Last post on this
article is from a few months back, but with schools, some not reopening, it is still very relevant

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdnjx/22-million-kids-rely-on-school-for-meals-heres-what-theyre-doing-during-closures

@Madken65 @MarianneWerzOBrien

Its strange that it doesn't get reported very much, but free market has been helping since the beginning. But you have to understand some of those same business's were shutdown, deemed non essential, or have been hit hard by the shutdowns. everything is connected

https://dcist.com/story/20/03/15/these-businesses-are-offering-free-meals-to-kids-and-seniors-during-coronavirus-shutdowns/

@Madken65 @MarianneWerzOBrien

https://www.newhope.com/news/how-natural-brands-are-mitigating-hunger-during-covid-19

@Madken65 Thats been going on since about March @MarianneWerzOBrien

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-companies-donations-helping-people#louis-vuittons-parent-company-will-use-its-cosmetics-and-perfume-manufacturing-facilities-to-make-free-alcohol-based-sanitizer-amid-the-global-shortage-4

@MarianneWerzOBrien I just posted about the Grab and Go program, however, there are problems with that as well

Key takeaway

"About half of all U.S. public schoolchildren rely on free or reduced-price meals. Now, as school officials try to maintain emergency meal programs in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, they must choose between potentially allowing children to go hungry or risking exposing them to infection"

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/04/03/coronavirus-free-school-lunch-grab-and-go-delivery/5114622002/

1 in 4 children in the United States could face hunger this year because of the coronavirus.

https://www.nokidhungry.org/blog/1-4-kids-could-face-hunger-year

Good Morning #COSO

I do hope all of you found the posts and links from yesterday informative, but today, I'm going to touch on some issues that have only been receiving a little bit of press over the last few months.

It needs to be talked about. There are a couple things that tie directly into the school shutdowns. These are real world consequences.

Around 22 million kids depend on school meals

more on this

https://www.eater.com/2020/3/9/21170472/coronavirus-school-closures-free-reduced-priced-lunch-student-meals

last one for the morning

Key take away

"Nobody is immune to the stress that comes with a pandemic and related quarantining. Children, however, may be at particular risk. Living in a universe that is already out of their control, they can become especially shaken when the verities they count on to give the world order–the rituals in their lives, the very day-to-dayness of living–get blown to bits".

https://time.com/5870478/children-mental-health-coronavirus/

This post can aid parents during the shutdowns

https://www.all4kids.org/news/blog/social-connection-on-child-development/

The next couple posts directly relate to The Child.. like I said, it is food for thought.

https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Sociology/Book%3A_Sociology_(Boundless)/04%3A_The_Role_of_Socialization/4.08%3A_Childhood_Socialization/4.8A%3A_Child_Socialization

Good morning #COSO
I'm gonna offer up some food for thought so today is gonna be "pointdexter" day. (ie nerd)

The topic, child socialization.

Here is the first article. yes. it may bore you, but I promise there is a method to my madness

https://www.simplypsychology.org/piaget.html

This post ties into the single parent household. This will give food for thought if you read both posts. This also ties into the would if I could part of the poll, as well as not an option.

Now there will be some temptation to bring up women making less then men, or equality between the sexes. PLEASE, lets refrain from that for a moment and focus on the children in these households and current school shutdowns. plenty of time to debate later.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/14/women-live-paycheck-to-paycheck-roughly-5-times-as-often-as-men.html

@corlin Bingo!

Good Morning #COSO

These next two articles directly relate to having or not having an option of remote learning for kids. I chose the article because the numbers are most up to date pre-covid. That's important. Working parents, whether its both parents working, or a household with just a single parent has a direct effect on options.

Here is the first post

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/12/12/u-s-children-more-likely-than-children-in-other-countries-to-live-with-just-one-parent/

@Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine Bingo @DocsMGB @voltronic @corlin @Qbae

@Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine you may find the post i just linked eye opening @voltronic @corlin @Qbae

@voltronic the article from CNN I just posted goes into further detail

This is the last article for the morning #coso and I really hope you guys are finding valuable information in what I'm posting.

This article sums up what I've talked about and more so

"Educators have heroically and historically transitioned tens of millions of kids from brick-and-mortar education to a digital one, and at least 43 states, four US territories and the District of Columbia won't resume in-person school this academic year"

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/13/health/opt-out-online-learning-coronavirus-quarantine-wellness/index.html