My third grader Jack only had an hour’s final exam left before school was called off, while my preschooler Juno’s classes was to end late April. Everyone was thrown for a loop, but it was the moms who were most impacted by this.
But the suddenness of it all also comes with valuable lessons in preparation, flexibility and resilience.
Just like nervous flyers who scrutinize flight attendants’ faces for any crack of composure during turbulence, our children look to us for guidance, reassurance and protection. We need to channel confidence through this “new normal.”
Child psychologist Maria Teresa Gustilo-Villasor stresses the CPR of childhood: Consistency, Predictabil…
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