Five Tips to Help Parents and Children Survive Time off from School and at Home (guest post by Cindy McKinley Alder)
🌟 5 Tips for Surviving This Time off of School and in the House! 🌟 To be sure, this is an unprecedented time, and an unusual break from school. Your kids might feel frustrated they aren’t getting to go to school, see their friends, and engage in their favorite sports and activities right now. But every time your family chooses to stay home, help your kids see that they are actually being brave and helpful. You can help your kids think of this time not like a punishment, but rather like they are giving their community a great gift. Staying home, as many are, is a true act of solidarity. It’s a sacrifice they can give so that nurses, doctors, and all those for whom it is not possible to stay home and protected (from first responders to grocery store personnel, and many, many others) can continue to do their jobs and keep the rest of us safe and keep our lives as normal as possible. Here are a few ideas from an article I wrote about stopping Summer Slide and from my boo