Tag: COVID-19 Pandemic

• Why the kids need a village: thoughts on reopening schools in ontario

  

  Schools throughout Southwestern Ontario have remained closed since the Christmas break. The original plan was for students to return to in-person instruction on January 11, 2021. However, statistics from the Ministry of Health released just days before the return to school indicated a spike in cases as a result of “holiday gatherings,” (which in my […]

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  January 27, 2021

  Back to school, COVID-19 Pandemic, Education, Family, Health, Homeschool, Kindergarten, Mental Health, Motherhood, Outlook, Parenthood, Positive parenting, Preschoolers, reflections, Relationships, School, Toddlers

  Bell Lets Talk, COVID-19 Pandemic, covid19, Education, Impact of school closures, ittakesavillage, kidsbelonginschool, Mental Health, pandemic, positiveparenting, Raising children, School closures

• How COVID-19 got to me: stress, fear, uncertainty and self-care during a global pandemic

  

  Friday was the first day that I cried….a lot. I felt exhausted from homeschooling the kids, trying to get some work done as well as regular chores and I just couldn’t handle it anymore.  I buried my head into a sea of tears and had to walk away into a different room in my home […]

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  April 28, 2020

  Family, Homeschool, Lifestyle, Outlook, Parenthood, reflections, Relationships

  Balance, COVID-19 Pandemic, Homeschooling, Raising children, Working from home

• Quarantine and chill: What slowing down has taught me

  

  We are now entering week three of self-isolation here in Ontario, Canada and I must say that despite all the insecurity and fear surrounding the pandemic, for the first time in a long time I feel peace. I feel peace away from the traffic. I feel peace in the neighbourhoods and in the streets. I […]

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  March 29, 2020

  Lifestyle, Motherhood, Outlook, Parenthood, Relationships

  covid-19, COVID-19 Pandemic, Family, Family time, Life, moming it, Perspective, reflections, self-isolation, Simple living, Slow living