My kids’ questions about COVID-19 have become more intricate, as have my fact versus fiction replies, during the holidays.
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Pediatric Vaccines of Past Worthy of Thanks During Pandemic
Parents can feel thankful by remembering child mortality rates have been improved by modern science — especially pediatric vaccines.
No Matter Your Game, Sports Bring Families Together During Hard Times
I forgot how essential sports are for bring “others” to us, to society writ large, until there weren’t any to watch — in person or on TV.
A Shelf of One’s Own: Reading Print Books Can Help Children in Pandemic
Reading print books helps with life skills such controlling impulses, paying attention, setting goals and figuring out how to achieve them.
Is There an Old Normal to Go Back to After this New One?
I wonder what really is out there to go back to? What “normal” could possibly be worth the risk right now and for the foreseeable future?
DadCon@Home Fatherhood Conference Comes to Your House Friday
DadCon@Home replaces the annual conference for at-home fathers as COVID19 shifts the event from a hotel meeting hall to the Internet.