Until December, Germany had resisted calls to close schools, but when COVID-19 cases spiked, students were sent home. That has exacerbated the strain on youth, who are now subject to strict limits on inter-household mixing.
Child advocates say not enough attention has been given to kids’ social and emotional needs. To fill the gap, ordinary citizens and private charities are offering online and in-person opportunities to gather. Their goal is to help children to weather the pandemic at a time when they should be around peers learning to navigate conflict and develop emotionally.
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Germans expected the government to watch out for their kids. But seeing gaps in support, citizens have stepped up in new ways during the pandemic to look out for children’s emotional needs.
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Bill continuing early in-person voting clears House panel
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An information sign shows outside the Elk Grove Village Hall as voters wait in line during early voting at Elk Grove Village, Ill., Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. The US early voting total in 2020 has already exceeded the number of early votes cast in 2016 and there are still 11 more days to go until Election Day. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Early voting at polling places would become a fixture in Kentuckyâs elections â but at scaled-back levels from last year â under legislation that won bipartisan support Thursday from a House panel.
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Movie Review – Pleasure (2021)
Starring Sofia Kappel, Revika Anne Reustle, Evelyn Claire, Chris Cock, Dana DeArmond, and Kendra Spade.
SYNOPSIS:
19-year-old Linnéa leaves her small-town life in Sweden for Los Angeles with the aim to become the world’s next big porn star, but the road to her goal turns out to be bumpier than she imagined.
As much as Ninja Thyberg’s startlingly un-sexy debut
Pleasure may focus its lens squarely on the porn industry, it’s also one of the most generally frank and perceptive films about sex ever made – and how sex comes to define so many of the uneven power structures held up within society today.