Commentary: With or without masks, our kids have surprised us with their adaptability

SINGAPORE: In the recent 9/9 online shopping extravaganza, I did something quite uncharacteristic. I actually spent a fair amount of money.

We were quite grateful for the strict government measures mandating that the kids stayed put at home, minimising their exposure to the coronavirus in public areas.Truth be told, we were also glad that the kids didn’t have to venture out of our home, when doing so required putting on a mask. In June, they went back to school after a two-month gap. This was a day of reckoning for us parents – there was no running away from our kids having to put on their face masks and shields for the entire duration in school.

Our kids were fragile, cotton-wool wrapped, inflexible children who can’t identify and protect themselves against risks – so what exactly was the school going to do about that?As we dropped our kids off to school on day one, their well-meaning and committed teachers smiled and gave us their best assurances.

In fact, come to think of it, they were more accepting and adjusting to this aspect of our “new normal” life than my wife and I were. And interestingly, science also tells us how adaptable and resilient kids are depends on one important variable: The relationships they are exposed to. Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child says that “the single most common factor for children who develop resilience is at least one stable and committed relationship with a supportive parent, caregiver, or other adult.”

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