Five tips for working parents from home during COVID-19
Parenting in times of crisis is evidently one of the hardest things to do. I would like to share with you my five personal tips on how you can stay sane and forge a closer relationship with your GenZandu Life Coach in Virginia during this global pandemic. My go-to advice is simple and straightforward. Listen to them and look at them. Give them your full attention and, most importantly, have fun, even when the whole world is in lockdown.
1. Don’t expect to work at your normal capacity.
Take the to-do list you had for today and cut it in half, then cut it in half again. If you don’t come out more prosperous, thinner, and wealthier out of this pandemic, you will come out closer to your child.
Everyone is going to be less productive during this time. Being proactive with employers and co-workers and setting realistic expectations about what you can accomplish is necessary to prevent misunderstandings down the line. Understand that COVID times require COVID measures. I am sure your boss would understand that as well, so try to have a video call with him or her and make them aware that you are doing your best during those trying times. It helps prevent you from feeling bad.
2. Embrace the need for structure
Teens need some sort of structure, whatever that routine and structure look like for that family.
Make sure you distinguish during the day between “active learning and working time” and “family time”. Discuss at the dinner table how your child’s day was and talk about your working day. It will give the whole situation a sense of normalcy.
3. Change your mode of communicating to match theirs
Teens especially need to be able to communicate with their friends. Help your teen to connect through social media and other safe, distancing ways. This is something you can do together and bond through this exercise. Maybe Tik-Tok a song together?
4. Make mealtime your family time.
Every family has a different mealtime they call their own. For me and my teenager, it is dinner. A time we sit down at the table and bond. I want to give my son an enhanced sense of structure during this time of uncertainty. One way of doing so is planning to cook meals together and sit down for the same. We are doing one virtual Zoom-In Dinner party per week where we call his grandparents and have dinner together.
5. Model the behavior you want to see.
Use positive words when telling your GenZandu Certified Life Coach in Virginia what to do, like ‘Please put your clothes away’ (instead of ‘Don’t make a mess’). Avoiding unnecessary conflict during this time is essential. If you don’t want them to use the phone while talking to you, then you do the same.
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