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[quote=Anonymous]I will openly tell anyone who wants to listen that a major reason DL has been a disaster for my family is because I deal with depression and anxiety and the stress of DL plus the pandemic makes it hard for me to create a home environment that is conducive to learning, or to provide all the myriad things that my child gets at school, at home.

Some of you may sneer and feel superior because you are “mentally healthy” and therefore are not struggling in this way. That’s fine for you. But from a public health standpoint, millions of people struggle with mental health concerns like mine and in-person school has been part of a network of social supports that helped us parent well and effectively despite these concerns. Plus add in the many people with financial and housing instability, relationship problems, domestic abuse, etc. The truth is that while you, personally, may not need in person school in order to function as a family, many of us do.

We sucked it up for a year and did our very best for the sake of our kids. But we need help, as most people do. We cannot simply maintain DL indefinitely and not expect it to have severe societal effects.

Those of you claiming it works great for you are missing the point. It’s not about you. It’s about our collective functioning as a society.[/quote]

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