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Anytime I see anyone talking about how schools need to reopen because they need their kids OUT of the house, I can't help but hear this in my head: youtube.com/watch?v=x-P2fILsLH8&t=16m20sPermalink On twitter.com
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And no, it's not that I don't get that moms are bearing more of the load of childcare than dads in most 2-parent families. Trust me, I've heard lots of moms say it and I sympathize. But—and not to ignore single parents—I always wonder, "Why the hell doesn't your partner step up?"Permalink On twitter.com
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For most families, the solution isn't feeding Moloch a feast like nothing he's been fed before. There is SO much unknown about this virus, and so few admit it. The solution is that parents of both sexes need to be supported better in doing their *primary* jobs: parenting.Permalink On twitter.com
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People observe, "If nobody's earning any money, who will buy products that companies produce?" Sure. So, tell me: if nobody's raising sane, competent children who're not maybe possibly permanently screwed up by this virus, who will work or buy anything?Permalink On twitter.com
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I mean, I've been really lucky. I telecommuted last semester, and my schedule was flexible. I worked every day, but I was able to do a fair bit of child care AND my job. (I mean, I honestly burned out, had no free time, was constantly losing my mind. But what are you gonna do?)Permalink On twitter.com
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People who want schools open spout crap like, "Our children will be neurotic because they're not being socialized." This is absurd: kids did fine for millennia w/o being forced into schoolrooms with only their peers + 1 adult. Really! Sure, they got to play outside more. But...Permalink On twitter.com
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Read Pepys if you think sending your kid out into pandemic-land or acting like everything's fine won't scar your kids. Seeing a catastrophe—being sent out into one—will probably be *far* more scarring that a year or two of not attending school. theconversation.com/diary-of-samuel-pepys-shows-how-life-under-the-bubonic-plague-mirrored-todays-pandemic-136222Permalink On twitter.com
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You know that time your parent did something, and you look back on it and think, "How could you *do* that to me?" This is all our kids' version of that. They will have the receipts, too: the articles from countless experts saying, "There are just so many unknowns..."Permalink On twitter.com
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And they will have hindsight, sure; but we are supposed to have hindsight too. Experts are saying, "So many unknowns, but..." and describing pretty awful potential longer-term effects in those who survive COVID-19. Including children: nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-19-children-doctors-see-link-between-virus-neurological-side-n1235501Permalink On twitter.com
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Oh, when I say we are supposed to have hindsight: we have millennia of experiences of horrible illnesses. We are supposed to know how this works. Not to be completely bloody amnesiac and pretending "everything's fine, it's a flu, don't worry..."On twitter.com