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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a mom of older kids, I'm confused why everyone things the pandemic told them something new. Yes the pandemic sucked but we weren't supported before the pandemic either. [/quote]

Yeah but the pandemic shook up the delicate balance we had to manage. My kids’ preschool closed for a while and then drastically cut hours to put kids in cohorts when they reopened. Then instead of the usual burning through PTO for routine illnesses, we were all hemorrhaging leave for 10 day quarantines often while our kids were perfectly healthy. Or if we were “lucky” told we could catch up on work at night, which isn’t really sustainable. The icing on the cake was the total shutdown of places like playgrounds so we were truly stuck at home going crazy, no play dates, no mom group meetups, etc.

So not only did we not have support, but we also had societal factors coming together to make things even harder. [/quote]

Some of you act like you were uniquely affected by the pandemic. Talk to families with teens and high school teachers…rampant mental health issues amongst that age group. High school and college years derailed.
Or talk to nursing home personnel (I volunteer at one)….the isolation and feelings of abandonment for many elderly, including people approaching death with no access to loved ones was horrible. I get that many of you are not in a good place, but so are other people. Please stop acting as if you were uniquely victimized by the pandemic. Some of you have no fricken clue.[/quote]

Where have you read anyone say that other people didn’t have their own struggles during COVID? I have young kids but can empathize that teens went through unique struggles during a time when they need increased socialization.

Sharing the things I found hard during COVID does not negate others’ experiences.

This is a parenting forum, so it’s naturally going to skew toward discussion of parents. And many of the teens have now graduated and moved away, so I think that’s why parents of younger kids are going to be more responsive to a post like this. We’re still living through the burn out with young children or professing life changing decisions like having a smaller family than planned. [/quote]

I have a kid OP’s kid’s age. She doesn’t play with toys as well as other kids. She has gone on more walks and been outside a ton. We have visited almost every playground in the DMV. At first, she was so used to avoiding people that I was worried she would be socially isolated forever.

She is loving elementary school. She is making new friends. I read tons of books with her during Covid. We would do curbside weekly pick ups from the library.

We all struggled. It has been YEARS. Move on.[/quote]

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