<story><title>No Way to Grow Up</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/briefing/american-children-crisis-pandemic.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>quadrifoliate</author><text>American society depends on personal responsibility in the aspects of healthcare, retirement, and employment.&lt;p&gt;Your child&amp;#x27;s education is &lt;i&gt;usually&lt;/i&gt; an honorable exception to this in that it&amp;#x27;s totally government run and borderline volunteer-run, but funding for that is not adequate to the point where you can reasonably expect it to continue as usual in the midst of a global pandemic.&lt;p&gt;The sooner you can come to terms with this, the better will be the outcome for your child. I recommend looking up resources on sharing childcare and teaching with other parents in addition to your kids&amp;#x27; teachers.</text></item><item><author>ilteris</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t give a shit what the article says or specifically points to but I can tell you this much. I am a dad of a 6 year old. My kid goes to public school in NYC and last year was bad... They did a test at the beginning of this year before the start of the first grade and her results were awful. This is an unprecedented event and everyone is clueless including in education. I don&amp;#x27;t make a big deal about the test results and it&amp;#x27;s the reality. Educators are aware but it&amp;#x27;s not enough, we should be aware too. These kids are more resilient than most people think and we still need to support them.  I am lucky I can get paid support for her but not all families have that privilege. So please stop being pedantic about the article and instead maybe focus on how you might create solutions. And please exclude online classes from those solutions. Thank you.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jdminhbg</author><text>&amp;gt; funding for that is not adequate to the point where you can reasonably expect it to continue as usual in the midst of a global pandemic&lt;p&gt;The US spends way more on education per capita than many countries that were able to keep their schools open during 2020-2021: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nces.ed.gov&amp;#x2F;programs&amp;#x2F;coe&amp;#x2F;indicator&amp;#x2F;cmd&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nces.ed.gov&amp;#x2F;programs&amp;#x2F;coe&amp;#x2F;indicator&amp;#x2F;cmd&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>No Way to Grow Up</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/briefing/american-children-crisis-pandemic.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>quadrifoliate</author><text>American society depends on personal responsibility in the aspects of healthcare, retirement, and employment.&lt;p&gt;Your child&amp;#x27;s education is &lt;i&gt;usually&lt;/i&gt; an honorable exception to this in that it&amp;#x27;s totally government run and borderline volunteer-run, but funding for that is not adequate to the point where you can reasonably expect it to continue as usual in the midst of a global pandemic.&lt;p&gt;The sooner you can come to terms with this, the better will be the outcome for your child. I recommend looking up resources on sharing childcare and teaching with other parents in addition to your kids&amp;#x27; teachers.</text></item><item><author>ilteris</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t give a shit what the article says or specifically points to but I can tell you this much. I am a dad of a 6 year old. My kid goes to public school in NYC and last year was bad... They did a test at the beginning of this year before the start of the first grade and her results were awful. This is an unprecedented event and everyone is clueless including in education. I don&amp;#x27;t make a big deal about the test results and it&amp;#x27;s the reality. Educators are aware but it&amp;#x27;s not enough, we should be aware too. These kids are more resilient than most people think and we still need to support them.  I am lucky I can get paid support for her but not all families have that privilege. So please stop being pedantic about the article and instead maybe focus on how you might create solutions. And please exclude online classes from those solutions. Thank you.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>throwoutway</author><text>Research after research comes out pointing to the fact that parents should be directly involved in their children&amp;#x27;s education.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Your child&amp;#x27;s education is usually an honorable exception to this in that it&amp;#x27;s totally government run&lt;p&gt;It is sad that this is the case</text></comment>