What This Has Taught Us About Our Kids
b"This extended pause has been really hard for some of our kids, and actually sort of good for others. For every lonely preschooler who just wants to finally have someone to play \\u201cbad guys\\u201d with, there\\u2019s a formerly rambunctious middle-schooler who became a real scholar without all the distractions of the in-person classroom.\\xa0\\nAnd the happiest kids have sometimes surprised us. The family Eeyore is sunnily certain things will be back to normal soon, while the happy-go-lucky one is taking more naps.\\xa0We've learned (again) that our kids are more complicated than we imagined.\\nIn this episode, we discuss the things we\\u2019ve learned about our kids and will take forward as parents, both for the kids who have weirdly thrived and for those who have struggled.\\xa0\\nHere are links to research and other writing on the topic that we discuss in this episode:\\nAaron E. Carroll for the NYT: The Coronavirus Has Made It Obvious. Teenagers Should Start School Later.\\nNora Fleming for Edutopia: Why Are Some Kids Thriving During Remote Learning?\\nRandy Kulman, Ph.D. for Psychology Today: Will Distance Learning Produce a Coronavirus Virus Slump?\\nDebbie Meyer for Education Post: It Was Hard Being a Dyslexia Mom Before Coronavirus, And Now It's Even Harder\\nDebbie Meyer for Education Post: Here\\u2019s How Remote Learning Could Help Struggling Readers\\nCaroline Preston for The Hechinger Report: \\u2018A drastic experiment in progress\\u2019: How will coronavirus change our kids?\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"