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My wife's school district here in Connecticut sent a similar survey to all parents in her district. She said 90% of the surveys came back with "I'm sending my kids to school." The district is setting up for online learning for parents who don't want to risk sending their kids in.
Kids need to go to school. The social interaction needs to happen. At some point were going to have to get back to normal for the "greater good"
TBH, I'm surprised with the commentary. Question for yous .. is sending your kids to school going to be the riskiest thing your family has done in the last ~4 months?
What I see when I read things like this is, "I'm sick of my kids being at home, and I don't want to have to teach them."
I don't have kids
This all sounds great and it is what everyone wants, but it strikes me as...What do we want? Everything back to normalWhat are we going to do to achieve it? Nothing!
What I see when I read things like this is, "I'm sick of my kids being at home, and I don't want to have to teach them."Kids don't NEED to go to school. There are over 2 million students who learn from home every year.I don't have kids, but I would not consider sending them to school without a ton of guarantees. Anyone advocating for kids going to school as normal this fall is advocating for a massive outbreak.
Well, to your first statement.... then to your "I don't have kids" Kids do NEED socialization. Something you are failing to understand. Even kids who learn from home have tons of socialization. School is just the main way most kids receive it.
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
At some point were going to have to get back to normal for the "greater good"
How do we achieve it? We already actively are getting closer.The original stay at home order (Which has now been blown in politics...) real reason is missed by many individuals. Health officals knew we weren't going to conquer it by staying home, that wasn't realistic. It was to slow the tide and not overwhelm our medical facilities. Now that we have a steady supply chain and increased care its time to let COVID burn through. Those who are vulnerable should continue to stay home. As they always should have. However the rest of the world needs to get back to life. I understand the 86 year old hunkering down, I understand the kidney transplant recipient on immunosuppressants hunkering down, I don't understand the perfectly healthy 30 year olds and 15 year olds hunkering down. As for ideas like children wearing masks. Do we realistically expect an 8 year old to practice social distancing, and proper hygiene throughout the day?
Seems harsh.There we go.Precautions need to be taken, but the socialization aspect is very important to development and shouldn't be dismissed like that.
Full transparency:Let me say, professionally, I am sick of having my kids home We have had some really special moments despite two working parents, but on a day-to-day basis, it really, REALLY sucks.
2 kids - One still just daycare, the other entering preschool years. Our decision will be whether to 1) send him to a school that we have researched and discussed with other parents, but have never set foot in, or 2)keep him in childcare for another year (assuming they re-open). The third option is that we are not comfortable withThe reality is his half-day school will now be half-day, 2 days a week, and his first interactions with other kids in an education environment in nearly 6 months will be in a building he's never been to with people he's never met. We are really struggling with that, as much as we want him in this school. The other option is that if we think society is moving recklessly fast (and it is), that we nix all of that, and I flex my work to take 2 days off and doing 'home schooling' from here until there are good-faith solutions in place. We'll need to figure out the socialization (parent pods or whatnot), as falling behind here is what scares me more than anything else. Full transparency:Let me say, professionally, I am sick of having my kids home We have had some really special moments despite two working parents, but on a day-to-day basis, it really, REALLY sucks.