Parenting during a pandemic can be stressful and summer camps are in limbo as the school year comes to a close.
FROM THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.PARENTING IN A PANDEMIC CAN BESTRESSFUL.
SO MANY SUMMERCAMPS ARE IN LIMBO AND THEVIRTUAL SCHOOL YEAR IS COMINGTO A CLOSE.
WPTV NEWS CHANNELFIVES SABIRAH RAYFORD SPOKEWITH A MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORABOUT HOW TO GET THE WHOLEFAMILY THROUGH THISUNCERTAINTY.(NAT: PLAYING) FOR NATALIAHERRERA FAMILY TIME IS NOW ALLTHE TIME DURING COVID-19PANDEMIC.“TRYING TO JUGGLEOUR WORK SCHEDULE AND HERSCHOOLING AND ALSO KEEPING HERENTERTAINED BECAUSE A6-YEAR-OLD, SHECHILD SO SHE REQUIRESATTENTION” IN BETWEEN6-YEAR-OLD MIALEARNING THERENAT”OK KIDS COME BACK TO THECLASSROOM” AND NATALIA ISLEFT FITTING IN WORK TIME.SUMMER CAMPS WERE GOING TOGIVE HER A LITTLE BREAK, BUTNATALIA SAYS THE TWO SHE HADSCHEDULED ARE NOW CANCELED.“SO SUMMER WILL BE HERE AHOME, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE AWARETHAT SOME SUMMER CAMPS AREOPENING AS PARENTS WE ARESTILL VERY HESITANT”“JUST ALOT OF QUESTIONS COMING UPABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO COPETHROUGH THE CHANGING FACE OFSUMMER” LICENSED MENTALHEALTH COUNSELOR REBECCANELSON SAYS THE KEY ISCOMMUNICATING OPENLY WITH THEENTIRE FAMILY.“AND IT GOINGTO BE REALLY IMPORTANT THATPARENTS ALSO ARE ATTENDING THEPROPER SLEEP, EATING ANDEATING WELL AND REGULARLYTAKING MEDICATIONS ASPRESCRIBED AVOIDING MOODALTERING SUBSTANCES, ALCOHOL,SUGAR, CAFFEINE” NELSON SAYSFOCUS ON WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL.“KNOWING THAT WE CANNECESSARILY SOLVE THE PROBLEMRIGHT NOW SO INSTEAD THE FOCUSCAN BE TOLERATING AND GETTHROUGH THE DISTRESS”REPORTING IN BOCA RATON,SABIRAH RAYFORD, WPTV NEWSCHANNEL5.
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