The Naked Emperor’s Newsletter; nearly half of children in UK subjected to lockdowns cannot speak and not potty-trained, everything is upside down, children have lost substantial capacity development
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I'm sorry, but didn't the parents talk to their kids and read to them during lockdowns, or didn't they potty train them?? I don't get it. They don't JUST do those things in school, parents do those things at home. I'm missing something. I get that kids lost learning time at school, but I don't how that would affect their speech and potty training.
This sounds like a parent problem to me. I certainly was NOT in school at age 4 (and was always very THANKFUL that I had not been forced to be in school 1 second before it was necessary.) My parents put me directly into 1st grade at age 5 and that was the appropriate thing to do as we didn't have kindergarten back then. I'm STILL thankful that I wasn't forced to waste another year in school. As it turned out, I spent 6 glorious years in college taking huge overloads each quarter or semester, following my own personal interests and then I took 40 graduate courses later on to get trained for something I was truly interested in and continue to use to this day. I could've sought a Dr's degree instead, but I didn't want a bunch of external demands placed on me, nor would I tolerate a bunch of pseudo-intellectuals second-guessing me!
I'm almost 70 now, in excellent health, and thankfully, I still get up each day thrilled to use the skills I learned all those years ago to teach children how to become marvelous musicians through singing, playing violin or piano!
I'm sorry, but didn't the parents talk to their kids and read to them during lockdowns, or didn't they potty train them?? I don't get it. They don't JUST do those things in school, parents do those things at home. I'm missing something. I get that kids lost learning time at school, but I don't how that would affect their speech and potty training.
This sounds like a parent problem to me. I certainly was NOT in school at age 4 (and was always very THANKFUL that I had not been forced to be in school 1 second before it was necessary.) My parents put me directly into 1st grade at age 5 and that was the appropriate thing to do as we didn't have kindergarten back then. I'm STILL thankful that I wasn't forced to waste another year in school. As it turned out, I spent 6 glorious years in college taking huge overloads each quarter or semester, following my own personal interests and then I took 40 graduate courses later on to get trained for something I was truly interested in and continue to use to this day. I could've sought a Dr's degree instead, but I didn't want a bunch of external demands placed on me, nor would I tolerate a bunch of pseudo-intellectuals second-guessing me!
I'm almost 70 now, in excellent health, and thankfully, I still get up each day thrilled to use the skills I learned all those years ago to teach children how to become marvelous musicians through singing, playing violin or piano!
What a life!!!!