for more than 600 days. but parents say pandemic school closures are taking a toll on children s education and mental health. for more i m joined by darlini matur whose son is more than 4 million children affected by school closures. your son just turned 4 when he started preschool. it s now 600 days later and he s not been to class in person. just using you as an example, how has that been for you? thank you for having me. it s actually been really hard to see. he struggled to connect with teachers and peers on a zoom phone call. he has had to learn how to write, how to grip a pencil, online. and it has been really hard to see. i think that the hardest thing for children that age is actually learning to navigate being a human being. a social person. the give and take that comes