Opinion: Child abuse is one of many unseen harms from shutting down America’s schools
Tick tock, tick tock.
In elementary school, my friend Krystal (not her real name) kept a perpetual clock running in her head. When she was at home, she would count down the minutes until she could come back to school. School was a safe haven for her, a place of comfort where she was shielded from the abuse she witnessed and experienced daily.
