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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP.  My child's mental health was harmed by the pandemic, as was that of DH and myself.  Closing schools was very detrimental and reopening schools was very beneficial.

But I don't think that school counselors or therapists or psychiatrists are what is needed for children's mental health crises.  I think the pandemic was a magnifier for the mental health crises that children already had before the pandemic - and I think the blame and the solution is in social media, screens, and the breakdown of culture in person.  Meeting up at Starbucks or the park or local hang-out is healthy - texting is not, at the core of the issue.  I think that parents and kids can be the solution, and I think that parents and kids need to be the solution.

JMO.[/quote]

^^^ And the high-pressure academic race-to-nowhere, which is caused by parents real-or-perceived zero-sum view of the future.  Maybe the Great Resignation will help with that, maybe not.  Maybe the imminent upheaval caused by climate change, war, etc. will help with that.  Maybe not.

There are real reasons for children's mental health crises but, as I said, I don't think that psychiatrists or psychologists are the answer.  IMHO[/quote]

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