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What about parents with kids? Everyone stuck doing virtual school and work in tiny apartments?

by rdtwo 5y ago

tyng 5y ago
Schools are closed, and for good reasons. If I'm the parent I wouldn't want my kids to get COVID. The gospel of online education may be coming true? Jokes aside, it's not as miserable as many people may think.
- spookthesunset 5y ago
  > If I'm the parent I wouldn't want my kids to get COVID The risks of missing education, physical activity and socialization are far greater for children than Covid. We have two years of data to show this.
  - tyng 5y ago
    It's not a permanent lockdown... just for a few weeks (so far)
    - spookthesunset 5y ago
      Just Two Weeks!! It requires a lot of privilege and disconnect from the average person to support a lockdown two years into this.
    - tyng 5y ago
      Perhaps after two months I will think differently :D
      - GekkePrutser 5y ago
        Well, unlike the previous poster I do think 2 weeks is not that much. Most lockdowns here in Europe have been longer than that. The difference is that lockdowns here were a lot less strict. It was still possible to go to the shops for example, and people in critical supply chains (e.g. food, medical) could still work. Precisely to avoid this kind of issue where people are running out of food.
    - deleted 5y ago
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    - weezin 5y ago
      Do people feel that the lockdown is justified? I saw the start of a paywalled WSJ article saying that there are 130k reported cases and no deaths? I don't believe them on the deaths part but if thats the information from the government how do people justify a lockdown?
    - rdtwo 5y ago
      I’ve found it super tough to do online school with a small child. For the under 10 kids they need a lot of supervision and the online school becomes your day job. So if both parents are trapped at home trying to work it’s hell
  - JaimeThompson 5y ago
    Limiting the analysis to just the possible impact on children without taking into account the impact on the complex interconnected system that is modern society might not be the best way to analyze this.

What about parents with kids? Everyone stuck doing virtual school and work in tiny apartments?

by rdtwo 5y ago

What about parents with kids? Everyone stuck doing virtual school and work in tiny apartments?

tyng 5y ago

Schools are closed, and for good reasons. If I'm the parent I wouldn't want my kids to get COVID. The gospel of online education may be coming true? Jokes aside, it's not as miserable as many people may think.

spookthesunset 5y ago
> If I'm the parent I wouldn't want my kids to get COVID The risks of missing education, physical activity and socialization are far greater for children than Covid. We have two years of data to show this.
- tyng 5y ago
  It's not a permanent lockdown... just for a few weeks (so far)
  - spookthesunset 5y ago
    Just Two Weeks!! It requires a lot of privilege and disconnect from the average person to support a lockdown two years into this.
  - tyng 5y ago
    Perhaps after two months I will think differently :D
    - GekkePrutser 5y ago
      Well, unlike the previous poster I do think 2 weeks is not that much. Most lockdowns here in Europe have been longer than that. The difference is that lockdowns here were a lot less strict. It was still possible to go to the shops for example, and people in critical supply chains (e.g. food, medical) could still work. Precisely to avoid this kind of issue where people are running out of food.
  - deleted 5y ago
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  - weezin 5y ago
    Do people feel that the lockdown is justified? I saw the start of a paywalled WSJ article saying that there are 130k reported cases and no deaths? I don't believe them on the deaths part but if thats the information from the government how do people justify a lockdown?
  - rdtwo 5y ago
    I’ve found it super tough to do online school with a small child. For the under 10 kids they need a lot of supervision and the online school becomes your day job. So if both parents are trapped at home trying to work it’s hell
- JaimeThompson 5y ago
  Limiting the analysis to just the possible impact on children without taking into account the impact on the complex interconnected system that is modern society might not be the best way to analyze this.