Totally manageable. Also it’s Opposite Day.
You mean you don’t have an organized, quiet workstation for each member of your house?
An IT director to get everyone simultaneously online and using their mute button effectively? A therapist on staff for kid and grownup breakdowns alike? A robot nanny ensuring you’re all fed during your particular break and a trainer keeping the dog from barking at the mailman? Join the club. And by club, we mean this spot, where both experts and regular parents (don’t hesitate to chime in!) will share what is and isn’t working when it comes to basic survival this year.
#2020 Tips
When should I worry about screen time? Q&A with Dr. Claudia Ma
When school is virtual and most peer interaction is happening on Minecraft and Fortnight, how do I know I know when the screen time has gone too far?
Confessions of a Screen Time Mom
This spring rocked my world. I should start by saying I’m incredibly fortunate. My family is safe and healthy. We have what we need, and then some. And because I don’t work outside of the home, I was able to focus on my kids when school became virtual in March.
Pandemic Education: Learning to Let Go
Having spent my entire career building education businesses that use technology and data to improve student success, I found myself in a strange spot this spring. Like most of us, I was stuck at home as my two young boys were thrust into remote learning.
Parents Speak: 2020 Survey Results
At the beginning of August, we launched an informal temperature check to understand if what we were feeling as educators and parents during this far-from-normal school experience was shared by others. Several hundred parents responded and the results were both compelling and validating: You are not alone.
The Good Stuff
Last Thursday was the Night of the Zoom calls. All the NYC public schools in our orbit—both the one we’re leaving behind and the two my kids are starting fresh in the Fall—scheduled all-school Zoom calls to talk about their plans from reopening.
5 Sanity Saving Tips from a Working Mom and her Remote Schooling Kids
This spring, my 3rd and 7th daughters didn’t learn a whole lot in school, but as we limped across that finish line (my husband escaping to his one-man office while I pretended to focus on my clients and not the dumpster fire beyond my bedroom-turned-office door), we definitely learned some valuable lessons as a family.
Explore More Choices
So… learning. Is that still expected to happen?
How do I help? How do I even know if my kid needs help?
My kid is an emotional trainwreck.
Forget grammar — our goal is to avoid a lifetime of therapy.
Totally manageable. Also it’s Opposite Day.
We barely had our $%#! together before the pandemic.
All of the above.
Hit me with any advice you’ve got.