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[wvumountiefan]

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@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

Another blurb of misinformation? 

Suddenly it's assumed children will be permanently scarred for wearing masks during this phase, until the virus is under control?  Parents are suddenly unable to explain the situation .....  and why a mask is temporarily necessary?   Really?

There are a lot of "socially awkward" young adults who text rather than have converations snd speak in complete sentences.  Some can't even write in complete sentences.   (I learned this when training a few new employees ... and how they ever got a college degree is beyond me).

Social awkwardness happens for all sorts of reasons ... but, apparently, now the virus is what we should blame.  Good grief.

Your thoughts on this?  

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This is crazy to me. Kids don’t communicate verbally because that’s what the electronics do for them. I work in the public school system and kids are having more trouble than ever passing their English courses in middle and HS. They can’t spell, they can’t write in cursive and they, as you said, can not write in complete sentences. 

Its truly sad to think that people will blame wearing a mask for the reason their kids are struggling socially. How many families eat at the kitchen table anymore? Probably not 1/2 of them, because they can’t even turn the tv off. 

[ECBG]

@Tinkrbl44 I know exactly what you are saying, and many educators are voicing the same concerns.

We have had awkward speech and social behavior since texting began.  We have, in addition, had rearing practices that are causing a lot of dependence in place of independence.

Hopefully, parents will push activities that will provide outdoor experiences, camps, and those types of experiences which also provide socializing before they become adults where change and habits are hard to come by.

[Still Raining]

@Tinkrbl44

Could help us find this study?

[Marp]

IMO the only thing about kids returning to school with or without masks that is going to make them socially awkward is now being told don't touch each other, no hugging their best friend, no sharing.

Masks they will be able to understand.  That they can't have physical contact with their friends and classmates as if there is something wrong with either them or their friends they won't be able to understand.  That will lead to social awkwardness.

[Tinkrbl44]

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@Still Raining wrote:

@Tinkrbl44

Could help us find this study?

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@Still Raining   @Cakers3 

If there's a study, I haven't seen it.  A friend sent me a link of a woman talking about the whole mask thing (she said they aren't necessary) and blamed the future awkwardness on the masks.  It's not a link I could post here, but I posted this thread to see if this is a more popular idea than I thought.

[Still Raining]

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@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

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@Still Raining wrote:

@Tinkrbl44

Could help us find this study?

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@Still Raining   @Cakers3 

If there's a study, I haven't seen it.  A friend sent me a link of a woman talking about the whole mask thing (she said they aren't necessary) and blamed the future awkwardness on the masks.  It's not a link I could post here, but I posted this thread to see if this is a more popular idea than I thought.

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Thanks.  I am endless concerned about the grandkids.  They have mandated at home for the first months.  No one is happy.

[manny2]

Wearing a mask will not make a child feel socially awkward. It is something all of us have to do period. It is the way adults handle it, and translate it to the child that will make them feel awkward.

Parents do your children a favor, and set the example wear a mask. Explain to them in simple terms none of us like it, but we have to do it to be safe. 

[noodleann]

I'm just glad that they haven't realized they could apply the same reasoning to wearing underpants.

Children are by nature socially awkward. Beware smooth-talking five-year-olds. They're up to no good.

[Lali1]

Not sure where this so called info is coming from. All I have seen is that people have said kids staying home for long periods of time is bad for socialization and mental health.  It's not just kids.

[Sapphiregal]

Well, this is another thread that is going to go " bye bye" soon. All the interesting threads are taken down due to being "argumentative". The only ones that mods will overlook are the fluffy, ridiculously boring, and silly who really cares topics.