Mary Sanchez: Rewarding selfishness and punishing children in a pandemic; What will we regret?
Nearly a year ago, a trusted source predicted that COVID-19 would have lasting repercussions on the world’ s children. An educator, he spoke about how the impact would be felt not only on attendance but what that would mean, outlining dire ramifications on their learning losses, gaps in knowledge, their emotional growth, and overall development.
by Mary Sanchez, Tribune Content Agency
Jan 24, 2022
3 minutes
I consider myself forewarned.
Nearly a year ago, a trusted source predicted that COVID-19 would have lasting repercussions on the world’s children. An educator, he spoke about how the impact would be felt not only on attendance but what that would mean, outlining dire ramifications on their learning losses, gaps in knowledge, their emotional growth, and overall development.
The ramifications, he cautioned, could be global in scope if the pandemic lingered, and unless recognized and addressed, difficult to reverse.
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