ecosiSTEMaPost relating to parenting and family matters
My family groan when I excitedly announce ‘I’ve been thinking’ as it means everyone will shortly be helping me move things, a room, or rooms around. My brain rarely switches off, thanks to ADHD, and so when it has spare bandwidth (ie always) it is seeking to optimise my life. This can be moving rooms […]
Teachers not only have students but also parents, children, friends and partners. Usually these roles are separated by location (home, school, friends houses) and time (business hours, evenings and weekend). But during this time of social distancing, there are no longer boundaries so how are they doing everything? By working incredibly hard for the students […]
Our lives have changed beyond what anyone could have imagined and using the phrases ‘should have’, ‘could have’ or ‘would have’, will only highlight what you have missed out on. Now is the time to focus on what we do have, and what we can enjoy. I have been enjoying my breakfast outside each morning, […]
It looks like social distancing will be happening for a while and we’re all settling into a new ‘normal’ and routine. Should we allow our teens to find their own routine? Without too much influence from us? I’m not suggesting that you allow your teens to become vampires, only emerging during the dead of night […]