Covid has exposed the current problem the parents face. They never believed that they would have to deal with their children 24/7/365. They were unprepared.
We are now seeing a dramatic increase in child abuse as well as youth suicide. The most frightening aspect of youth suicide is that the fastest growing ages are 10-14 – elementary school age.
Politicians as well as business people want children back in school for in-person learning, to get the economy restarted. I understand this. But while we send unvaccinated children back to school, we send them back to unvaccinated homes only to return to school with Covid.
Where I live, teacher retirements are up 40%. Our governor wants to send the National Guard to “teach” children. They haven’t been trained or are they knowledgeable in dealing with children. Some governors want to use parents as ‘teachers.” This is ridiculous. Imagine if we sent uncertified and unqualified people into hospitals to serve as nurses or doctors.