Let children read

It is critical to think seriously about how to provide opportunities for children to not only learn but also imagine, dream, ponder and create

What is the emotional impact of prolonged school closures during a pandemic? How do children process the ordeal of being cut off from their peers and playmates? Can an endless stream of online classes, assignments and tests ever replicate the experience of school at home? These are important questions to reflect on because children have been pulled out of their everyday worlds overnight, and there is no indication of when they might be able to go back to their classrooms, playgro­unds, libraries, science laboratories, and other places central to their childhood.

As adults try to strike a balance between taking care