Parents of kids with special needs arestruggling to get the servicestheir children usually rely on.
Parents of multiple kids are wondering when theendless sibling argumentswill officially drive the whole family completely bonkers.
And parents of only children may be worried about the lack of a built-in playmate in their kids life.
Or at least as fine as one could hope or expect.
And I have every reason to rationally believe that he will continue to be fine.
And that your only kids will be fine, too.
But theyare also used to being the only kid in the home.
Theyre probably pretty adept at playing on their own and entertaining themselves.
But its theconnectionhe craves, not necessarily the physical proximity.
For a 9-year-old, this is all fairly easy to do.
Is it going to be damaging?
She said it would take years for children to experience lasting damage from the current shelter-at-home practices.
They still live in a social world.
That social world has us as a part of it.
We are their guides and travel agents.
I dont see it as harming them, she said.
They are gettingmoreof your attention
The people our kids need most right now?
Thats us, their parents.
As much as were able, we can use this time at home to connect with them.
As Rebecca Onion writes forSlate:
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In that sense, children are with the very people they need the most during a stressful time.
They will be okay
The undeniable truth is that we are in uncharted territory here.
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