Consider yourself warned!
A guide for those who think they want children.
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Well, we are all homebound because of the coronavirus. A few weeks ago, my son called to tell me that he was coming home for spring break. I was actually surprised. My thought was, “Don’t you want to go somewhere with your friends?” Nope. His friends from high school were coming home for spring break and he wanted to spend time with them. Later that day, my son texted me to tell me that Syracuse told the students not to return until March 30th (at the earliest) and that they would be having classes remotely until then. Ok. He wasn’t too happy about that development, but hey, it was only to March 30th. He could live with that. However, the hope that this situation would be temporary was short lived when he received an email this week informing him that the kids will be home for the rest of the semester. You can only imagine how “happy” he was to read that. This kid had adjusted well to freedom. Now, he has to answer questions like, “Where are you going?” “When will you be home? “Who are you going to be with?” You know, questions he didn’t have to answer when he was living away from home.
My daughter’s school was proactive. Weeks before the NYC Board of Education finally shut down schools, her Catholic high school already had a plan in place and start date for remote education. She started her remote classes yesterday. While she is sad that she won’t get to physically see her friends every day, she is happy that she no longer has to wake up at 5:30 am to get ready for school. And, she is happy that she doesn’t have to be out of the door at 6:45 am to get to her school in Manhattan by 8:00 am. All she has to do now is literally roll out of bed, brush her teeth, put on a shirt, make herself some breakfast/tea, and sit in front of her IPad a few hours a day. What a luxury. As of Tuesday, I am not at work. I am home, indefinitely. I am choosing to think of this time as a (forced) vacation. My plan is to get up every morning to exercise (hopefully, I’ll start tomorrow), take a shower, write, and work on some of the projects I started but haven’t finished. I am also going to catch up on some movies and tv shows I have been wanting to watch. I just have to remember what I wanted to see. So, just like most of America, we are all stuck home … inside … together. All I can say is thank God my kids are teenagers!! They can fend for themselves with little supervision. I don’t have to watch them do their schoolwork, or pretend to be a teacher. Those days are long gone. I can’t imagine having young kids again. I don’t know if I’d have the patience one needs to home school them. Let’s not kid ourselves, most of us really don’t want to be responsible for teaching our kids every day. Can you imagine having to stay on a schedule and plan, all day, every day? Nope. Not me. I can’t do it, and I don’t want to do it. That’s why they go to school. Let the trained professionals teach them. If you have little kids, God bless you! I wish you all the best. Now that parents have to be “teachers”, I am sure that more people will have a deeper appreciation for professional teachers and for parents who homeschool their kids. I know I appreciate them. Besides, let’s be honest. Everyone is not a natural teacher. We all can’t do it. If you can’t, you may want to find someone who can. Know your limits. I know mine. So, now you know, and you can … Consider Yourself Warned! If you have kids, what are you doing to keep them busy while they are homebound?
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SassyGirlTye lives with her two wonderful teenagers in Brooklyn, New York. No matter what she says in her posts, she truly loves her children with all her heart.
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