Romper – Samantha Darby
“In the first week of our family’s official social distancing experience, I broke down. Like, more than once. More than twice, but let’s not get into specifics here. The thing is, this is new territory for all of us, and as much as I try to explain to myself that working from home with my 5-year-old and 18-month-old right now is no different than the summer holidays, I know the truth. In the summer, my 5-year-old doesn’t have school work. In the summer, ideas to keep bored kids entertained flow out of me because there are other people to help implement them: camp counselors, grandparents, neighborhood friends. When it’s the Just Us All The Time show, there are bound to be hairy moments as my kid demands entertainment and I demand at least 10 minutes to answer my emails.” (more)