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Originally Posted by Fish
I know there's lots of talk about the mental aspect of social distancing for kids. But I'm not sure that it's as simple as just "Send them back to school because they might get depressed at home." It shouldn't be the school's responsibility to make up for a shitty home environment. That's a separate issue that should be addressed separately. The decision to send kids back to school shouldn't be driven by the fear that they'll not be in a good environment at home otherwise. That's not really fair.
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Kids being depressed also isn’t just or only from shitty home environment. So to completely dismiss that is just as ignorant as thinking it’s also up to the school to fix that depression.
There is a middle area to that mental aspect, not a one way or other like you are painting it.