Thank You Coronavirus… Parenting Just Got Even Harder
Parenting is hard but with the COVID-19 crisis, it just got even harder. No kidding. Your chaotic world of balancing kids, life, home, and work has been turned upside down.
Raising kids was already challenging. More often than not, they didn’t listen. They didn’t cooperate. They pushed back.
Now cooped up 24/7, these power struggles have escalated and are like an exhausting competition stuck in overtime. You can’t leave your house. You can’t organize playdates. Your family is going stir crazy and emotions are running high.
Yes, parenting is hard and kinda sucks right now. But there is a way to make parenting easier–and more fun for the entire family.
When parenting is hard… make it a game
Rather than nagging, yelling, and getting into annoying power struggles, be playful and create games to deal with everyday challenges. Be like Mary Poppins, who was a pro at transforming unpleasant tasks into fun activities.
“In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and–SNAP!–the job’s a game!”
Wait, I know, being playful is the last thing you want to do when you’re about to yell at the top of your lungs, “LISTEN TO ME AND JUST DO IT!” But yelling isn’t…
