I was one of those small number of people. So were most of you
New survey of 362 school counselors shows closures were so harmful to children that they've taken huge steps back in basic emotional and social skills
The small number of people who warned from the start of the catastrophic effect that school closures would have on children—well, not only were we right, but we were righter than we realized:
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Nearly all the counselors, 94 percent, said their students were showing more signs of anxiety and depression than before the pandemic. Eighty-eight percent said students were having more trouble regulating their emotions. And almost three-quarters said they were having more difficulty solving conflicts with friends.
"They have less stamina; more frustration; less flexibility; less effort; less perseverance; more escape and avoidance behaviors," Cassie Cerny, an elementary school counselor in Weston, Wis., said in response to open-ended questions in the survey.