Covid Babies are Dumb Says Forbes

Covid babies are dumb, apparently. 
Cov id-Era Babies Are ‘Talking’ Less, Signaling Future Reading Challenges, by Forbes, says they are. 

Because of Covid-related disruptions, about a third of early elementary students will likely need intensive support to become proficient readers.

Starts off good.  Makes sense.  Kids weren't in school and some kind of remedial action will be required.

But then...

Now two additional studies suggest that many children born during the pandemic will also be at risk for academic failure. It seems that overburdened parents haven’t been able to engage babies and toddlers in the kind of “conversation” that is crucial for language development—and eventually, for reading.

"covid babies will have reading disabilities because parents weren't talking to them???

Seriously?

Independently, another study from Brown University’s Advanced Baby Imaging Lab found similar results. The lab has been tracking over 1700 families with young children since 2010. One year into the pandemic, researchers found that children’s average cognitive performance was the lowest it had been since the study began. A separate analysis of infants found a dramatic decline in verbal functioning in 2021, apparently because adults were initiating fewer conversational turns.

So, the cognitive performance of "covid babies" is low because parents aren't talking to them??? Because of a fake pandemic parents didn't talk to their babies???

The reasons for the decline in vocalizations and conversational turns aren’t entirely clear from the data, but the Brown study concluded that factors related to the pandemic had “by far the greatest impact on infant and toddler neurodevelopment.”

Factors related to the pandemic?  What???

This actually made it to print; Its a Forbes article. 
I'm at a loss for words.  I'm not sure how to address it.
Are they implying that there's going to be a massive decline in cognitive abilities for covid babies?  If so, are we honestly supposed to buy this BS about parents not talking to their babies?

Is there a recognized decline in cognitive ability that the public isn't being told about?

The phrase covid babies is officially a 'thing' now.  Forbes made that happen. 

a reply to: Wisenox

What a crock of ----, but Forbes knows a clickbait title when it sees one.

what's worse whoever did this study probably got a million-dollar grant for doing so.

They seem to be trying to detect patterns and statistically, you need years of data to draw definitive conclusions and they are using one or two.

All babies are dumb, who the # are they trying to troll

Babies don’t even know how to learn because they are babies and need condoms erg protection and parents


Babies are dumb be warned babies don’t even know what to do with opposable thumbs they need teachers that aren’t in drag with broni colored hair

a reply to: Wisenox

Why would it be surprising that development would be stunted if children were not socially engaged?

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
a reply to: Wisenox

Why would it be surprising that development would be stunted if children were not socially engaged?

Idk but my favorite toy when I was little was a sunshine rattle I’d throw at my older sister and then she would get screamed at for effing with me 😬

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

I consider lack of social skills and cognitive impairment to be different things.

originally posted by: Wisenox
I consider lack of social skills and cognitive impairment to be different things.

Lack of socialization can certainly lead to cognitive issues. If you aren't readily socializing with people at a young age you sure as hell aren't going to develop the mental abilities to process all of the unique circumstances that arise while you are maturing.

a reply to: Wisenox

Try watching JEOPARDY with a covid baby.
They don't know S#it!

I'm sure the shutdowns had no contribution to this, amirite?

Shouldn’t it be the opposite, parents were around more during the scamdemic lockdowns, so babies would have had more interaction ? If there’s any truth to this study, it’s probably more about adults being plugged into cellphone’s, etc. and not interacting with their kids. Masks were also All Bad, especially for kids !

I haven't read the article yet, but the thought occurred to me that perhaps these babies were exposed to the SARS CoV2 virus and that caused this impairment. Perhaps this study is trying to blame parents for lack of attention and improper nurturing to deflect from the real cause (whatever that might be).

I don't believe any report I read now and have come to realize that everything really is a conspiracy.

The babies are dumb because the their parents are dumb.

I had a baby during the pandemic. No masks were to be worn when around him so that he would see and understand peoples faces.

The biggest downside is the programmes like swimming, library use, day care, kid camps ect are all hit and miss and many still have covid closures so getting the kids socializing is harder then usual. However there are plenty of like minded folks with who we set up play dates.

Lots of stupid kids out there always has been because there are lots of stupid parents.

a reply to: Wisenox

originally posted by: IAMTAT
a reply to: Wisenox

Try watching JEOPARDY with a covid baby.
They don't know S#it!

LMAO🤣🤣!!!

Whoever this Forbes writer is, I bet their job will be in Jeopardy.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: Wisenox
I consider lack of social skills and cognitive impairment to be different things.

Lack of socialization can certainly lead to cognitive issues. If you aren't readily socializing with people at a young age you sure as hell aren't going to develop the mental abilities to process all of the unique circumstances that arise while you are maturing.

Like puppies!! Who knew there would be similarities?


~~sneaking out quietly now~~

a reply to: snowspirit

Yeah, well, we are both social creatures and need that interaction for positive mental growth so the comparison is apt.

a reply to: Wisenox

Yes, not engaging with a baby can stunt their mental development.

If you want to see what happens in extreme cases, look up the case of Genie from the 1970. Her father essentially kept her isolated for the first 13 years of her life. Since she was never really exposed to language she never learned to talk.

a reply to: Wisenox

Almost like an Alien Invasion, first weaken the native population then enslave them.


BUT


This is home grown.

The elite may as well be Evil Aliens, they want there children to become dynasty's but the educated mass of the population is more of often than not throwing out superbly intelligent children that surpass there own, there school's and secret society's can then only keep control for so long before losing it.

The answer destroy the intelligence of the NON Elite, make them into a slave workforce of subservient sheep.

They have been doing this one way or another through food additives, water additives and even chemical spraying from planes such as the Lithium sprayed over population centres and there are rumours they even used EM frequency to manipulate people's mood's etc but the problem with this is it can also affect them the very elite whom wanted to use this to maintain control.

So the Answer is to get as many people as possible to take a vaccine that has adverse reactions, that may actually transcribe into the DNA and permanently mutate and create a SUB class of humans that fit the bill for perfectly subservient dumb workers and SHEEP while taking placebos themselves.

But I am not suggesting that is what happened here, everyone has there own mind - at least unless they already got to them eh!.

a reply to: Wisenox

Covid Babies are Dumb Says Forbes

Have you looked around?

I say dumb babies have been occurring far longer than covid ever came into play.

Let's be clear -- Forbes didn't say anything -- Natalie Wexler, a senior contributor did.

And here is her book (published 2019): "The Knowledge Gap: The hidden cause of America's broken education system--and how to fix it".

The untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis--and the seemingly endless cycle of multigenerational poverty.

It was only after years within the education reform movement that Natalie Wexler stumbled across a hidden explanation for our country's frustrating lack of progress when it comes to providing every child with a quality education. The problem wasn't one of the usual scapegoats: lazy teachers, shoddy facilities, lack of accountability. It was something no one was talking about: the elementary school curriculum's intense focus on decontextualized reading comprehension "skills" at the expense of actual knowledge. In the tradition of Dale Russakoff's The Prize and Dana Goldstein's The Teacher Wars, Wexler brings together history, research, and compelling characters to pull back the curtain on this fundamental flaw in our education system--one that fellow reformers, journalists, and policymakers have long overlooked, and of which the general public, including many parents, remains unaware.

see what I mean