Parenting...What Now?
What's the most challenging part about parenting during a pandemic? There's a lot of really great answers to that question...and none of them are wrong. But, I think the hardest thing is having no template to compare it to or use as your "Go-To." We're entering into new territory. No books to read or podcasts of the past to listen to, this is new . No one can honestly say they've been through this before. Nor have I. Despite that, I still believe some parenting absolutes, sprinkled in with lessons learned from past disasters, can serve as a guide. These principles might not make parenting in a pandemic easy, but at the very least, they can make it tolerable. Be the leader of peace for your children. Many great leaders throughout the ages have managed to keep their heads when those around them were losing theirs. When reflecting on those who have done it best, I remembered the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt during WW2, "We have nothing to fear bu