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Originally Posted by DaFace
There's a ton of research about childhood development and how you can never really get years back - especially for younger kids. There are super strong correlations between kids who are behind in reading skills by grade 3, for example, and long-term academic and financial performance.
It's a little weaker for high-school kids, but at best we're gonna have a generation of kids who got a shitty high school education, which is foundational to higher-education enrollment and performance. (Not sure about studies with regard to non-academic paths beyond high school.) And I'm sure people around here can remember the strong social experiences they had in high school which are now being damaged.
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I am sure some kids had horrible HS experiences , but a year of adversity isn’t the worse thing for the bubble wrap generation, coping skills / self motivated learning a little taste of the real world , but maybe that’s just me , my kids have it pretty easy .