This applies from those to children to those in their early 20s.
My niece and nephew both graduated from University in the summer and have started new jobs remotely. They are obviously very thankful that they have been able to find work, but both are seriously struggling with depression, loneliness and aniexty due to not being able to meet co workers and feel like they cannot fully get to grips with their new roles. Learning from more experienced co workers is critical and this cannot be done remotely.
My children are both young and I worry about the effect this has on their education and their overall well being. I did work experience in schools (which led me to realise teacher training wasn’t for me) and the teachers with whom I spoke told me that children will just easily forget the information if they aren’t always being told and listening (for example when the kids go off for the summer holidays, they come back and struggle with what they were doing in class). My husband and I are both key workers, however I am able to work remotely so am trying to homeschool them but am struggling very much. My children are so devastated and miss their nana cousins school friends and auntie and uncles so much. I don’t know if I made the right decision not taking a key worker place. My husband is a police officer and members of the public are being increasingly hostile towards him and his colleagues for trying to do their jobs to protect the community and keep the public safe (and no they aren’t giving women with coffees fines).
I am normally a very positive, optimistic person but I am struggling to see how long this can go on for without some very damaging consequences to the mental health of our nation. We live up North and have been in covid restrictions for a very long time. 