I won’t lie: I’m struggling. Big time. I have never felt more out of my depth than I do right now, with this whole homeschooling thing due to Covid-19. Usually I’d just send the kids off to school and they’d come back all educated and everything. But now?
Its me and them. All day. Every day.
I’ve got two kids, a 7-year-old and a 10-year-old. The young one, she just wants to play with her Barbies all day, and the older one, he’d rather be playing Fortnite than tacking long division. I mean who can blame them? I think we’d all rather play than work but there’s just something about seeing them struggle with education that makes me feel like I’m failing them.
I’m trying to do work of my own too. I’m lucky enough that I’ve still got a job amidst all this mess, but it’s hard to get anything done with the constant interruptions. “Mom, I need help with this, Mom, I can’t find this, Mom, she took my crayons…” – it’s just non-stop.
I don’t want to be that parent who shoves a screen in their face to keep them quiet, and ignoring them is definitely off the table so I try my best to help; but honestly, some of the stuff they’re learning? Even with the 🤔
