Best ways to support children and yourself during this difficult time

Published:
June 23, 2020

Many of us are having to take on multiple roles playing parent, employee, and teacher for children in our care. We are not meant to play all these roles at once even when things are “normal.”

It is especially difficult to parent 24/7 with no support system. We are unable to reach for family, friends, and childcare that sustained us prior to the pandemic. We are having to come to terms with being unable to ‘do it all’—it is physically impossible to be the best parent and best employee and all this while managing intense emotion from you and your child around a global pandemic.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers some ways to best support your children throughout this time: https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/stress-coping/help-children-cope/index.html

Tags: COVID-19, Parenting, Family relationships, Coping skills, Emotional regulation, Self-compassion