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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know people keep talking about increased mental health issues in children[b] but is it true [/b]and was it caused by virtual learning vs. other aspects of the pandemic?[/quote]

Major organizations think it is happening:

Pediatricians, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists and Children’s Hospitals Declare National Emergency in Children's Mental Health
https://www.aacap.org/aacap/zLatest_News/Pediatricians_CAPs_Childrens_Hospitals_Declare_National_Emergency_Childrens_Mental_Health.aspx#:~:text=In%20the%20first%20six%20months,on%20this%20mental%20health%20emergency.%E2%80%9D[/quote]

PP who raised the issue and yes, it is true.  The Surgeon General issued a report, FFS.

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2021/12/07/us-surgeon-general-issues-advisory-on-youth-mental-health-crisis-further-exposed-by-covid-19-pandemic.html

No, it’s not solely due to virtual learning, but you know what doesn’t help children’s mental health?  Social isolation.  Removing the foundation of in-person education.  Insisting to kids that said removal is NBD.  Cramming in the educational content missed during virtual, as if the previous year didn’t happen.[/quote]

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