Opinion: Our children are watching us closely now
A pithy little exercise made the rounds on Twitter recently that went something like this: Your quarantine name is the last thing you ate plus the last name of the author of the book you are currently reading.That is funny but it’s also ironic because, when I fried up the bacon that morning, I counted the slices carefully. Two pieces for everyone.. If you take your time and savor them, you can trick yourself into thinking you’re eating more.
Sign up for our Coronavirus Updates newsletter to track the outbreak. All stories linked in the newsletter are free to access. Young minds are like sponges, absorbing how we handle uncertainty, tumult and a loss of control. Everyone in the family is working from home, which means the kids now have a front-row seat to who we really are as we spar with co-workers, yawn through Zoom sessions and try to remain civil with the person answering questions on the unemployment helpline.
in an escalating spiral. But this is where we need to remember that while we are watching the deluge, our young people — whether they are in college or kindergarten — are calculating how we watch and respond to this moment.
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