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Re:No Way to Grow Up by cm2187 on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @05:54PM (#29802013)
It always surprises that left-leaning politicians and media were the most fervent advocates of school closures, because it has disproportionately affected kids from the poorest backgrounds. What I see around me is that educated couples invested the time to make up for the lack of school education (and were typically home working themselves), so those kids will probably do OK, other kids were left on their own all day.

I think it is more of a relative problem than an absolute problem.

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Re:No Way to Grow Up by another_story on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @07:21PM (#29803026)
Left leaning politicians were pushed by teachers unions whose job is to advocate for the safety of the teachers.
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Re:No Way to Grow Up by Drunk_Engineer on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @08:10PM (#29803533)
Left leaning politicians also send their kids to private schools which did not shut down.
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Re:No Way to Grow Up by supernovae on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @10:02PM (#29804498)
they did on the US
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Re:No Way to Grow Up by walshemj on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @08:37PM (#29803798)
They did in the UK
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Re:No Way to Grow Up by watwut on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @04:30AM (#29806939)
The pandemic is also affecting kids from poorest backgrounds. They are the most likely to loose caregiver due to it. They are more likely to be cared for by grandparents too. 1 in 500 kids lost caregiver overall. That affects them too.
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