PARENTING IN REAL LIFE

This pandemic and Shelter In Place has shaken up the world. As adults we know how to process our emotions and can understand the science behind Coronavirus. Still, we feel stunned and a bit helpless in the face of it; and we really don't know what to do with some of these feelings. There is sadness, compassion, hope, depression and a feeling of being out of sorts. So just imagine what our kids are feeling! We need to talk to them ourselves to drown out some of the political a

Everything feels both chaotic and tentative at the same time right now. Schools are out, but still teaching. Proms are postponed or canceled. Senior week and pranks no longer brighten graduation week, and graduation week doesn't even exist. The health of our country--and world--far surpasses these daily changes, but that doesn't change the fact that kids, especially seniors are really getting the short end of the stick. Seniors in high school and especially college are missin