It's Okay to Tell Your Kids You Don't Know the Answers to Their COVID Questions

The coronavirus pandemic has already altered daily life beyond recognition. It will shape our lives for years to come, mostly in ways that are impossible to predict, let alone understand. Esquire asked twenty people to share their experiences in the first few months of the outbreak.

Altered Lives: Teachers like Lanier's Akela Leach ache for their students during pandemic

As Oklahoma public schools adopt distance learning models to both continue to educate students and protect against COVID-19, the word "distance" hits hard. Teachers like Akela Leach miss their kids fiercely. "One moment you are with these kids every single day and you become like a caretaker away from home," said Leach, a fifth grade teacher at Tulsa's Lanier Elementary, "and then you're just separated."

Lanier Elementary School students request visit from 'Daily Show' host Trevor Noah

Before comedian and cable television host Trevor Noah performs next month at the River Spirit Casino Resort in Tulsa, a group of local elementary school students are campaigning for a special in-classroom visit. Students at Lanier Elementary School, according to fifth-grade teacher Akela Leach, have been preparing to read various works from authors of various backgrounds and experiences.