This scam has to end, it's destroying our kids futures

[XCR1250]

Children are lonely, parents are stressed: CDC study finds remote learning taking a devastating toll

Alexander Nazaryan

·National Correspondent

Thu, March 18, 2021, 2:41 PM

 

 

 

WASHINGTON — Virtual school is fostering isolation in children and stress in parents, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings confirm previous research into the deleterious emotional and physical effects of keeping children out of school.

“Virtual instruction might present more risks than does in-person instruction related to child and parental mental and emotional health,” the researchers said, adding that school systems and municipal governments will need to provide “supports” to address the burgeoning problem.

 

Lauren Choy, a sophomore at Boston Latin School, participates in her history class from home. (Erin Clark/Boston Globe via Getty Images)

The new coronavirus relief bill signed into law last week by President Biden includes nearly $130 billion for schools; some of those funds will be used, by many districts, to address the pandemic’s mental health effects.

Some physicians and public health experts have said that the emotional and cognitive effects of keeping schools closed are far greater than the danger of transmission inside schools, which the CDC has previously found does not occur as long as face masks are worn and other common-sense measures taken. As schools have remained closed in parts of the country, those alarms have grown louder. “The consequences of social isolation and school disruption for kids have been devastating,” wrote the pediatrician Hansa Bhargava last month, as many public school districts approached a year of fully or partially remote instruction.

The new study suggests that isolation and inactivity are key culprits in that crisis. Published on Thursday by the CDC, the findings were based on a survey of parents whose children either attended in-person instruction, took all their classes via computer or were participants in a so-called hybrid model that combines both remote and in-person instruction. It found that for both virtual and hybrid models, children were more isolated, spending less time with other children and outside. They also simply moved less. (The new study included children between the ages of 5 and 12.)

“These differences in physical activity are concerning,” the researchers wrote. They also noted that students of color were more likely to be engaged in remote learning at about twice the rate of white students, meaning that they were more likely to suffer from the psychological effects of learning from home than were their white counterparts.

These findings could be especially concerning to the parents of adolescents, who need to exercise in order to maintain mental health. High school students in some parts of the country could be learning from home well into the spring, in large part because of concerns that children’s apparent inability to either contract or transmit the coronavirus fades with age. Some districts have been more willing to return elementary school students to the classroom before tackling the more complex epidemiological and educational challenge that is high school.

 

Jordan Rodriguez, director of the Mulberry Street Club in Reading, Pa., works with a second grader. (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

Parents whose children attended remote school were twice as likely to tell the CDC that their children were moving less (62.9 percent of respondents) than parents whose children were back in the classroom five days a week (30.3 percent). While 58 percent of virtual-only parents said their children spent less time outside, only 27.4 of fully in-person parents said the same. (The experiences of parents with students in a hybrid environment tended to fall somewhere between the two poles.)

Parents whose children attended either virtual or remote learning were more likely to report that they noticed worsening mental and emotional health (24.9 percent for remote parents, 15.9 for in-person parents). However, parents did not report markedly higher levels of anxiety and depression among children attending fully or partially virtual schools. That could, however, merely reflect the lack of diagnostic expertise among parents answering the survey.

The survey included 1,290 parents, of whom 92 percent had children in public school. Forty-six percent of respondents had children in virtual-only school and 31 person had children attending school fully in person, while another 23 percent had children in a hybrid setting. The survey was conducted throughout October and November, when a greater share of students were engaged in remote instruction than are today.

About 20 percent of American students are still learning exclusively online, according to the data site Burbio.

The new study also described how the pandemic has increased parental responsibility and stress, with many parents — mothers in particular — having to now juggle work and schooling. Indeed, the parents of students in remote educational arrangements were more likely to say that they were worried about losing their jobs (26.6 percent to 15.2 percent) or figuring out the ever-shifting puzzle that is pandemic childcare (13.5 percent to 6.8 percent) than were parents with in-person children.

 

A first-grade student in Woodland, Wash. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

And whereas only 38 percent of parents with students back in the classroom said they experienced high or moderate emotional distress, that share jumped to 54 percent for parents with children learning from home.

“Parents of children receiving virtual instruction more frequently reported their own emotional distress,” the researchers wrote, describing a litany of ills those parents say they are suffering in greater degrees, including “difficulty sleeping, loss of work, concern about job stability, child care challenges, and conflict between working and providing child care.”

It could be years before researchers fully grasp the pandemic’s effect on the social fabric. Some believe that children are resilient enough to withstand months of what has been called, with some derision, “Zoom school.” Whether parents have such resilience is unclear, especially when the personal and professional stresses of the pandemic are combined with the stresses of remote learning.

Biden has vowed to open the majority of schools in the course of his first 100 days in office. Recalcitrant districts on the West Coast and in the Northeast are moving in that direction, but not quickly enough for some parents, who have loudly called for reopening schools in certain regions of the country.

[hayward]

Our kids were supposed to go back full time starting March 30th.  Last night, after nearly a 2 month no interruption period from attending 2 days a week, 7cases were found and today they're all home again.  All activities cancelled, including the play scheduled for over the weekend.  I really feel bad for these kids, especially the senior class.  What a totally fucked up year.  

The vaccines have been out and around here for long enough that the teachers, if they choose to, should have them by now.  Time to let it ride i'd say and who wants to attend should attend and who doesn't stays at home virtual.

[Cat45]

I wish i could've done virtual when i was in school. Hated it and couldn't wait to get done and out into the real world working 

[Cold War]

I can not believe this shit is still going on a year later.  These people have done so much damage to the country with their cure, we will never recover. I have zero respect or patience for anyone still playing along.  

[ArcticCrusher]

President Harris will fix it.

 

 

 

[Mainecat]

I would have loved remote learning in the sixties......oh wait we didn’t have internet then. 

 

[Cold War]

The most important skill you learn in school is socialization.  Kids need to learn to   interact  with other people other than mommy & Daddy. that is not the real world. 

[ArcticCrusher]

10 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

I would have loved remote learning in the sixties......oh wait we didn’t have internet then. 

 

Teachers were 100x better then, than the selfish POS's today.

[Highmark]

15 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

I would have loved remote learning in the sixties......oh wait we didn’t have internet then. 

 

Did you have something to hide under at home?    

I remember you saying the threat of nuclear war really scared you as a kid.   Now think of what the left is doing to todays kids with this virus bullshit.  

Edited March 19, 2021 by Highmark

[Bontz]

Elementary and high school is bad enough ... can you imagine a kid paying college tuition to go through this shit???  My kid's a senior this year, and had she graduated last spring & was scheduled to go off to college last Fall I would have told her to stay home and keep working.  It's been ridiculous.

[Angry ginger]

17 minutes ago, Bontz said:

Elementary and high school is bad enough ... can you imagine a kid paying college tuition to go through this shit???  My kid's a senior this year, and had she graduated last spring & was scheduled to go off to college last Fall I would have told her to stay home and keep working.  It's been ridiculous.

i'm paying it for 2 of them.  one(sophomore at Kent State) has zero in person classes this year,  the other(junior at UNH) has had 1 per semester.  My daughter moved back to Ohio because she is miserable at home.  Since they already started we were not going to stop them going for a year because it's doubtful my son would have gone back.  

[Jerry 976]

CDC is possibly going to change the 6 feet social distancing for teaches & students to 3 feet as long as masks are worn and all other CDC guidelines and recommendations are followed.  

[Bontz]

18 minutes ago, Angry ginger said:

i'm paying it for 2 of them.  one(sophomore at Kent State) has zero in person classes this year,  the other(junior at UNH) has had 1 per semester.  My daughter moved back to Ohio because she is miserable at home.  Since they already started we were not going to stop them going for a year because it's doubtful my son would have gone back.  

Oh man ... yeah, I'm sure it wouldn't be easy to keep a kid out if they were already a college student.  Especially a junior or senior.  And of course, keeping them out is likely easier said than done I'm sure.  If holding a kid back (new student/freshman) I'm sure they'd have to go through the admissions/acceptance all over again?  It just rubs me the wrong way that these schools continue to charge full tuition vs. pro-rating it when kids aren't even going to class in person.

[XCR1250]

6 minutes ago, Jerry 976 said:

CDC is possibly going to change the 6 feet social distancing for teaches & students to 3 feet as long as masks are worn and all other CDC guidelines and recommendations are followed.  

Ask any expert why 6 feet was said to be right...it was suggested from a 1897 study and was NEVER proven to be correct.

Edited March 19, 2021 by XCR1250

[Angry ginger]

Just now, Bontz said:

Oh man ... yeah, I'm sure it wouldn't be easy to keep a kid out if they were already a college student.  Especially a junior or senior.  And of course, keeping them out is likely easier said than done I'm sure.  If holding a kid back (new student/freshman) I'm sure they'd have to go through the admissions/acceptance all over again?  It just rubs me the wrong way that these schools continue to charge full tuition vs. pro-rating it when kids aren't even going to class in person.

they would allow new students to defer a year there were several of my daughters friends a year behind her that had to make that decision.  

The one good thing is the grading online is easier so my daughters an honor student at this point.  hope she can hol dthe grades up to the end.  

[irv]

I couldn't imagine being a kid growing up in these times. From all the covid B.S., a cancel culture, to believing they only have 8yrs to live due to climate change and white kids being told they are privileged and should be ashamed of themselves, then throw in all the crap that is on social media and the fake news B.S., is it any wonder why so many of them suffer from anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts. 

I've said it before, Liberalism and their insane ideology is out to destroy everything we have ever known, and the fact it has gotten this far, should be an eye opener to everyone, but, of course, we know those that are too stupid and incapable of thinking for themselves and seeing the big picture, see nothing wrong with what is going on.  

Edited March 19, 2021 by irv

[Stephen Hawking]

1 hour ago, Cold War said:

The most important skill you learn in school is socialization.  Kids need to learn to   interact  with other people other than mommy & Daddy. that is not the real world. 

My brother in law drives a school bus, the kids sit there like zombies and text the kids sitting next to them. It's already too late.

[Jerry 976]

3 hours ago, irv said:

I couldn't imagine being a kid growing up in these times. From all the covid B.S., a cancel culture, to believing they only have 8yrs to live due to climate change and white kids being told they are privileged and should be ashamed of themselves, then throw in all the crap that is on social media and the fake news B.S., is it any wonder why so many of them suffer from anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts. 

I've said it before, Liberalism and their insane ideology is out to destroy everything we have ever known, and the fact it has gotten this far, should be an eye opener to everyone, but, of course, we know those that are too stupid and incapable of thinking for themselves and seeing the big picture, see nothing wrong with what is going on.  

I like how they present things to these college kids and then flip it around to what's really happening and who really said or did what.

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Stephen Hawking said:

My brother in law drives a school bus, the kids sit there like zombies and text the kids sitting next to them. It's already too late.

 

 

[Cold War]

5 hours ago, Stephen Hawking said:

My brother in law drives a school bus, the kids sit there like zombies and text the kids sitting next to them. It's already too late.

I won’t argue with that.   My son has gotten a lot better.   When our friends come to over to the house.  I want him to acknowledge them and make a little small talk.  I go over to friends houses and their adult kids can’t even look me in the eye much less carry on a conversation. 

[ActionfigureJoe]

7 hours ago, ArcticCrusher said:

Teachers were 100x better then, than the selfish POS's today.

Back when teachers worked for bread and water. 

[CFM]

7 hours ago, Cold War said:

The most important skill you learn in school is socialization.  Kids need to learn to   interact  with other people other than mommy & Daddy. that is not the real world. 

I don't think the dems learned that well. Your mileage will vary.

[CFM]

[Angry ginger]

1 hour ago, Cold War said:

I won’t argue with that.   My son has gotten a lot better.   When our friends come to over to the house.  I want him to acknowledge them and make a little small talk.  I go over to friends houses and their adult kids can’t even look me in the eye much less carry on a conversation. 

people are impressed my son can carry on a conversation because lots of kids can't.  Funny because he hated people more than i do but he can fake it pretty well.  

[Zambroski]

9 hours ago, Cold War said:

The most important skill you learn in school is socialization.  Kids need to learn to   interact  with other people other than mommy & Daddy. that is not the real world. 

Nailed this shit!