Children these days seem to be mollycoddled

Even though Covid happened five years ago, its repercussions are apparent even today. When it happened, everyone had to stay at home. There was WFH (work from home) and homeschooling. Working from home was tough at first because people were so used to seeing colleagues face to face, attending meetings, going to lunch together and generally socialising. It was tough for children too.

- Birjees Hussain

They desperately wanted to go out and meet their friends in shopping malls or ride their bikes in the streets. But that being said, one thing they were quite happy about was not having to go to school. In their immature minds, that was one giant blessing. After all, which kids actually like going to school?!

Five years later, some of these restrictions have now become a habit with many people across the world. So many employees are reluctant to return to work at the office and would prefer to continue working from home despite the many distractions they have there.

I know one woman who works in HR and she would often work in the building's public library for no reason other than the fact that she didn't feel like going into the office; at home she said her cats disturbed her. In fact, many potential employees look for companies that have the option to allow their people to work from home and, if the company doesn't, they often reject the job offer. The kids’ situation is actually worse when it comes to school.