I’m watching my son adapt to a new way of being amid the COVID-19 crisis.
unless they have essential job functions, such as health care workers or first responders.
For instance, last night at bath time, in imitation of Mom’s continual Lysol-wiping of surfaces, my son grabbed a plain baby wipe and attempted to clean the handle of the tub. Another time, we ran into a young friend during our daily walk through the sparsely populated park, and my son matter-of-factly explained: “We can’t have any physical contact because of the coronavirus.”
I asked other parents on Twitter about the moments with their kids that have been getting to them. For one, it was her 5-year-old crying and asking when he can visit his grandparents again. For another, it was breaking the news to her young twins that their birthday party had to be postponed. One has kids who put their stuffed animals on “lockdown” so “they don’t get sick.
Even as an adult, it’s difficult to know how to make sense of and handle the current events that have changed everything overnight. Watching my child navigate the task is only exacerbating my grief.
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