While other countries hold press conferences for children, we ... are not even named

    While other countries hold press conferences for children, we ... are not even named

    The result of the unfortunate confrontation with other countries is under the eyes of the most prudent: the children in the intentions of our politicians are not there.

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    Beyond the renewal of parental leave and the extension of the babysitter bonus, the new DPCM does not address the problem of children. It is not possible to entrust them into the hands of grandparents. The schools are closed. Who is looking after them now that their parents will go back to work? And what will be the consequences of such a long imprisonment?





    Wholesale? There is. Motor activity? There is. Funeral? Mashed potato. Also the takeaway and construction sites, Deo gratias. And the children? Ah, yes, the children! So, let me reread ... no, what mucolytic puppies should do at an early age in this suspended period there is no trace. At the new live speech of the Premier on Sunday evening the great absent are they, with all the cucuzzaro of parents, uncles, grandparents and all the vertical descendants who will further suffer the damage of this phase two which is not so much.

    And, allow us, the parallel with the other countries takes place at a speed equal to that of an embolus and the result of the ominous comparison is under the eyes of the most astute: the children are not there. And the feeling is that a generation is being left suspended.

    It is true that, wanting to bother Istat, the average number of children per woman is 1,29 and that the natural turnover of the population is practically compromised (there are more elderly than creatures), but children exist and it has been since the end of February that families with following children live in authentic limbo, made up of strangled proclamations and half-finished sentences, of “yes, we're working on it” and (good?) intentions that have ended up in oblivion.

    The point is this. Rereading the 21 pages of the new Dpcm (excluding the attachments) signed last night by Conte, the only points from which we can deduce a more than implied reference to the very young are the letters f, k and m of article 1. The first excludes any "outdoor play or recreational activity" and allows, with a companion for minors and the disabled, sports or motor activities in outdoor spaces, as long as with the necessary distances; the letter k reaffirms the closure of schools and the letter m says that school leaders must activate the much infamous distance teaching.



    Stop. Then we get lost in the sea of ​​permits, production activities granted and not granted, prevention measures and even talk of cruise ships.

    HERE you will find the complete DPCM.

    But how families should understand, what our children should think, how they feel in this forgotten boat, how parents who do not work now, who will work in schools that are still closed, who will have only one income, should think even in the long term, who do not know where to put the patches, no, that nothing.

    Asked by a reporter during last night's press conference on what will happen when parents have to go back to work, given that the school will remain closed because "there is no risk of a new diffusion", the Prime Minister limited himself to saying that parental leave and baby sitter bonuses will be extended, without going into the real problem.

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    Just as much remained vague on the real interventions on schools and universities, reiterating only the "great efforts of the government" and that the Minister of Education Lucia Azzolina "is working incessantly, with the continuous consultation of the scientific committee, to restart everything since September".

    But if the school does not reopen in September, or does not reopen for everyone, is there a plan B, Mr. President? And, in the meantime, Mr. President, did you think that this "distance learning" is watering everywhere? And he thought that mothers and fathers in smart working at home (when they have a job) are taken by the Turks at the very thought of assisting the little ones while they read about the Punic Wars?



    In many homes there is no time, or, even worse, there are no skills and no tools (and I am thinking of the most remote of computers).

    The truth is that, dear President, mothers and fathers would love to hear an empathic little word. Small bonuses and half parental leave are not enough. Unspoken words or glossed speeches are no longer acceptable at the close of the schools that are now confused in the mists of time.

    A little we would like to know that politics is not so abstract, that through that screen our children too have a word for them. "How are you kids? Really believe it, here the big guys are working to make sure everything really goes well ".

    It doesn't take long, Mr. President, because this political effort has a direction also towards the little ones, which winks at them, which makes them feel the backbone of this country. They are our future, and they must believe they can count on the institutions.

    Perhaps we borrow the experience of other countries. We borrow the practical sense of other (e) Premieres, their sweet address to children. She had already bewitched us the first New Zealand minister when at Easter she had declared that certainly the Easter bunny continued to work in times of pandemic:

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    Now, let's put another random example: in Finland the first minister Marin and Minister of Science and Culture Hanna Korhonen personally answered questions posed by children aged 7 to 12. The children's questions were excellent and their concerns real:
    "When can we go back to school?"
    "Can we go swimming in the summer?"
    "What's going to happen with our spring festival?"
    "When will we meet our grandparents?"
    "Is the situation in Finland good?"
    "Is it fair that some children can sleep longer than others at a distance?"

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    As well as in Norway, the first Norwegian minister, Erna Solberg, had the idea of ​​using the television to speak directly with the children of her country, holding a press conference dedicated to them. She answered questions from children from all over Norway:

    Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg holds press conference for children, reassuring about COVID-19 fears

    It is not a cloying question, nor is there any talk of complacency, nor is it required to make dull speeches here.. On the one hand, families, adults, need to know that there are practical measures on which to rely in the long / very long term, on the other hand, children are experiencing a paradoxical situation and will experience other hardships if their parents do not have to put the bread on the table (and then yes they will be traumatized).

    A different commitment can also pass through simple words addressed precisely to the little ones at the right time.

    Sources: DPCM / Istat

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