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From Wondery, I'm Stephen Johnson.

And this is Fighting Coronavirus.

Since the beginning of this podcast, we've been asking you, our listeners, to write in

with suggestions for topics for us to cover on this show.

A good number of you wrote in with questions and concerns about what lasting effects this

pandemic might have on our education system.

And really, on our kids' development.

This is something I've been thinking about a lot myself as the parent of three teenagers.

It's everything from profound questions like, how do I talk to my kids about a mass tragedy

like the COVID-19 pandemic all the way to the more prosaic questions?

Like, is it healthy for a growing brain to play Minecraft or Call of Duty for nine

straight hours?

So, whether you have kids in preschool or teenagers about to head off to college, it's

difficult to predict how this disruption might impact their trajectories.

To dig into some of the challenges educators are facing today, and what they're anticipating

for tomorrow, we have Anya Kaminets on the show this week.

She's an education correspondent for NPR and the author of several books about education

and parenting.

Her most recent book, The Art of Screen Time, is a don't panic guide for parents looking

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