Parenting in the pandemic

March 6, 2021 Karen 25 comments

Both children and parents are having to learn to cope in these strange circumstances:

Try to get children out on the daily walk as part of your routine, as that will help with everyone’s well being and mindfulness.

Making the daily walk more interesting here

You may have to be more disciplined with children during the lockdown, as they will take advantage if you let them; stick to their usual bedtime routine here ( don’t be tempted to let them stay up later because you don’t have to go to work, if you are working from home now) – no one will benefit from being tired.

Also keep an eye on what they are eating; too many sugary snacks will make blood sugars rise which won’t help behaviour.

Try to get the whole family to eat healthily.

Talk to children about going back to school next week; explain about the virus and how to keep safe here

Tell them that they will be able to see their friends again while at school.

As children are pretty resilient they will soon get back into the routine of the school week if you handle it in a calm manner.

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Remember that there is light at the end of this long tunnel now that we are being vaccinated and things will get better and back to a near normal in the not too distant future. Talking to children in a calm manner will get us all through this.

As always questions and comments are welcome.

Until next time.

Karen

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25 Comments on “Parenting in the pandemic

  1. I don’t have any children, but I definitely can attest to the importance of a normal bedtime and getting up in the morning routine. It certainly helps me even though I’m unemployed. I also lov e your idea of a daily walk. Visiting from #MischiefAndMemories

  2. I agree that routine is very important even if you don’t have any need for a routine. We also do daily walks but are struggling on the snack front! It’s hard to provide a variety that is healthy but also something your child wants to eat.

    Katrina x
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  3. The main way that parenting has changed for me is the increase of time together in tandem with the completion of home learning. Tricky! Thanks for linking up with #MischiefAndMemories

  4. With only one children we found it incredibly hard because she craved the socialisation of other children. We made sure that we went outside everyday and we played as much as we could. It wasn’t easy.

  5. It’s been mad year for sure. But fingers crossed, everything is starting to improve now. I’ve had my vaccinations, hubby has had one of them, and we found that definitely helped Rowan feel better about everything.
    Thank you for sharing with #AdventureCalling

    1. We have had both vaccines too, I am keeping everything crossed that things will get back to normal soon.Thanks for sharing your experience

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