Parents are exhausted trying to work and care for kids during the pandemic. Here's what must change.

Parents are exhausted trying to work and care for kids during the pandemic. Here's what must change.

In normal times, parenting can be simultaneously rewarding and exhausting. 

Moments of joy are followed by a meltdown, then tears, a hug, and snacks, which leads to quiet time and then play — intellectual, physical, or imaginary — when you marvel at your child, until it's dinner time and they refuse to eat anything on the table and become grouchy during bedtime until finally drifting off to sleep, but not before leaving their room to look for chapstick, use the bathroom, check on the dog, and sneak in one last hug. 

On good days, you go to bed feeling like a decent parent capable of mistakes but whose children are generally thriving.  Read more...

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via Zero Tech Blog

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