Will our kids go into quarantine again? Will we be forced to work at 2 a.m. She says the school was reluctant to mandate vaccinations for teachers or require students to wear masks.Įvery parenting norm we once relied upon to rig up our own personal house of cards - from sensible tech usage (forget screen time iPads are now a survival tool right up there with KN95s) to socialization to education - has been rewritten, undercut, or rendered laughingly obsolete.
“It feels like everybody’s out there on their own boat in this horrible storm,” observes Nadia Chinchilla, who pulled her 3-year-old from a preschool in a town north of Boston last month.
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Now, with some people in favor of masking and some against, some opting for a vaccine while others refuse, life is full of ambiguity. Last year, at least, there was a sense that we were all in this together. We worry about everything from drooping masks to missed socialization and learning loss. We worry about whether teachers are vaccinated (but are afraid to appear rude and ask). Mental health experts (and parents themselves!) say concern over children’s well-being, readjustment to full-time school, and fears about what the future might hold are driving up anxiety for both kids and adults, whose internal monologues have turned into an ongoing back-and-forth over what can feel like life-or-death choices. Related : To read about equality, race, and opportunity in schools, visit our coverage from the Globe's Great Divide team.
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