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How the Pandemic Affects Children and What You Can Do to Help
By Deborah Serani, Psy.D., author of Sometimes When I’m Sad Studies about the impact of the pandemic on children have shown overall increases in anxiety levels and academic difficulties. Online learning, restricted school days, and virtual classrooms have created lapses in … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, coronavirus, COVID-19, Free Spirit author, learn from home, routines
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5 Ways to Help Kids Cope with Uncertainty
By Deborah Serani, Psy.D., author of Sometimes When I’m Sad The world has a lot of moving parts, with people, places, and predicaments bearing down on us. Uncertainty can occur in global, local, and personal ways, all of which affect … Continue reading
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Helping Kids Establish and Maintain After-School Routines
By Allison Wedell Schumacher When my daughter entered first grade, we were told she’d have homework. I remember looking quizzically at her teacher and saying, “But she’s six.” Her teacher nodded sadly and said, “Parents want them to be used … Continue reading