No Way to Grow Up

Re:No Way to Grow Up by halostatue on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @05:47PM (#29801916)

Highly unlikely. My wife taught children who came out of Sarajevo in the mid-90s and many of them have gone on to excel in life.

Children are resilient. What is _hurting_ them is not the school closures, but the panic and uncertainty that some people have put around this.

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Re:No Way to Grow Up by empressplay on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @06:22PM (#29802394)

That panic and uncertainty is hurting all of us.

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Re:No Way to Grow Up by geoduck14 on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @09:44PM (#29804366)

>uncertainty is hurting all of us

Simply by observing those around me, I have learned SO much about humans.

We hate uncertainty. I hate it. I remember worrying myself into a frenzy looking at all of these tables predicting exposure and risk. "If we go to the grocery store, we can't see X friend... but if YOU go to the store and spend less than 15 minutes getting peanut butter and bread..." it was a mess.

I also learned that humans are bad at responding to highly unlikely events. All throughout this pandemic, I remind myself that people are making emotional decisions not logical - and they are doing that because we all are really bad at making logical decisions. And then I remind myself to show them love and grace.

What can I do to make your experience a little less frantic? Even if only for 1 minute.

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