Parents grappling with decision to send kids back to school or keep them home
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After Tuesday's confirmation by the government that in-person learning will resume on Monday, parents are making the difficult decision of whether their kids should return to class.
After Tuesday’s confirmation by the government that in-person learning will resume on Monday, parents are making the difficult decision of whether their kids should return to class.
“Just kind of hoping we're making the right choice. And really at this point crossing our fingers,” says Angela Archer, who has had family members contract and die from the virus.
When Premier Doug Ford announced schools would transition to virtual learning in early January amid what he described was "a coming tsumnami of COVID cases," few expected schools to resume on the January 17 as planned.
Leslie Sinclair is the mother of a 17-year-old high school student and is also questioning the decision.
“I just don't think this is a good idea to be going back.”
But experts say the lack of in-class time has been detrimental for students.
Emma Duerden from Western University has been studying the effects of extra screen time on children aged six to 12 since the beginning of the first wave.
