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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My introverted 1st grader is doing fine, but has trouble keeping his camera on because looking at himself is distracting and makes him self conscious.

I am neutral on DL. He’s probably learning less, but it’s not as awful as some parents make it out to be.

My $.02 - My husband and I have both worked to have a super optimistic, positive attitude about DL. We talk about “making it work” and “doing our best”. We have never given our child any indication that he should be unhappy. We don’t talk about DL or potential hybrid in front of him. We are engaged with what is going on and we work with him to reinforce what he is doing during DL. This is not taking a heroic effort - it takes me 30-40 min a day. All of the loudmouth “open schools now” parents seem to also have kids who are melting down and acting out. It’s a bit of a chicken and and egg thing to me. 
Do the kids have a bad attitude / sense of entitlement/ learned helplessness because their parents were so negative about DL from day 1? Or are the parents at their wit’s end because of the kids? [/quote]

I think both contribute. If we look at this objectively, for many of us, the problem may not be DL or not DL, but more about the experience our family is having and how we are impacted by the pandemic. DL fits into that.

One of my kids has straight As and got into every college he applied to. I am fine with DL continuing for him, although I worry about socialization. However, in the fall, when he was down, belligerent, and we were fighting everyday about applications, I was cursing the school district for forcing the kids to be a home, isolated, and away from things that would normally motivate them. I know that some of the most desperate parents have kids who are extremely depressed, or who are failing classes which the parents then fear will result in ruining their lives, or are being forced to make huge and possibly permanent choice about leaving their jobs, or risking the health of family members to provide childcare. Some have lost their jobs and feel trapped by DL obligations and unable to find a new one. People with a tribe to support them may fare better; those who are isolated might be under more stress. Some of us won't ask for help because we are keeping our bubbles small or not socializing with others; others are thriving because their kids are out in the world socializing as usual.

So many factors play into this.  It's not limited to parenting issues, but involves family issues and each child's general learning style or attachment to school and overall approach to the pandemic and what risks we have to take or are willing to take. [/quote]

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