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Corona lockdown: schools continue to close - expert warns of massive psychological consequences and gives a terrifying example

2021-01-25T15:37:30.210Z


The debate about the closure of schools is an important topic in the corona lockdown. The neurobiologist Gerald Hüther warns of the possible consequences for children.


The debate about the closure of schools is an important topic in the corona lockdown.

The neurobiologist Gerald Hüther warns of the possible consequences for children.

  • According to the latest resolution of the 

    federal-state consultations

    the

    schools should

    "generally"

    remain

    closed until February 14th

    .

  • Neurobiologist

    Gerald Hüther

    warns of the consequences for

    children

    .

  • A year leaves as many traces in the brain of a 7-year-old as ten years in the brain of a 70-year-old, the expert explained.

Cologne - Dealing with

schools

and

daycare centers

- probably one of the biggest and most important issues at stake in the deliberations of Chancellor

Angela Merkel

and the Prime Minister in the

corona pandemic *

.

The politicians have to

weigh

up between the containment of the

coronavirus *

and the

long-term impairment

of children and young people through closings.

The latest resolution of the 

federal-state consultations 

provides for

schools to be

"generally" closed

until February 14th

or for the mandatory attendance to be suspended.

However, each federal state continues to decide for itself how to implement this decision.

The chairwoman of the Conference of Ministers of Education, 

Britta Ernst

, now considers the first school

openings

to be possible at the beginning of February, if not completely.

Schools in corona lockdown: Expert warns of consequences for children

A step that neurobiologist

Gerald Hüther

should take.

He said in an interview with the

Germany radio

that children in the

school

not only to learn, but there also their deepest

needs

, for example, by

friendship

and common

games

live.

According to the expert, adults often have 

too little understanding of

what suppressing these needs in

corona lockdown *

triggers.

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The classrooms in Germany are empty during the corona lockdown.

(Symbol image)

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Britta Pedersen

The needs are "built over with inhibitory circuits" in the brain in

order to be able to deal

with the ongoing

social restrictions

.

Children would

be able to cope better with the restrictions, but

at some point they would no longer feel

the

need

, says

Hüther

.

“The

children

try to please us

adults

.

If you tell them, (...) You are no longer allowed to hold grandma in your arms, then grandma no longer takes it in your arms.

And if that is the case for six months, then

the grandma no longer wants to hug it

”, so the terrifying example of the neurobiologist.

Schools in corona lockdown: "Closed for far too long"

"

Basically,

children

do not

develop all of their

abilities

by being taught, but by

trying

them out in a

playful way

, together with others," explained the expert.

The

most important learning area is

therefore the

schools

.

These have been closed "for far too long," criticized

Hüther

.

Because:

One year leaves as many traces in the brain of a 7-year-old as ten years in the brain of a 70-year-old

, according to the neurobiologist.

According to the expert, the

public debate about

school closings

during the

corona pandemic *

revolves too much about the

needs of working parents

and about skills for later professional practice.

However, the

interests of the children

are

hardly taken into account

, criticized Hüther.

"I have great fears that a generation of young people will grow up here who can no longer remember - because they have not even experienced it - how nice it was - to be alive as a child."

(Ph) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editorial network

Source: merkur

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