The Screen-Free Quarantine – The Day I Lost Track of Time and Everything Else Some of you may have noticed that my daily updates have gone missing. My intent and…
And then I realized that maybe we’re learning something in this storm of pandemic and quarantine and social distancing. Maybe we’re learning some things as a family that I don’t want to unlearn when the world goes back to normal.
Giving our kids less stuff and more time with us created happier kids and happier parents.
So, when I fell into bed an exhausted mess, not even sure if I’d brushed my teeth or eaten dinner, or what order I’d done them in if at all, I told my husband, “It worked! They learned something!”
When all of this mess is over, I hope that we don’t forget to play hide and seek out back in the woods. Someday, when they bring their significant others to meet us, we all run out there like we did today and hide deep in the leaves and bear poop, listening.
I don’t need those jalapenos or that broccoli. My kids get enough vegetables in the ketchup packets they receive from the free school lunches every day.
I fear the children that will walk out of my house after this quarantine. And you should, too.
Teachers are amazing people, and I wish that THEY were able to educate my kids. But the internet will not be my kid’s teacher.
The Screen-Free Quarantine – Day 6 Sunday! We started the morning off with my husband’s weekly video call with believers in Kenya, Nepal and India. They all are very concerned…
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Kasie finds change difficult. Not like you or I find change difficult. We are set off balance by change, and we may have an emotional or internal response to that change. After a few days, we adjust to the change and move on. These transitions are on autopilot for our brains and we almost don’t even think of them while they are happening