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[quote=Anonymous]I have a 2021 grad.  My DS is older than most of his classmates - he has a Sept birthday and we "redshirted" him.  Obviously he's not significantly older, but I have observed that he's always been more mature emotionally than most of his friends.  I was extremely disappointed that DS missed out on a normal senior year, but he seemed to take it in stride.  He went to a private high school and they went back in person (hybrid schedule where 1/3 of the school was in person every day) in the 2nd quarter.  He took full advantage of any in person activities but he had friends who chose to stay home and never went back to school - they didn't want to go to the school they didn't recognize.  Other than wearing a mask the first semester of his freshman year, he had a very typical freshman year in college.

I also have an older son who graduated from college in 2022.  On the parent Facebook page for his school, the parents of the 2020 high school grads were posting how isolated their DC felt.  The Covid restrictions at my older's college were excessive.  There were students snitching on other students if they suspected or observed violations to the Covid policies.  Parents were calling out students on the parent page.  It was extremely toxic and I felt so bad for those students.  Even today, I occasionally see a post from a parent who will reference their child's struggles and will often say how difficult freshman year was and they still haven't recovered emotionally.

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