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Back to school too soon? What parents say | ZOOM Interview

Darpan News Desk, 13 May, 2020 08:07 PM

Students in the K to 12 school system in BC will be returning to school in September, with only a partial return this school year with schools opening in June and online learning happening at the moment we reached out to local parents and children on how the #COVID-19 lockdown experience has been for them.

A recent poll by Angus Reid said 53 percent of school going children miss their friends and bored was the word that consistently came up with children being at home during the #COVID-19 lockdown. Let's hear it from the parents and children themselves.

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Interviewing :- Carol Bhaskar, Working mom to 2 boys - Vishant & Shreyant Shannon Mann-Co-Founder of PinkOrchid Studio & son Jiorne Mann. Kanika Sasan- Social media influencer and mom to 2 kids aged 6 and 13. Rinku Gandhi- Working IT mom to 3 girls Gary Thandi - Executive Director of Moving Forward Family Services and dad to 2 boys, his son Jeevan Thandi

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