1211. Will our teens be the same after the pandemic? By Jody Young Steurer , in Meridian Magazine
This is a most unusual time to be living, it seems. But although it is new to us, this type if problem isn't new to mankind! Read blog # 1185, posted back on March 15, 2020, and read about when my mother was 10, and they had the flu epidemic in 1918. And they didn't have computers and the helps we have now! Will our teens be the same after the pandemic? By Jody Young Steurer · April 21, 2020 I recently read an opinion piece by CNN columnist Scottie Andrew, titled “Why Teens May Never Be The Same After The Pandemic,” where she highlights the losses teens, especially graduating seniors, face as they wrap up this school year in quarantine. [i] She’s right. Our graduating seniors may never be the same after the pandemic. All 2020 classes, proms, and graduations have been cancelled. End of year sports banquets, final dances, music performances, and academic competitions have all suddenly disappeared without warning. And he...