I teach about 100 kids a day. It is incredible how much damage we are doing to children without our nonsense rules and regulations. The general stress level, sustained for this long, is hugely damaging. Especially for the poor bastards who have parents who buy in to the nonsense. A couple weeks ago I had a kid break down because his grandmother died and his mom wouldn't let him go to the funeral. He hadn't seen her since Christmas 2019.

If we don't live in a free state, it really sucks for us adults. We are doing real and lasting damage to our children's mental state with draconian and nonsense rules. Most kids around here plainly see the hypocrisy and blatant lies and know they are suffering harm for no reason.