New story in Health from Time: ‘This Will Push Many People Over the Edge,’ Parents Warn as Hong Kong Closes Schools Until April Over Coronavirus Fears
(Bloomberg) — The emails are piling up, office queries need attention, and Jackie Yang’s kids won’t leave her alone. “‘Mom, I don’t know how to log on to the computer;’ ‘Mom, help me print out my paper.’ Imagine hearing ‘Mom!’ every minute. I’m just up to my neck,” said Yang, who works for a Chinese bank in risk control. For Yang and thousands of other parents in Hong Kong, the past few months have been nothing but frustration. The city’s school-aged children are expected to miss about 13 weeks of classes due to government-mandated shutdowns, first because of anti-government protests , now for the coronavirus outbreak . On top of that are the fees; tuition in one of the world’s most expensive cities can cost upwards of $20,000 a year. Read more: The Coronavirus Outbreak Could Derail Xi Jinping’s Dreams of a Chinese Century “My eldest was just screaming at home,” said insurance rep Jade Yang (no relation to Jackie) when she heard Tuesday that Hong Kong had extended th