Jennifer and Winston Reid and their daughters. Courtesy of Jennifer Reid
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Locked out of their elementary school during COVID, Jenn Reid’s daughters struggled to adapt to the isolation of online classes, having been deprived of all peer-to-peer interaction as mandated by the lockdowns of 2020.
The mom of three described how mandates and the devastating impacts on the girls’ well-being made the family’s decision to homeschool an easy one. It also made their stake in a piece of land in Northern Alberta the logical next step to secure a natural barrier to shrinking freedoms.
Michael Wing
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Michael Wing is a writer and editor based in Calgary, Canada, where he was born and educated in the arts. He writes mainly on culture, human interest, and trending news.
