November 10, 2021
WHO KNEW SPENDING TIME AT HOME WITH FAMILY IS GOOD?:
We Polled Kids About The Pandemic. They're Doing Surprisingly OK. (Maggie Koerth, Nov. 10, 2021, 538)
The kids are all right -- or, at least, they report being a lot more all right than we were expecting. The COVID-19 pandemic drastically changed the lives of children and teens, cutting them off from friends, activities and adults other than their parents. The combination of limited social contact, disrupted schooling and fear of the virus itself led many to anticipate a major mental health crisis looming in youth. A poll conducted this past spring by the Children's Hospital of Chicago found 65 percent of parents believed the mental health consequences for kids will be worse than for adults. So we were surprised to find that the kids who participated in our survey almost universally don't describe themselves as struggling.
Posted by Orrin Judd at November 10, 2021 2:09 PM