How to Cope With the Stress of School
THE PANDEMIC HAS PUT AN ENORMOUS amount of stress on families—and so will the return to in-person classes this year. To assess what this means for parents and children, Newsweek spoke with three leading experts in child psychology about the challenges many families are now facing: Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., professor of child health and development at the Harvard School of Public Health; Scott Russo, professor of neuroscience and director of the Center for Affective Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; and Nadine Burke Harris, M.D., the surgeon general of California. Here are highlights:
NEWSWEEK: How can parents and teachers help children bounce back from the trauma of
