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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

<strong> my elder daughter is in the 1st grade. after two weeks in school, the lockdown (is israel) drew her back home.</strong> she was very sad that her promised school was taken from her so soon, and<strong> she cried a lot. </strong> school continued through the zoom -<strong> the school sent the parents a very impressive timetable with 3-4 classes a day (40 minutes - 1 hour each)</strong> - but not all 6-years-old kids survived this fancy timetable. my daughter didn't. i sat with her for a few hours, and then realized that<strong> she doesn't understand anything</strong> of what's being said. <strong> after the first few experiences, she refused</strong> to continue. i saw how much she suffered - <strong> it was as if she withered on her chair,</strong> she couldn't hold her head up; and she pressed her eyes so hard she almost bruised herself - so i didn't force her to continue. now, a month and a half later, school is about to resume, and i'm worried. i taught her some by myself, as much as i could, but the teacher swept forward, and taught through the zoom reading, writing, and arithmetic, leaving behind all the "zoom-disabled" kids. school now made her a "problematic" student just because she didn't get alone with the zoom. <strong> i'm worries that this new sense of inferiority is going to ruin her once-joyous motivation to study.</strong>