The following is from Gallup News.
A new Gallup poll finds that US parents are more likely to report negative social and emotional effects on their school-age children due to the COVID-19 pandemic than academic or physical health struggles.
According to the survey, 45% of parents say the pandemic negatively impacted their child’s social skills, with 22% reporting the issue is ongoing. Similarly, 42% say their child’s mental health suffered, including 21% who say those struggles persist.
In terms of academics, at least three in 10 parents say their child struggled in math (36%), reading (31%), or science (30%) due to the pandemic, with roughly half of each group saying those challenges continue today.
However, majorities of parents (56%-69%) say there was no impact on their child’s physical health or academic skills. Fewer parents say the same about their child’s social skills (47%) or mental health (52%). Only 10% or fewer report any positive effects from the pandemic.
Middle school students—those in grades 6-8 at the start of the pandemic in 2020—were the most negatively affected across all categories. Additionally, mothers (25%) were more likely than fathers (16%) to report ongoing negative effects on their child’s mental health.
Gallup previously reported that while six in 10 Americans (59%) believe the pandemic is over, a nearly identical 58% worry about experiencing another pandemic in their lifetime. Additionally, 47% of US adults say their lives are fully back to normal, while 13% expect a return to pre-pandemic normalcy eventually, and 40% think life will never go back to the way it was. SharylAttkisson.com previously reported on these findings..
Fro more information, read the full Gallup report here.
Life can’t be normal since we all watch mob hysteria take over everything that we held dear from the past.
I can never forget the total recoil in shock and horror and immediate distancing from people I had known for decades, when I stated I had not taken the “covid” shot. Seared me to the core.
Being told by my closest friend she would no longer associate with anyone who was not vaccinated. Knowing my own doctor pushed for the legislation in California to strip medical licenses of anyone who did not conform to the “covid” consensus. Having long swabs shoved up my noses many times to even access health care and a timely medical procedure.
I find myself very unwilling to re-engage socially again. Knowing the price will be mandated dishonesty about all that went down over “covid”. Knowing I have to keep my mouth shut when people still brag about getting their latest booster and relate how they still swab down everything, everywhere they go these days still .
No the world around mechanged too much for me, to ever call it normal again.
The world will never be the same again. Never. We’ve seen how mandated hysteria can wreck lives more than the virus itself. At least the truth about the lies and subterfuge the scientific community foist upon us is starting to emerge, not that it will help. But Jaye’s comments about being an outcast for not having the jab is reminiscent of the lepers in Biblical times.
It wasn’t Covid that caused the issues with children’s mental health and social skills. It was the ignorant over reaction by government bureaucrats such as Biden and faux-chi.