As a teacher, I continue to be shocked that parents are (seemingly?) not protesting summer break, especially given the amount of structured, in-person schooling lost due to Covid. I am personally in favor of an alternative calendar model and adding days to our school year.
My son is a toddler and will stay in childcare over the summer full time, and I am working my district's summer school program during the month of July.
This makes me think of another theory I toss around: the new latchkey kids. I grew up in the 80s, the peak of the latchkey kids. My own elementary daughters are, in many ways, a new generation of latchkeys. Parents are home, but they're on virtual meetings, so kids are left to fend for themselves during the afternoon. In some ways I find it sad, but I suppose better than the 80s iteration. And anyway, even though my mom was home, I certainly don't remember spending much with her after school. Maybe it does give kids more freedom, or as much as we can stomach in 2022.
Hello summer, season of chaos
As a teacher, I continue to be shocked that parents are (seemingly?) not protesting summer break, especially given the amount of structured, in-person schooling lost due to Covid. I am personally in favor of an alternative calendar model and adding days to our school year.
My son is a toddler and will stay in childcare over the summer full time, and I am working my district's summer school program during the month of July.
This makes me think of another theory I toss around: the new latchkey kids. I grew up in the 80s, the peak of the latchkey kids. My own elementary daughters are, in many ways, a new generation of latchkeys. Parents are home, but they're on virtual meetings, so kids are left to fend for themselves during the afternoon. In some ways I find it sad, but I suppose better than the 80s iteration. And anyway, even though my mom was home, I certainly don't remember spending much with her after school. Maybe it does give kids more freedom, or as much as we can stomach in 2022.