Parents make a lot of decisions on a day to day basis. By far the most challenging choice many parents are facing today is how to handle the upcoming school year in a pandemic world. I’ve been a part of many of these discussions and understand the heaviness of the decision.
Plans from schools vary greatly from district to district. They range from all virtual to all face to face. Health, safety, education, socialization, and childcare are some factors that weigh into each family’s decision. One of the hardest parts of the pandemic is not knowing the right answer. We have ideas around the best answer, ie: social distancing, masks, hand washing. But many parents, teachers, and administrators are left to sort out the social ramifications, potential setbacks in education, and continued spread of the virus.
My goal in this post is to help normalize for parents that this decision is impossible and it’s important that the decision that you make for your child is the one you feel the better-ist (yes, that’s not a word) about.
We will all get through this and say hindsight is 20/20. I think the foresight is where we are struggling. I encourage you to be empathetic to one another and allow each family to make the decision they decide is best for their family.
My second goal was to call attention to the fact that your children are smart. They are adaptable. They are resilient. No, they can’t sort this pandemic situation out on their own, they will need some support from you. But your children will adapt to this world we live in. Schools will adapt. The hard part about the pending school year is that there is a deadline for when we need to adapt by. Trust that your kid will get their needs met. Listen and pay attention to areas where they may be lacking and work to help them problem solve to get those needs met.
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