Mary Katharine Ham has a new article up for The Atlantic that truly is a must-read “dismantlement of the adult panic porn movement that is sucking the joys out of childhood”:
A supremely well reasoned and argued dismantlement of the adult panic porn movement that is sucking the joys out of childhood.
Superb, from fellow 80s kid @mkhammer https://t.co/pKsoHFjfYu
— John Noonan (@noonanjo) January 25, 2022
Some excerpts. . .
From MKH: “I had to relearn my bravery after my husband died. A lot of people will have to do the same now that we’re entering what looks like the endemic stage of COVID”:
"I had to relearn my bravery after my husband died. A lot of people will have to do the same now that we’re entering what looks like the endemic stage of COVID."
— @mkhammer:https://t.co/RRerkvLG2i— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) January 25, 2022
And, “The message of the early pandemic was to avoid individual risk analysis. It made us all worse at it and our kids are paying the price”:
The message of the early pandemic was to avoid individual risk analysis. It made us all worse at it and our kids are paying the price. https://t.co/dAiRYvlYze
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) January 25, 2022
It’s just a fact:
"Children are the least at-risk population, but in many areas of the country they continue to face draconian mitigation policies—either in their name…or in the name of protecting their elders." https://t.co/ST42Sm8V1f
— Sarah Westwood (@sarahcwestwood) January 25, 2022
With the focus solely on Covid, “we’ve let a thousand others flourish: learning loss, destabilization of the public-school system due to under-enrollment, self-harm, behavioral problems”:
"In our focus on one threat, we’ve let a thousand others flourish: learning loss, destabilization of the public-school system due to under-enrollment, self-harm, behavioral problems," writes @mkhammer https://t.co/djFEnyuZVR
— Liz Wolfe (@lizzywol) January 25, 2022
100% this ==>
“Kids are resilient” has been a refrain of the pandemic, used to justify all sorts of restrictions. But it’s not a kid’s job to be resilient. Excellent @mkhammer https://t.co/Gi5s4KXQr1
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) January 25, 2022
Now, let’s make this happen EVERYWHERE:
“Adults should do our best to make rational calls for our kids, to weigh costs and benefits, to pass the baton from the amygdala to the neocortex.”
It’s time to more appropriately *balance* risk & mitigate *total* harms.
Thank you @mkhammer 👏👏 https://t.co/ShgziKZAZi
— Lucy McBride, MD (@drlucymcbride) January 25, 2022
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