Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and I am looking forward to it. The sooner we get started again, the sooner it will all be over. It will be a slow week for us. I do not plan on overloading them and instead, just doing some review type of work with no homework and only participation grades. Lots of fun activities and keeping it short.

Better not to think about the reality on the other end...

I am a teacher and I am looking forward to it. The sooner we get started again, the sooner it will all be over. It will be a slow week for us. I do not plan on overloading them and instead, just doing some review type of work with no homework and only participation grades. Lots of fun activities and keeping it short.

My kids behavioral anxiety and probably depression are at an all time high. She is chewing up things non stop, super intense mood swings etc, not sleeping, scared to be alone. All of this started during distance learning. And she is in 2nd grade.

DC seems fine, but I hate his school. I listen to it every school day since we have 1-bedroom and I have nowhere to go. It is so painful that I want to scream. I ask him to hang in there and promise him a massage after a day is over.
Again, the kid is fine, but I'm dramatized. I didn't grow up in the states and what they are taught and asked to do, is simply horrific.
DC will turn out fine, but school is complete crap.

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Anonymous wrote:My first grader says he “hates” school. And that’s not a word we encourage him to use. But hard to argue.

Same here. He also says he hates 1st grade and wants to go back to Kindergarten - the last bit of normalcy they had. Young kids are really losing out. No socialization, no learning, all day on screens, being stuck at home parents who are stressed out.

What this country has done to kids is unconscionable. History will judge the US harshly for putting kids last during the pandemic.

Totally agree!

Honestly, we are a "stable" household of 2 working parents and 2 young kids, and I am screaming at them more than I should (they will remember that). The kids are 4 and 6 and going insane without a backyard. They behave like beasts 50% of the time. What this country is doing to families and putting kids through is not right. Parents (moms particularly) don't have unlimited capacity to take care of everything and everyone. Kids are paying the price.

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Anonymous wrote:My first grader says he “hates” school. And that’s not a word we encourage him to use. But hard to argue.

Same here. He also says he hates 1st grade and wants to go back to Kindergarten - the last bit of normalcy they had. Young kids are really losing out. No socialization, no learning, all day on screens, being stuck at home parents who are stressed out.

What this country has done to kids is unconscionable. History will judge the US harshly for putting kids last during the pandemic.

Totally agree!

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Anonymous wrote:My first grader says he “hates” school. And that’s not a word we encourage him to use. But hard to argue.

Same here. He also says he hates 1st grade and wants to go back to Kindergarten - the last bit of normalcy they had. Young kids are really losing out. No socialization, no learning, all day on screens, being stuck at home parents who are stressed out.

What this country has done to kids is unconscionable. History will judge the US harshly for putting kids last during the pandemic.

Anonymous wrote:My first grader says he “hates” school. And that’s not a word we encourage him to use. But hard to argue.

Same here. He also says he hates 1st grade and wants to go back to Kindergarten - the last bit of normalcy they had. Young kids are really losing out. No socialization, no learning, all day on screens, being stuck at home parents who are stressed out.

My K’er cried about going back tomorrow. I feel terrible about it, it’s been so nice not having to log on everyday...

Honestly, my child is so down that I’m going to slowly reintegrate school. Please come after me with a truancy note. All kids will be behind next year. I’d rather keep a little spark of joy in her.

My first grader says he “hates” school. And that’s not a word we encourage him to use. But hard to argue.

Yep! No clue what to do. We did nothing over break. They needed it.

So depressing returning to a miserable routine. With no light at the end of the tunnel. You can go ahead and add 4th Grade to the range.

Here. We all are dreading it. I need a light at the end of the tunnel

Anyone else have young kids who are dreading starting "school" tomorrow?
Any changes planned in the way you manage or participate?
Looking for helpful ideas.