I still don’t think this really states the difference. In Illinois they were masking children for a solid two years. I’m talking about 3-4 year olds. The last

I still don’t think this really states the difference. In Illinois they were masking children for a solid two years. I’m talking about 3-4 year olds. The last six months the teachers didn’t need to wear masks, but the 3 year olds did. It took a couple months for us to realize how bad this was. We dropped off our children and all the kids were spinning around in circles, showing signs of autism. The reality is none of the kids could hear each other and the teachers couldn’t give instruction. It was insane. A kid can’t learn to speak, read emotions, feel a bond, etc when wearing a mask. Not to mention kids dont and didn’t have covid risk. These lockdowns were insane and frankly did nothing but harm. Once my wife and I realized what was going on we took our kids out and have been home schooling since. We moved across the country to a free state and haven’t looked back. People don’t truly understand how stark the difference is between a free and lockdown state are. The kids are normal where I am now. They play together, articulate very well, and act like kids. There’s no fear. When I was in a lockdown state there was fear. The parents had fear, the masks were (and still are) everywhere. Half the kids were stand off-ish and wouldn’t play together. It was only a couple months ago mask mandates were lifted for 3 year olds. The level of anger me and many parents feel is palpable. I will never forgive what was done, we will never move back. I’ll look up every politician I vote for and see their stance going forward. It wasn’t just private schools being open, it was the government forcing children to wear masks or they’d close the school.