"Det er som at vente på et tog, der bliver ved med at være forsinket"

- Coronatid fra et unge perspektiv

Abstract

In the article, we are concerned with the challenges faced by young people during the corona pandemic. We focus on young people aged 15-19 who we usually think of as 'on their way out of the family', but who due to social restrictions are 'sent home in the family space'. Based on Corona as a 'break with the obvious' and with everyday life and time as central analytical categories, we focus on the corona time from the perspective of young people - understood as the different times or movements that the pandemic constitutes, and as everyday time - what it meant for the young people's everyday life to replace a social life outside the family with home life and online school. The corona crisis brought more conflicts in the family, worries, social deprivation but also more peace, nearness, presence and new thoughts about the future. In the article, we point to ambiguities, dilemmas, and movements over time in the young people's accounts of what the pandemic has brought about in terms of vulnerabilities and (new) strengths in their everyday lives. Finally, we relate our analyses to current discussions about young people's ill/well-being and the conditions of youth life.

Keywords:

Corona, youth life, everyday life, experiences of time