I don't know if you sense a theme in these posts yet but this one article's pretty direct: PBS: Parenting During Coronavirus: You Are Enough.
(Spolier alert: it's tre)
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NPR recently shared an illustrated guide for taking care of yourself (the author called it "showing up for yourself." An important thing for caretakers of young children to remember right now.
The K-5 Greenbrier social worker, Julie Silva, watched a webinar with Dr. Lisa Damour titled "Managing Stress, Anxiety, and Parenting Under Covid-19."
She shares her notes on her blog here. I've also pasted her notes below to save you a click. Below are a number of key takeaways from the webinar. Managing Anxiety
Parenting under Covid-19 Pressures
Handling a Meltdown in 9, yes 9, easy steps! (It hopefully won't take all 9 but they are there if you need them!)
Positive Coping Strategies for All We as adults must do these things for ourselves in order to protect our children. We can ask ourselves and our children, "What do you need to do to feel better?"
Reassurance A question was asked about reassuring a child if a parent is a front line worker (or just going out in public). Dr. Damour stressed the importance of honesty and the need to find "the lyrics and the tune." Be honest. For example, "I take every precaution at work because I know it is important for my health." Most importantly, we need to avoid promising what we cannot deliver. That is the lyrics part. For the tune, keep upbeat, positive, and confident. Our children pick up on our subtle messages. As parents, our stress and anxieties can feed children's stress and anxieties. Thank you, Julie, for sharing!!! Here is a social story about video chatting (looking at the screen, taking turns talking, etc) that will hopefully be useful for video chatting with extended family and participating in classroom Zoom sessions.
Al's Pal's is a social emotional learning curriculum that is used in many preschool settings. Many of our EC teachers were trained and used to use this program in our classrooms too!
They have created some wonderful videos for children including:
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