...all our neighbor’s nine-year-old son wants to do is stay inside and play video games....never wants to interact with an of his classmates, and in fact, on those rare occasions when he does go outside it is never without a mask (”Mommy, mommy ! where’s my mask...!!??”)... shameful....
Sounds like his parents are poor excuses for parents.
“never wants to interact with an of his classmates”
There have always been introverts, even before video games were invented. The ability of people to plug into a virtual world 24 hours a day does probably make it less likely that introverts will successfully develop those crucial social skills though.
After two years of this COVID crappe I’m going back to the office on Monday and have to wonder what it’ll be like to see people again.
I can only imagine what it’s been like for kids going back to school.