Young people hit contact restrictions the most
Lisa Weidner studied German and sociology and completed several journalistic internships. She is a volunteer at Hubert Burda Media Verlag and writes for the "Meine Familie und Ich" magazine and on nutrition and health topics.
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In daycare centers and schools, young people also learn social skills - and attending educational institutions is important in order to at least compensate for unequal opportunities as much as possible. Contact with people of the same age is psychologically essential, especially for people growing urine and young adults. Therefore, according to experts, far-reaching anti-corona measures can have particularly serious effects on children and young people.
According to experts, school closings and contact restrictions could hit children and young people particularly hard. The professional association of paediatricians therefore warned of several negative consequences.
According to experts, children are not the most important spreaders of the coronavirus, said the vice-president of the association, Sigrid Peter, on Tuesday in the ZDF "Morgenmagazin". She regretted that there was no uniform requirement for wearing masks. Your association recommends this from the age of six with exceptions for chronically ill and disabled children. "We see this as a good option to be able to continue the schooling, which is absolutely necessary."
High risk for disadvantaged children
Daycare centers and schools are places where skills can be acquired, including socio-emotional skills, said Peter. If this is no longer guaranteed, disadvantaged children in particular are exposed to enormous risks and left behind. In the first Corona lockdown in spring, it was also seen that domestic violence and weight problems (such as obesity) are on the rise.
The federal and state governments postponed their decisions on how to proceed in the corona pandemic on Monday until next week. The situation at the schools was an important point in the deliberations. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) said in the evening after a video conference lasting several hours that the majority of the federal states have spoken out against additional legal changes at this point in time.
Private get-togethers with acquaintances and relatives should, however, be limited to "a permanent household" after an appeal by the federal and state governments. This also applies to children and young people. Citizens should refrain from private celebrations. In the paper from Monday evening, the original suggestion that children and young people should only meet with a boyfriend or girlfriend in their free time was missing.
Cliques contribute to identity development
In general, contact restrictions affect younger people up to about 35 years of age harder than older people, said the psychologist and book author Ulrike Scheuermann of the German Press Agency. "There are now various studies showing that younger people in general are more upset by the contact restrictions."
And it affects young people in particular. "It may be even easier for younger children," said Scheuermann. Later, the influencing clique is decisive. "With adolescents or young adults, it is precisely this" peer group "that is central, which also contributes to the development of identity."
Education associations have criticized the federal and state governments for postponing further anti-corona measures in schools. "Now is not the time to wipe sensible, targeted proposals off the table," said the chairman of the Education and Science Union (GEW), Marlis Tepe, of the editorial network Germany on Tuesday. She showed incomprehension about the fact that federal states resisted alternating classes. This is easy to implement for pupils from lower secondary level.
The President of the German Teachers' Association, Heinz-Peter Meidinger, has also criticized the postponement of resolutions on further corona measures in schools. "I fear that the adjustments will now come too late, and I warn against school closings as a final consequence," he told the "Rheinische Post" on Tuesday. (lw / dpa)
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