Friday, January 14, 2022

Invisible victims?

Some writing has been done about the plight of people who became new parents during the pandemic. Here's an example: https://www.theatlantic.com/.../isolation.../618244/
 
And here's some writing about the possible effects of the pandemic on children: https://www.directrelief.org/.../growing-up-in-the-midst.../
 
I'm particularly concerned about children who have no siblings. How are lone children supposed to have normal emotional and social development when they're cooped up in a house (or, worse yet, an apartment) all winter without so much as a playdate? How are they supposed to learn to share when opportunities to do so may be both limited and dangerous? And this question applies to all kids: What's going to happen to all of the kids who are too young to remember what "normal" used to look like?
 
How will the pandemic affect the way that educators, children's entertainers, camp staff, and others work with children?

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