Since the start of lockdown, therehave been plenty of stories aboutteachers adjusting to teaching online.how young adults are struggling towork from their parents’ home and evenhow pets are handling the adjustment.But now there’s another, unexpected reaction tospending too much time at home — this time from kids,some of whom appear to have started unionizing.Farhad Manjoo, an opinion columnist for theNew 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 ourwalks are, when we get to watch TV.
If you donot sign we will declare war on the parents”.Twitter users noted that it looked like the kidshad crossed out “when we get to watch TV,” perhapsbecause the walk issue was more pressing.It’s unclear whether the walks the familyhas been taking are too long or too short.The note inspired other parents to sharewhat their kids have been writing to them.“Mine have gone full police state andare now ticketing us for infractions”.“We offered our son a per-bag fee for baggingleaves and moving the bags to the curb and hetaped this to a stick and marched around theyard with it and he’s now a labor organizer”.“man can i empathize”.Even though Manjoo’s kids onlyhad two demands, he confirmed thatno one ended up signing the contract
