{"id":160792,"date":"2021-02-22T14:55:53","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T19:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=160792"},"modified":"2021-02-22T15:14:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T20:14:13","slug":"kids-are-resilient-and-kids-will-recover-natl-teachers-union-president-dismisses-effects-of-school-lockdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kids-are-resilient-and-kids-will-recover-natl-teachers-union-president-dismisses-effects-of-school-lockdowns\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Kids Are Resilient And Kids Will Recover\u2019: Nat\u2019l Teachers\u2019 Union President Dismisses Effects Of School Lockdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkids-are-resilient-and-kids-will-recover-natl-teachers-union-president-dismisses-effects-of-school-lockdowns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=160792&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1199939094.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In an interview with Axios, Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, said in reference to children who have been out of school for months, \u201ckids are resilient and kids will recover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Axios\u2019 Dan Primack asked, \u201cIs there a point \u2014 and maybe you think we\u2019re already past it \u2014 is there a point in which kids have been out of in-person school for so long that the education that they\u2019ve lost isn\u2019t really recoverable, that the third grade, the fourth grade, the kindergarten they lost, they can take extra semesters in the summer; they can do [that], but it can\u2019t really be fixed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d said Weingarten, whose union is\u00a0the second largest teacher\u2019s union in America, representing 1.7 million teachers. \u201cI don\u2019t believe that. I believe that kids are resilient and kids will recover. But we as adults have to meet their needs. Their emotional needs, their social needs, their learning needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s who America\u2019s educators are,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s who America\u2019s bus drivers are. That\u2019s who America\u2019s paraprofessionals are. That\u2019s who America\u2019s food service workers are. And we are pained about what has happened in this pandemic. The crises that have enveloped our kids, our communities, ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut at the end of the day, we have to believe that this is recoverable,\u201d she added. \u201cAnd we have to believe that virtually all our kids will thrive with the opportunities that we\u2019ve put before them.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danprimack?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danprimack<\/a>: Is there a point at which kids&#8217; lost education isn&#8217;t recoverable?<\/p>\n<p>AFT president <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rweingarten?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rweingarten<\/a>: &#8220;No, I don&#8217;t believe that. I believe that kids are resilient and kids will recover. But we as adults have to meet their needs.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AxiosOnHBO?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AxiosOnHBO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dc4H0Hherc\">pic.twitter.com\/Dc4H0Hherc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Axios (@axios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios\/status\/1363682689962901504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/08\/lockdowns-are-breaking-our-kids-and-the-damage-may-be-permanent\/\">The New York Post<\/a> reported on February 8 about a spike in suicides in a Las Vegas school district:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>A Las Vegas school district saw such a spike in suicide numbers, it rushed forward its reopening plan. The superintendent explained to The New York Times, \u201cWhen we started to see the uptick in children taking their lives, we knew it wasn\u2019t just the COVID numbers we need to look at anymore. We have to find a way to put our hands on our kids, to see them, to look at them. They\u2019ve got to start seeing some movement, some hope.\u201d\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, children\u2019s mental-health-related visits to emergency rooms are up by as much as a third, compared to 2019 figures.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>J.D. Friedman, a clinical psychologist, told the Post that for children predisposed to mental illnesses like depression, anxiety or OCD, the lockdowns of schools \u201ccan absolutely tip the scales to full-blown pathology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In January, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/nickmorrison\/2021\/01\/26\/its-childrens-mental-health-not-their-education-that-is-really-suffering-in-lockdown\/?sh=5b81823b423b\">Forbes<\/a> reported on children\u2019s mental health having \u201cdeteriorated\u201d as a result of the pandemic lockdowns:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Children\u2019s mental health has deteriorated as a result of the pandemic, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/epi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/EPI-PT_Young-people%E2%80%99s-wellbeing_Jan2021.pdf\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/epi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/EPI-PT_Young-people%E2%80%99s-wellbeing_Jan2021.pdf\" aria-label=\"study\">study<\/a>\u00a0on the wellbeing of Generation Z for the Education Policy Institute (EPI), a U.K.-based think tank, and the Prince\u2019s Trust, the youth charity founded by Prince Charles. Relationships with family and friends, family background, use of social media and physical exercise were all identified as key drivers of young people\u2019s mental health that had been adversely affected by the lockdown.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In early February, after noting the suicide of a high school graduate from Las Vegas, Nevada, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2021\/02\/02\/962060105\/child-psychiatrists-warn-that-the-pandemic-may-be-driving-up-kids-suicide-risk\">NPR<\/a>\u00a0reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>[T]he sudden rise in deaths has school district officials worried that the coronavirus pandemic may have played a role. And educators and mental health care providers in other parts of the United States have the same concern. In recent months, many suicidal children have been showing up in hospital emergency departments, and more kids are needing in-patient care after serious suicide attempts. \u2026 NPR spoke with providers at hospitals in seven states across the country, and all of them reported a similar<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>trend: More suicidal children are coming to their hospitals \u2014 in worse mental states.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>he Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview with Axios, Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, said in reference to children who have been out of school for months, \u201ckids are &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2273956,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1199939094.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Kids Are Resilient And Kids Will Recover\u2019: Nat\u2019l Teachers\u2019 Union President Dismisses Effects Of School Lockdowns","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1199939094.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Kids Are Resilient And Kids Will Recover\u2019: Nat\u2019l Teachers\u2019 Union President Dismisses Effects Of School Lockdowns","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2273956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}