Parenting in a Pandemic
Parenting during a pandemic is … weird. You know that part in Anchorman where Ron yells - while drinking warm milk - that he’s in a glass case of emotion? Some days I feel like that, but without the milk, because #rationyourgroceries. Parenting with all the kids at home is a thing, but it’s a normal thing. Parenting at home with all the kids during a worldwide pandemic along with basically a public shutdown is a whole new ball game, one we’ve never experienced in my lifetime. It seems like we are constantly walking this line between cool &calm and freaking the fork out, and I slip from one side to the other fairly regularly. It actually takes a lot of work to find your balance again in the middle, continuing forward with the right amount of caution and concern along with perspective and positivity. We’ve all said this stuff; we’ve all felt it; we’ve all read it in articles that we’ve posted and nodded along to and said “see? Yes, that’s what I’m feeling.” But I think ...