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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was in high school I was not attractive (acne, over weight) and had trouble making friends. Lunch was the most stressful. I had no regular group to sit with. Sometimes I would sit in the library to do homework during lunch while secretly eating my sandwich. Would I have enjoyed DL? Absolutely. Would it have been the best thing for me? NO. Kids need to learn how to navigate the world and sometimes difficult social situations. We are really depriving them of a lot of soft skills this year. You can’t spend your entire life hiding behind a computer. There are distractions and hardships in real life. We need to help teach our kids to face them. [/quote]

+1. So many people say that we should just set up playdates with friends. First, teenagers don't have playdates and what they need most to prepare them for being out in the world is not more playing video games with their friends. They need to be with people who aren't their friends, who are different from them, and who don't like them. My socialization as an adult woman can be accomplished through Zoom during the pandemic, even as it drags on. My teenagers' need for socialization as part of their development cannot be adequately addressed through only virtual interactions with friends and structured virtual activities. [/quote]

Yup. And this is why was don't pandemic.  My kids have been seeing friends, having sleepovers and going places.  Even if it's something incredibly lame like meeting friends at McDonald's. My oldest boys are even back at the gym in their group training classes. [/quote]

You “don’t pandemic?” Sweetie, you can’t just opt out of a pandemic. [/quote]

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