Our school district is once again giving us the option to choose between in person and remote learning. Â This time when we consider all the variables we feel in person is best choice for our family. Â It's ironic, I feel reasonably confident about this decision just as I was back in November when we made the opposite choice. Â Both were the right choice (or perhaps more accurately least wrong choice) at the time. Â Yet both times I developed a seemingly never ending stress headache from all the anxiety. Â
Our kids are too young to be vaccinated and delta is hitting kids harder than the original alpha strain. I read a stat recently that more kids are on ventilators now than during the winter. It’s still low odds, but not zero. I worry about the possible waning immunity for Domingo and I. I worry about the logistics of returning to in person school. The schools are going to send kids home with the slightest signs of sniffles (which they should) but that’s going to mean a lot of home days and running back and forth to pick up kids. I also worry that with the increase in cases the school will shut down again and we'll be right back to where we started.
On the other hand, if we choose remote again we're in for another full school year without socialization, even though vaccinations for young kids are coming in just a few months. It's another full year where Alexis' teacher can't help her work on her pencil grip, or writing her letters the right away. Another full year where science becomes mostly video watching and not hands on for Nicole. Another full year of fighting internet connection issues and computer problems. Another full year of constant stress and frustrations and feeling not good enough.
Parenting during a pandemic sucks, y'all. Sending love to anyone else whose struggling out there, parent or no.
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2020-09-24
Overheard this morning
Nicole to Alexis: Mommy really needs to get work done. We should try to do more stuff on our own.
Alexis: ðŸ‘
They really tried, too. The problem is Alexis, an emergent reader, can’t read the directions or navigate the computer by herself yet. And since the school doesn’t want the kids getting too much screen time at once, they’re constantly switching activities every half hour. Dana’s teething and didn’t sleep well last night so she also needed extra mommy time as well. Nicole has been a rockstar working independently, but I worry she’s at a disadvantage because I haven’t been able to help her more.
Remote learning is hard. It started hard, it’s still hard. I simultaneously feel like we’re in the best possible spot to make it work and like we’re drowning. Sending virtual love out there to anyone also struggling. â¤ï¸ You are not alone.
Remote learning is hard. It started hard, it’s still hard. I simultaneously feel like we’re in the best possible spot to make it work and like we’re drowning. Sending virtual love out there to anyone also struggling. â¤ï¸ You are not alone.
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2020-04-21
I recently read that for a lot of us each week is actually getting harder, not easier. Stress keeps accruing and patience runs thinner. If that's you, I see you. I am you.
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