One month into quarantine, kids are unionizing

Since the start of lockdown, there have been plenty of stories about teachers adjusting to teaching online. how young adults are struggling to work from their parents’ home and even how pets are handling the adjustment. But now there’s another, unexpected reaction to spending too much time at home — this time from kids, some of whom appear to have started unionizing. Farhad Manjoo, an opinion columnist for the New York Times, shared his kids’ list of demands — concluded with a threat of war — on Twitter. “We would like to have some power in this house. Example: Control bedtime, how long our walks are, when we get to watch TV. If you do not sign we will declare war on the parents”. Twitter users noted that it looked like the kids had crossed out “when we get to watch TV,” perhaps because the walk issue was more pressing. It’s unclear whether the walks the family has been taking are too long or too short. The note inspired other parents to share what their kids have been writing to them. “Mine have gone full police state and are now ticketing us for infractions”. “We offered our son a per-bag fee for bagging leaves and moving the bags to the curb and he taped this to a stick and marched around the yard with it and he’s now a labor organizer”. “man can i empathize”. Even though Manjoo’s kids only had two demands, he confirmed that no one ended up signing the contract