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Parenting during a pandemic
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Parenting during a pandemic

When I was pregnant with our first child, I read various parenting books, like many other first-time parents. However, there was no parenting book for “How to Parent Your Children During a Pandemic.” These are uncharted waters. As schools across America shut down due to the COVID-19 virus, many parents found themselves unexpectedly left to homeschool their children while simultaneously working from home. I am a stay-at-home mom, so I’m used to being home with my kids on a regular basis, but being quarantined at home with nowhere to go is hard for me! Here are some ideas that will hopefully help as you are at home with your kids.

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When life gets you down
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When life gets you down

When it rains, it pours! Each of us has moments in our lives where that phrase certainly applies, and my family recently went through one of these rough patches.

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Starting fresh with God
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Starting fresh with God

Several years ago when I was a college student and home for the holidays, my parents held a New Year’s Eve party at our house. My younger teenage brothers invited some friends over, some of my college friends joined us, and my parents had some adult friends there, too. At some point during the evening, my brothers and their friends headed to watch the ball drop on the TV in the den while the rest of us stayed in the living room to watch the other TV.

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