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You Don’t Need to Go Crazy Disinfecting Your Kids After School
Back in March, when COVID-19 was almost completely mysterious, I spent an insane amount of time disinfecting everything in my path. I sprayed down mail with Lysol. I scrubbed groceries clean before they crossed the threshold of our house. I sterilised every toy my son could have possibly slobbered on. It was a time-consuming, exhausting…
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Allow Yourself the Luxury of Prepackaged Snacks
Depending on where you reside, you may be sending your children to school in masks or keeping them home to learn via Chromebook. Maybe it’s a blend of the two. Either way, it probably sucks, which is why I think you should just go ahead and make one small aspect of your life easier, and…
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Should You Give ‘Unschooling’ A Try?
Most of us have been home with our kids for at least a month. My kids have been home since March 6 (but who’s counting?), and although we are happy to keep our distance as long as necessary, I desperately long for the days when I could drop my girls off with their patient and…
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Here’s How Much Time Kids Should Spend On ‘Remote Learning’
There has been, understandably, a lot of parental handwringing over this whole learn-from-home situation (I still refuse to call what we’re doing right now “homeschooling”). Up and down my social media feeds, parents are worrying that they’re failing their children academically during the pandemic because they’re also working from home, or they’re working outside of…