While parenting can be challenging enough, during a pandemic it definitely has its more complicated sides to it. It used to be all about kids playing outside and trying to keep them away from technology so they could appreciate the same things we did as kids.
But as lockdown became an endless staycation for most of us, it began to have an effect on kids that needed that mental stimulation to keep them entertained and blissfully unaware of the times they’re living in.
Explaining the meaning of a life threatening virus breaking loose on the world and forcing us to isolate ourselves in our homes to a child can be difficult enough as it is, but keeping that child entertained and safe is going to be your main concern.
Unless you work from home, focus all your energy on your child’s education. Even though your child will still be expected to continue with their studies and learning habits, you and your child could benefit from this time as a bonding experience and as a learning experience. Put your child’s mind into perspective and make them appreciate what they have.
Not only that, the pandemic has changed the process of carrying the baby and visiting the necessary medical services. While before you could be accompanied by family and friends even at the actual birth, it is now down to one person who gets to witness the process of your baby evolving.
The pandemic could have had an effect on young children who got used to being with their parents and at home and now lack the necessary social skills to cultivate friendships on their own terms.
Parenting was hard before the pandemic, this is simply our ‘new normal’.