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Comment by alephnerd

Yep!

The disparity in outcomes from the COVID generation is going to be drastic in 15-20 years.

Early childhood development is critical for both social stability and basic morality [0][1]

Also, as an anecdote, my mom works as a Low/Med Track Special Ed Teacher, and most students in the Low/Med track tend to be from broken homes not conducive to learning, leading to a cycle of poverty.

Poverty is directly correlated to lack of parental intervention, due to time and monetary constraints, which leads to a vicious cycle.

[0] - https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w29362/w293...

[1] - https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/education/Comprehensive-early...

parent alephnerd 2 years ago

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