An Ignoble Experiment: Hard Times

Wilma Rudolph was 20th of 22 children born into extreme poverty.

Glenn Cunningham was severely burned as an 7-year-old in a fire that took his brother’s life.

Jim Abbott was born without a hand.

What do these folks have in common and why are they important to consider in the era of COVID-19 Back-to-School?

When this pandemic thing got started back in March, someone said to me that this generation of young people is experiencing its first real hardship. And that’s probably true. All the social distancing and restrictions associated with COVID-19, especially the changes in the school year, are hard. Children miss their friends and their teachers. Teachers miss their students. Parents miss having the children in school. Especially now, when the air is usually full of expectation for a new school year and all its associated activities, it’s hard.

But does “hard” always have to be bad—at least in terms of its outcome on our kids?

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