(Gwen R. Cario/The Awty International School via AP)
Much has been said, debated, and analyzed about the impact coronavirus restrictions have had on children over the last year. The most contentious of discussions have revolved around public school closures and how hypocritical left-wing teachers’ unions seem to be controlling both the debate and the Biden White House’s shifting narratives while treating all dissenting voices as being akin to “grandma killers” (this should sound very familiar to many who are reading this).
Sometimes lost in the back and forth about school closures is in how cities shutting off access to local public playgrounds during the pandemic have also further stifled the natural inclination of young people to run, play, and – well, be children.