By Theresa Vargas, The Washington Post, September 26, 2020
A 13-year-old girl sits in her home on the Northwest side of the nation’s capital, taps on her screen to get to class — and feels relieved.
Relieved that she doesn’t have to sling her backpack over her shoulder and say goodbye to her mom and little sister.
Relieved that at the end of the school day, she doesn’t have to walk home alone.
“She was the type of child, you could put her in the middle of a crowd and by the time you would pick her up, she’s cool with everyone and has friends,” the girl’s mother says. “I feel she’s lost some of that. She doesn’t want to go anywhere now without me.”
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