I think that one legacy of the pandemic is that a lot of parents took learning into their own hands. One example of this is the phenomenon of the 'learning pod', where a group of parents (presumably observing quarantine and social distancing protocols) shared the duties of providing supplemental education for their children. It wasn't always smooth sailing. Some were simply too expensive. Where parents did it themselves they found it a lot of work and time consuming, not to mention a source of disagreements about how best to protect children in a pandemic. From my admittedly distant perspective, I don't see a whole lot of difference between these and more widely accessible formats such as the Scouting movement, Boys and Girls clubs, 4H, and similar programs.
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