, even if kids themselves might be happy with “homeschooling” and socializing with their friends in Minecraft. We have been spared most lockdown measures, but had a couple of weeks with closed schools and day care. It was fine, but my kids were absolutely better of once schools and day care opened again.

ipaddr 5y ago
I'm not following why if kids are happy homeschooling and socializing on popular video games is a negative? If your kids experienced only a month of lockdowns returning to normal would make them absolutely better. What if you were locked down for the entire year or two? After your kids get use to it they might respond differently.
- logifail 5y ago
  > I'm not following why if kids are happy homeschooling and socializing on popular video games is a negative? Many kids, including our three, would be perfectly happy if they didn't have to do any schoolwork ever again. During the worst lockdown period here our middle child got 45 mins "online" with his teacher each day, and apart from that, he was on his own. Two working parents, with two (allegedly) full-time jobs. As the saying goes, "do the math"... Far too much TV was watched. Far too much youtube too. Far too much Minecraft was played. For the kids this was Just Fine(!) For us parents, not so much.
brimble 5y ago
By the time kids are old enough that suicide starts to become a serious risk (6th grade and up, mostly) I'd need to see some serious data to convince me that socializing at school isn't net-harmful. In fact I'm surprised rates might have dropped, because kids were still able to socialize over the Internet. But, possibly, that gave them more ability to avoid the worst of it, and that was enough to make a difference. It's really, really hard for kids to avoid a handful of super-toxic students in their class, when in person. Your options are much more limited than an adult's are under similar circumstances.
- teknopaul 5y ago
  It's really, really hard for kids to avoid a handful of super-toxic students in their class, Avoiding everyone is not the best solution to that. It's a part of growing up to be able to deal with people of all ilks. Living in a bubble is not healthy. I have plenty of anecdotal evidence of suicides and depression in lockdown. Numbers like x% better are meaningless without a base rate and this article is guilty of presenting numbers in that way. It's dangerous talk, so the author should be more responsible IMHO, or it indicative of the author not caring. Higher or lower against the base rate, this article will likely be quoted incorrectly and foster myths.
benibela 5y ago
School has been extremely negative for me, because I did not socialize with anyone there. School easily makes it into the top 10 of harmful things in my life

by Thlom 5y ago

ipaddr 5y ago

I'm not following why if kids are happy homeschooling and socializing on popular video games is a negative? If your kids experienced only a month of lockdowns returning to normal would make them absolutely better. What if you were locked down for the entire year or two? After your kids get use to it they might respond differently.

logifail 5y ago
> I'm not following why if kids are happy homeschooling and socializing on popular video games is a negative? Many kids, including our three, would be perfectly happy if they didn't have to do any schoolwork ever again. During the worst lockdown period here our middle child got 45 mins "online" with his teacher each day, and apart from that, he was on his own. Two working parents, with two (allegedly) full-time jobs. As the saying goes, "do the math"... Far too much TV was watched. Far too much youtube too. Far too much Minecraft was played. For the kids this was Just Fine(!) For us parents, not so much.

brimble 5y ago

By the time kids are old enough that suicide starts to become a serious risk (6th grade and up, mostly) I'd need to see some serious data to convince me that socializing at school isn't net-harmful. In fact I'm surprised rates might have dropped, because kids were still able to socialize over the Internet. But, possibly, that gave them more ability to avoid the worst of it, and that was enough to make a difference. It's really, really hard for kids to avoid a handful of super-toxic students in their class, when in person. Your options are much more limited than an adult's are under similar circumstances.

teknopaul 5y ago
It's really, really hard for kids to avoid a handful of super-toxic students in their class, Avoiding everyone is not the best solution to that. It's a part of growing up to be able to deal with people of all ilks. Living in a bubble is not healthy. I have plenty of anecdotal evidence of suicides and depression in lockdown. Numbers like x% better are meaningless without a base rate and this article is guilty of presenting numbers in that way. It's dangerous talk, so the author should be more responsible IMHO, or it indicative of the author not caring. Higher or lower against the base rate, this article will likely be quoted incorrectly and foster myths.

benibela 5y ago

School has been extremely negative for me, because I did not socialize with anyone there. School easily makes it into the top 10 of harmful things in my life