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

my elder daughter is in the 1st grade. after two weeks in school, the lockdown (is israel) drew her back home. she was very sad that her promised school was taken from her so soon, and she cried a lot. school continued through the zoom - the school sent the parents a very impressive timetable with 3-4 classes a day (40 minutes - 1 hour each) - 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 she doesn't understand anything of what's being said. after the first few experiences, she refused to continue. i saw how much she suffered - it was as if she withered on her chair, 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. i'm worries that this new sense of inferiority is going to ruin her once-joyous motivation to study.