Covid-19 has meant the youngest children can’t go to birthday parties or play dates. Parents are keeping them out of day care. What is the long-term effect of the pandemic on our next generation? Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Children and Childhood”
How New York City Plans to Keep Children Safe as Schools Reopen
By Gotham Rex on December 7, 2020
There will likely be more closures of individual school buildings as the amount of testing increases. Source: New York Times
Why School Districts Are Bringing Back Younger Children First
By Gotham Rex on November 30, 2020
New York City became the highest-profile example when Mayor de Blasio said elementary schools would reopen starting Dec. 7. Source: New York Times
5 Things to Do This Weekend
By Gotham Rex on November 19, 2020
Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually or in person in New York City. Source: New York Times
Are We Losing a Generation of Children to Remote Learning?
By Gotham Rex on November 6, 2020
Leaving children to teach themselves from a sofa might be the greatest untold tragedy of the pandemic. Source: New York Times
Children Produce Weaker Coronavirus Antibodies, Study Finds
By Gotham Rex on November 5, 2020
The research suggests that children clear the infection much faster than adults and may help explain why many don’t become seriously ill. Source: New York Times
8 Things to Do This Halloween Weekend
By Gotham Rex on October 29, 2020
Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually or in person in New York City. Source: New York Times
Schoolchildren Seem Unlikely to Fuel Coronavirus Surges, Scientists Say
By Gotham Rex on October 22, 2020
Researchers once feared that school reopenings might spread the virus through communities. But so far there is little evidence that it’s happening. Source: New York Times
The Coronavirus Mostly Spares Younger Children. Teens Aren’t So Lucky.
By Gotham Rex on September 28, 2020
Younger children are about half as likely as older teenagers and adults to become infected, new studies suggest. Source: New York Times
How to Keep the Peace in a School Pod
By Gotham Rex on September 26, 2020
‘It’s important to approach this with the idea that there’s no ideal situation. If there were, we’d all be doing it.’ Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Classrooms Finally Reopen for Some Students
By Gotham Rex on September 21, 2020
Up to 90,000 children in pre-K and students with advanced disabilities went back to in-person school on Monday. Source: New York Times
36 Years Later, Police Arrest Suspect in Rape and Killing of a 14-Year-Old
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2020
Using DNA evidence, the authorities in Rochester, N.Y., said that they had charged Timothy L. Williams of Melbourne, Fla., with murdering Wendy Jerome on Thanksgiving Day in 1984. Source: New York Times
That Roof Deck Makes for a Nice One-Room Schoolhouse
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2020
Some luxury apartment buildings are offering up outdoor and indoor common spaces for at-home learning pods. Source: New York Times
Why the Coronavirus Stalks Children of Color
By Gotham Rex on September 1, 2020
Cases are rising among children everywhere. But those in minority communities are much more likely to become infected and severely ill, new data show. Source: New York Times
Older Children and the Coronavirus: A New Wrinkle in the Debate
By Gotham Rex on August 14, 2020
A new report from South Korea throws into question an earlier finding regarding transmission by older children. Source: New York Times