Tuesday, January 11, 2022

The Joys of Quarantine Parenting

My colleague Will Maddox is working remotely while caring for his younger son, who was sent home from school after a COVID exposure. He wrote about the experience of parenting in a pandemic: 

 

“It isn’t all terrible. Frustration and anxiety about health (are we going to get sick?) and work (am I jeopardizing leadership and advancement at work by staying home with my kids?) are balanced with joy that comes with spending more time with my son, who usually prefers his mother. So I am trying to look at the bright side whenever I can (plus I get to spend more time with the remote control car, which Santa brought for us both).”

 

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