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What? How is that helpful? I said nothing about predicting future events. Just curious about parents perceptions of the impact on their kids of the pandemic. It's one question - not a formal study. Answer it or don't but don't try to derail and invalidate the actual question.
You don't understand recency bias.
What does Bashar say? Will the alien visitations you predict affect kids more than COVID?
You don't understand recency bias.
What does Bashar say? Will the alien visitations you predict affect kids more than COVID?
What is the venomous impetus behind your question, I wonder.
Is it "wrong" to wonder about the cumulative effects of a pandemic on developing human beings? I don't think so. I've been genuinely curious how parents have been handling what I would imagine would be extra worry and concern. This poll indicates a good half of people, give or take, think the entire experience was no big deal and had no effect on their kids. That blows my mind, but then when I think of the political divisions in the country - my analysis is that a good portion of people were in denial and continue to be in denial. Denial's an effective defense mechanism, so I understand WHY people might be scared and unable to give their true feelings on the subject.
I had not previously thought of "silencing" and how that might not be the healthiest way to go, re: kids processing the entire thing (I had suggested a writing assignment in the first person, with a kid describing their experiences would be interesting and someone said that would not be a good idea because maybe they had family members who died - or were hospitalized, etc.) I actually think it would be therapeutic for kids to talk about their experiences and perceptions, and I bet they have a lot to say.
I guess the strategy is just to move on and pretend the whole thing didn't happen, which I think will cause more damage when they realize they were not given a voice or space to process such a huge event. At the same time, parents and teachers might not have processed their experiences so from a practical standpoint I can understand why many people would prefer to sweep the entire thing under the carpet.
You are wrongly conflating "being resilient and moving ahead" with "sweeping it under the carpet." Nothing I can do to address that, it's a worldview I don't share nor instill in my kids. COVID wasn't fun. But we never bought into the 'world will never be the same' BS doom and gloom nor any stupid conspiracies that keep people suspended in some misery vortex, while claiming other parents are just too ignorant to read the signs around them. We supported our kids any way we could to re-invigorate their social lives as time went on. We don't trap them in fear cycles.
Well of course we all talked to our kids about the pandemic and heard what they had to say.
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Great that they had a voice. Curious about their experiences - I'm sure many will write about them when they become adults.
I don't think most of them would consider it that noteworthy. Except for the nurse... she was super traumatized.
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I hope no kids have serious issues due specifically to the 'lockdowns'. I think people are very quick to diagnose anything these days- anxiety, ptsd, etc. I don't think any kid should have been traumatized by covid. If they were it was maybe due to a loved one dying...or being afraid of everything.
Nope, back to to being kids. Activities, sports, hanging with Frieds, sleepovers, etc. I absolutly despise the term "new normal". There is nothing "new" about it. Normal is what you make it. Sports and friends are "normal" to my kids and thats how we choose to live. If you choose to be scared of your shadow I guess that's your "normal", and if it is then, yeah...have fun with that.
Nope, back to to being kids. Activities, sports, hanging with Frieds, sleepovers, etc. I absolutly despise the term "new normal". There is nothing "new" about it. Normal is what you make it. Sports and friends are "normal" to my kids and thats how we choose to live. If you choose to be scared of your shadow I guess that's your "normal", and if it is then, yeah...have fun with that.
Exactly.
So maybe it's the parents who were more affected if they turned scared and paranoid and conspiracy ridden..
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