• hansolo@lemm.ee
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    3 hours ago

    Yeah, it’s different for everyone.

    My “counterfactual” is knowing a lot of kids that were home schooled. They were just young weird adults that didn’t thrive in most circumstances. There’s a reason why even rural agrarian societies found value is putting kids together.

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      3 hours ago

      We also now have “COVID kids” who are struggling to socialize, because they were quarantined from their peers during crucial stages of their social development.