This is the smallest problem in the world right now, but I am trying to balance my kids’ remote learning with my regular workload, and I am drowning. It’s taking everything not to break
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Take it minute by minute if that is where you are. Do only what you need to keep your head above water until you can do more. Ask for help if any is possible. Rest at night. Eat, even if it is a frozen dinner or fast food. Drink water. No need to be a super woman. You matter.
The elementary school I went to made kids get their parents signatures every day saying the kid did their homework. This was too much oversight for many and most would just sign months of forms at a time. I can’t imagine how our parents would’ve responded to remote learning days.
Making sure your kid gets a good education and ensuring you have the financial means to support yourself and your offspring is significantly larger than "the smallest problem in the world." That shits hard man, don't downplay the effort it takes.
You aren’t alone in feeling this, remote learning can be an impossibly disruptive thing at home. It requires so much physical and mental energy from the parents and kids. It’s a totally valid complaint, drowning is drowning, no matter the cause. 💜
That's not small at all. That's legitimately stressful--for all of you--and "remote learning" should have ended after lockdown. It's a terrible idea and results in very little actual learning. I'm sorry.
I’m always amazed at how quickly a student can pick something up one on one after school compared to a room of 30 kids, even when everyone’s trying. The proximity and direct intent are unquantifiable. Remote learning suuuucks.
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