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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again. I hear you about chronic stress in childhood; my spouse experienced it and it was no joke.

On the other hand, speaking as someone with significant medical trauma, having my child or anyone in our household go through the scope of illness coronavirus can create is low on my list of things I want to have happen. Because I am at higher risk, this is a real consideration.

I think what is hard about assessing these other variables is that we don't know what to compare this to. Is it like a war? Is it like a POW camp? Is it like being kidnapped by a crazed anti-human-contact cult? It's just dissimilar enough from many situations that could be points of departure to make the bodies of work that could inform the population-level decision-making....not that informative.

I think this generation is going to be marked by this experience. But other than the basics, I don't think our behavior as parents is going to be driving the bus about the nature and scope of that impact. It's unnerving, but I'm trying to get comfortable with it. [/quote]

I think it depends a bit on the age of your children... mine are preschool/ early elementary. It’s hard not to have the social interaction. But it’s nothing like what older kids are experiencing. The youngest seems happy most of the time, the older one is sometimes frustrated about staying in but mature enough to articulate the good sides of staying home. Both have been having what I would call an old-fashioned childhood. Lots of time outside, gardening, digging in dirt, catching bugs, flying kites, blowing bubbles, hiking, hitting balls around, baking...reading books and chatting with grandparents and friends online. Learning how do chores. It is limiting and lonely at times but I think for another year it is doable. We both work so that has been a lot to juggle. Fortunately I am able to flex my hours and that helps me to keep the kids busy.

Our grandparents on both sides survived bad parts of WWII. Not enough food, death all around, being hunted. That’s trauma. Many families who are hard hit economically are also going through severe stress. But for those with jobs this really isn’t on that scale, let alone trauma. [/quote]

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