Just like copaganda, promotion of stories like this can be used as part of the effort to convince parents to push for in-person school and sports. Those doing that have a vested interest in “getting back to normal” as soon as possible. The issues of mental and physical health are too often ignored in the face of that.
This story could be used as a cautionary tale on a few points. The loss of school part makes me wonder if young children are still taught how to be OK alone vs. needing external influences to keep them interested, entertained, thinking, or happy. Are people warned about promoting or enabling kids to pursue a singular interest, rather than encouraging a broad range of activities and interests? It’s part of a larger societal and educational problem. Rather than examining and changing it, they just want to pick it up again right where they left off.
