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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, as someone with two pandemic babies  (a 2020 and a 2021) I think the pandemic was hard on PARENTS with babies, but not really bad for the kids. I mean, someone was changing their diapers and feeding them milk and all that jazz, and they were too young for excessive screens.

From talking to teachers at various levels, the hardest hit roughly in order from worst to best were 1) the kids in K/1st, as doing those grades online is impossible and they missed crucial reading skills 2) middle schoolers, who missed crucial socializing and basically arrived to high school with the maturity of 5th graders and 3) the toddlers (ages 2-3) who spent WAY more time on screens then they would have otherwise.

So those kids are now in middle school, early college, and like 3/4th grade. [/quote]

Yep. I had #1.[/quote]

I had a 1 and a 3 and it really sucked. We put 1 in private school so thankfully they didn’t get behind in reading skills. For math we had to do some catchup due to the private school not emphasizing it as much plus a not so great third grade teacher nice back in public. My 3 was a little behind on speech due to a physical issue, but the time at home helped them catch up. School was normal by the time they started K, so no academic issues there. But yeah way more screen time for both at an earlier age than we would have done had there not been a pandemic. Not ideal but I think about the grand scheme of life… there are kids growing up in war torn countries with uncertain access to food, water, and shelter… I think my kids will be ok. [/quote]

I had #1 and other than a lifelong fear of using the Internet for education that nothing seems to quite break (but in some ways which I don't mind), she did recover. It was awful at the time, through 2nd grade when her classmates were remembering how to do school and they really didn't learn much, but with a mix of hard work at home and hard work by her 3rd grade teacher she's doing OK.

Not every kid had the skilled teachers or home with time to do extra work, though.[/quote]

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