Starting 2022 from Tranquility Island

Starting 2022 from Tranquility Island

-I don’t know- are three words I’ve had to repeat to my kids more often than I’ve liked to since the pandemic started. Every time I pull this ace out of my sleeve like an experienced magician, a knot in my stomach tightens. These three words usually mean that uncertainty is knocking at my door like an unsolicited visitor I’ve feared all my life.

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The Challenges of Parenting in times of a Pandemic

The Challenges of Parenting in times of a Pandemic

My dining room is now a classroom. My phone screen transports me to fitness studios and ballet classes. My family gatherings now happen on my laptop. My kitchen has transformed into an industrial dining room where customers eat all day. My day is saturated with an absurd number of messages, memes, informative videos of dubious origin and jokes, for which I feel immensely grateful. And something as simple as going to the supermarket has become a titanic feat of survival where my only armor is a face mask and a pair of gloves.

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