I had been on the fence about homeschooling, but no longer. I think that what is being done to kids in school is child abuse. I do not want to subject my kids to it, and I do not want them to grow up thinking that kind of thing is normal or acceptable. I figure that one of the central tasks of a parent is to turn the children into fully-functional, independent adults. School used to support that in a lot of ways, but I think now it is mostly an obstacle to it.
On a broader societal level, we are creating a generation with all of the problems that you mention, as well as cognitive/developmental disabilities. I fear that they will not be able to adequately meet the challenges that face them in the years of our civilization's decline. Things could get really ugly when the covid generation meets the war or the depression or the famine, or whatever history throws their way.
Re: Forbes article on the effects of Covid restrictions on schoolchildren.
I think that what is being done to kids in school is child abuse. I do not want to subject my kids to it, and I do not want them to grow up thinking that kind of thing is normal or acceptable.
I figure that one of the central tasks of a parent is to turn the children into fully-functional, independent adults. School used to support that in a lot of ways, but I think now it is mostly an obstacle to it.
On a broader societal level, we are creating a generation with all of the problems that you mention, as well as cognitive/developmental disabilities. I fear that they will not be able to adequately meet the challenges that face them in the years of our civilization's decline. Things could get really ugly when the covid generation meets the war or the depression or the famine, or whatever history throws their way.