Five Times More Children Committed Suicide Than Died of COVID-19 During Lockdown: UK Study

chic said:
It's sad. I know a cop in FL where BF travels who says his dept. handles up to 15 suicides a day amongst kids aged 11 - 16. No one cares about this terrible loss.
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No one? That's a leap.
 

Ignoring all the misinformation floating around on the Internet and Social Media, regarding the effects these lockdowns are having on young children, I can speak from Experience. We have 4 Great Grandchildren, ages 10 thru 16, and this pandemic and the interruptions to their schools and daily lives has been quite stressful for them...And their parents. We have all pitched in to help them try to maintain some degree of normalcy and scheduled extra activities for them to keep their minds off not being able to mingle with their friends and attend normal school classes.

We, and our adult kids, regularly bring them to our places, and take them shopping, staying overnight, and any other things that they like to do. Our oldest will be staying with us for a few days this coming week, and we will probably be running around quite a bit.

Having support from the whole family seems to be helping them stay focused, and not spending any time brooding. Our local schools are planning on reopening for in school classes in a few weeks, with some modifications to classroom sizes, and possibly some "mask" requirements, but just being around their classmates and friends will probably be a big help.
 
Don M. said:
Ignoring all the misinformation floating around on the Internet and Social Media, regarding the effects these lockdowns are having on young children, I can speak from Experience. We have 4 Great Grandchildren, ages 10 thru 16, and this pandemic and the interruptions to their schools and daily lives has been quite stressful for them...And their parents. We have all pitched in to help them try to maintain some degree of normalcy and scheduled extra activities for them to keep their minds off not being able to mingle with their friends and attend normal school classes.

We, and our adult kids, regularly bring them to our places, and take them shopping, staying overnight, and any other things that they like to do. Our oldest will be staying with us for a few days this coming week, and we will probably be running around quite a bit.

Having support from the whole family seems to be helping them stay focused, and not spending any time brooding. Our local schools are planning on reopening for in school classes in a few weeks, with some modifications to classroom sizes, and possibly some "mask" requirements, but just being around their classmates and friends will probably be a big help.
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It is with not just a little sadness that I watched the whole covid fiasco wreck a (seemingly) once-happy family down the street from us. Parents lost their jobs, children lost their school experiences, stress and strain led to a divorce and home had to be sold. Worst of all was the children crying about having to leave. The place was a child's dreamland with a treehouse, animal pens, playhouse and other things their father had built for them. The little kid in me empathized heavily with those children.
 

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