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March 18, 2020 - Dennis Prager Show
02:28
Are Parents and Kids Getting Along Under Quarantine?
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Well, it's a very hard question to answer.
I lament what I think has been overkill, but I'm fine.
And in life, you deal with what you're dealt, not with what you wish you were dealt.
How are you?
I'm doing great.
I'm in the comfort of my own home today, but I'm doing absolutely fantastic.
And where is your home?
I am in Pacific Palisades, a small beachside town in Los Angeles.
Nice.
Are you with your parents?
I am, yeah.
So the question is, are kids and parents getting along better these days, or are they sick of each other?
I think that's a very subjective thing right now, because currently with my family, I'm getting along just...
It's great, but I know some close friends of mine are home, stuck at home with their parents, and their parents are going insane having college-age students and high school-age students stuck in their house for 24 hours a day.
Yes, I laughed when I asked the question, but it's a serious question.
This is...
No, it really is.
People are going kind of crazy having to...
You know, deal with people they love but not necessarily want to stay around with for upwards of, you know, two weeks.
Yes, without even...
and there's nowhere to go out.
The only exception...
Yes, exactly.
The only exception I saw was in Miami Beach.
Did you see those videos?
Yeah, of the people on the beach, like it was a normal day.
Yes!
What do you say to that?
I mean, here's the thing.
I don't think everyone should be going to some level of hysteria that, you know, you should be a shut-in and not afraid to walk outside and take a walk.
But for the safety of people with compromised immune systems and people that are more elderly, I don't think that people should be...
Let's say going out and going in a big crowd, like going to a beach with hundreds or thousands of people and could potentially harm some other people that could be compromised, even if they are just a carrier there at the beach.
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