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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seems to be true with a lot of these parents. They are at wits end. That’s why they want to open school in January.  Their focus is the crisis in their homes. I understand that.  Don’t think it should drive policy. But I get it. [/quote]

I “get” it. But I’m someone’s mom. Why should we go back in before I at least can have a vaccine to be even reasonably safe because some parents are having a hard time. I’m a parent too! I have my own family to worry about and kids to care for and hope make okay academic progress. I know very few people not struggling in some fashion this year, whether it’s financially, emotionally and mentally, physically. The stress is enormous. There’s no doubt. But my issues with my kids don’t mean someone else should risk their health. School is an institution. It cannot care for your kid better than you. The human beings who work in it cannot fix everything. The fact that all of society’s issues right now are being pinned on PUBLIC SCHOOL opening tells you how overburdened they system is and all the social failures it is expected to absorb. [/quote]
Well said.  Based on what you read here, school two days a week in person on their device is going to magically solve everyone’s tweens mental health issues. [/quote]

+1  It all seems pretty insane...until you go back and read the posts advocating opening the schools and you understand the kids are having problems because their parents are having problems.  Unfortunately that isn't something opening schools will change the stability of the parents.

My husband and I have both noticed similarities between the debate OpenSchoolsNowWhateverItTakes v LetsWait and our new virtual workplaces: about half of the people we work with have adapted quite well and the other half are basket cases.  For 90% of the people job responsibilities and deliverables haven't changed while for 10%, like the receptionists, there has been dramatic change.  It doesn't seem to matter what the job is but half of the staff in each of our organizations has been able to flex and accommodate while the other half is in constant turmoil and struggling mightily against the new normal.

Frankly the open schools versus wait debate is more an example of who can flex and who cannot.  [/quote]

Sounds like you're ready to publish a peer-reviewed study. [/quote]

I also think it’s a function of kids that are bullied/socially anxious versus those who are not.  The most adamant all virtual parents on AEM that I know IRL have had to deal with terrible bullying problems.  For them, all virtual has been a lifesaver.[/quote]

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