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An Unexpected Way To Stay Connected To Your Children During Lockdown

16/4/2020

 
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Last December my husband and I had two weeks off work.

In previous years we had planned lots of holiday activities, day trips and overnight stays with friends and family. It had all been a little too busy and overwhelming for both us and the children, and so this year we decided we would hibernate at home and make very few plans.

We all had time to wind down. My husband and I were feeling relaxed and resourced enough to get playful with our daughter, aged eight, and our son, aged four.

One night towards the beginning of the holidays, I suggested we have a family wrestle before bed.
We used a spare mattress on the floor as our wrestling arena, and we made the rules up as we went along but it went something like this:

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How To Talk To Children About Covid-19 (or Other Natural Disasters)

3/3/2020

 
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My eight-year-old daughter came home from school this week asking if she was going to catch Coronavirus.

Her school Principal had spoken to her class about Coronavirus and the new procedures they were putting in place for children to wash their hands before lunch and break time.

Although I was following the news carefully trying to make sense of the Coronavirus outbreak myself, I had not discussed it with my daughter. It had no direct relevance to her life at that point and I did not want to alarm her unnecessarily.

However, now that it was moving closer to home I knew it was time to talk about it.

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