Kids need to know that it’s okay to not be okay.
Sure, some kids may thrive on keeping things as “normal” as possible. For the ones that don’t, for the kids that need to chill out and decompress or spend more time playing with their favorite toys, we need to allow them that. Giving grace to our kids is recognizing what is going to make them feel the most secure right now.
Right now I’m saying fuck the color-coded schedules. We’re literally just taking this day by day. If my son are in the mood for formal instruction, then I’ll sit him down to do some homework. But if all we do in a particular day is change out of our pajamas, that’s okay too. To me, the most important thing is that my son is feeling safe and supported during such uncertain times.
Talking to my son that night, I let myself be vulnerable too. I told him that I miss the way our life was a few weeks ago. And right now I’m willing to do whatever it takes to make him feel happiness. Some days that looks like him doing a half hour of schoolwork and coloring. Other days that looks like letting him watchall day. We’re just taking it one day at a time. No one knows what the hell they’re doing right now, and that’s fine. We don’t need to keep pretending that this is easy.
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