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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I knew this was coming and I'm still SO ANGRY. The work from school and the connections to the other kids is what is keeping my kid in a routine and alleviating anxiety. This just leaves us all to fend for ourselves and is totally abandoning the kids. [/quote]
Repeat after me: as parents we are 100% responsible for our children 100% of the time. [/quote]

Jeez, have some empathy. Families have set up routines that allow their lives to work smoothly. It's all been upended. What do you get out of scolding people who are overwhelmed by unexpected circumstances?[/quote]

PP, I just don't even think it's worth acknowledging these holier-than-thou snarky comments.  All we do is give those people oxygen when they aren't interested in being helpful. [/quote]

Also, it's a weird mentality. Of course parents are 100% responsible ultimately, but, remember the whole "it takes a village"? It's like a strange form of extreme individualism taking hold here. We've always depended on others - family members, paid help, teachers, just the neighbor down the street - and in many societies, children belong to the entire village. It's a very unnatural moment to have to isolate with our tiny nuclear families and no one else.

I think it goes to show that we're going down a very unhealthy path by assuming that a child is the responsibility of the parents alone in the sense PP means. It's not some kind of abdication of responsibility for our offspring, or selfishness, or lack of parenting skill or love for our children that is causing us to panic right now. It's not normal and never should be to not have help with our kids and help each other out.

That said, I do understand a kind of "servant" aristocracy perspective with which some parents may treat their teachers, more akin to the use of a nursemaid or governess in the olden days. This attitude may also be there among parents, but I haven't seen it on this thread. Can't we see that mainly, it's women in general who are suffering the brunt of this situation even as the disease hits men more?[/quote]

You don’t see it on this thread because a large portion was deleted. [/quote]

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