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[quote=Anonymous]My kids were 8 and 11 when the world shut down, and I’ve said many times how thankful I was they were that age.  They were old enough to be reasonably self sufficient, but young enough to not be missing some major milestone events.  And still… still… it was so hard and the effects linger
I can’t imagine dealing with toddlers during the COVID years.
I don’t know why some people are being so crappy about that.
It did change things, and people trying to minimize that make it so much worse.
This is a silly example, but it still pissed me off:
I’m a Girl Scout leader and our service unit for years had girl-led camping trips.  Well most of our older girls didn’t come back after COVID.  So the first camping trip was more adult let than usual because we just didn’t have older girls around who had been through the leadership development.  And for my girls in 4th grade it was their first camping trip because they were supposed to go for the first time in April 2020.
And some old-time leader has the Gaul to complain about the fact that the girls were so clueless last year and she was so disappointed in what our local troops “had become” and “immature” the girls all seemed.  You know? They weren’t immature. They were inexperienced because of a global pandemic. 
It took all my self control not to lash out at her.
And those small little things happen all the flipping time.  And again - that’s with kids who really were the ideal age to be stuck at home!  I’m sure it’s even more pronounced with younger kids.

So… no advice, just empathy OP.  What you’re feeling is real.[/quote]

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