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Letter to Parents During the Pandemic: YOUR best IS the best.
Published at August 10, 2021
According to a United Nations agency, nearly 1.5 billion children around the world are no longer attending school due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Families are scrambling to adjust to a new world order that has put most households in crisis mode. In addition to concern and worry over social distancing, protecting loved ones, and evading the novel coronavirus, the situation is compounded with life changes like telework, job loss, job insecurity, food scarcity, and self-quarantine.
As a mom of five children, the past few weeks being a juggling act is an extreme understatement. Like most parents, handling family needs for the pandemic has now reached an apex with the addition of supporting my children while their schools are now closed for the remainder of the school year. My weekdays now include the responsibilities of facilitating at-home learning which includes reading and explaining assignments, providing tech support for video conferencing and multiple apps, helping submit assignments digitally, and also acting as a pseudo physical education, music, and art teacher. Every core teacher and resource specialist has provided work for my kids to continue their learning during this time. Outside of school, my children had multiple activities like piano lessons and martial arts which now have scheduled video conferencing lessons. I thought it wasn’t possible, but life seems even more hectic than before.
Everything is still a work in progress, but so far there are a few lessons I have learned that have brought me some peace of mind in this situation. Hopefully some of these can lessen any anxieties that you may have too.
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