Teens are wired to resent being stuck with parents and cut off from friends during coronavirus lockdown
Catherine Bagwell, Professor of Psychology, Oxford College, Emory University
“Can’t I just go see one friend?”
“I need to hang out with my friends.”
“You are being overprotective and unreasonable!”
Social distancing is both necessary and hard. If my Facebook news feed and anecdotal experience in my own family are at all representative of larger trends, adolescents are especially feeling the pain. Separating from others goes against basic human needs for companionship and connection that everyone feels, yet the challenge of social distancing may be especially difficult...