The joy of a child

Last weekend I went for a swim with a 7-year-old child. The boy could not contain his enthusiasm. "This is the happiest day of the quarantine," he said again and again as he dove into the water off an inflatable mattress shaped like a slice of watermelon. It was a feeling of pure, unadulterated joy that made me ask myself, now that Greece has managed to contain the number of new coronavirus cases and deaths, are there really any parents out there who still do not want to send their kids back to school? Are there really any parents who do not realize how crucial it is for their children's mental health to return to school, even if it is only for a few, shorter days per week in half-empty classrooms?
 
If the lockdown has made adults (with all their supposed experience in crisis management) depressed, stressed and anxious, I don't even want to imagine what is going on in...

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