And we are in the group of people who aren't actually suffering all that badly from it.
Both Steve and I have jobs that are flexible enough to allow us to make it work while the kids are NOT in school full time.
I'm not sure how other working parents do it! What if they can't split their week up and what if they can't work from home?
Regardless, it's not an ideal situation for many reasons.
Both of my girls are social creatures - and Mila had the opportunity to make friends and develop those relationships during K - 2nd grade.
Ava didn't get that opportunity (as much).
Because I work full time and Steve is doing homeschool Monday - Wednesday there are not a lot of extracurricular things that we participate in.
It's just too much.
It's all via Zoom, so parents have to help get set up, etc.
There was ONE extracurricular thing that I was excited to sign Mila up for.
It's a once-a-month art "class" on Mondays from 4:30 - 5:30pm.
We could sign up for all or just a few. We signed up for all because what the heck.
We logged in, got our materials ready and both girls got to follow along and do their art. They drew a panda together.
There were several kids logged in and two of Mila's friends were also on. It was cute to hear them say "hi! I miss you!" to each other.
There was also one kid who legit whistled the entire time and had his microphone on and no one told him to mute. So that was loud.
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| And yes, they are still in pajamas, even though it's dinner time. |
We have 6 more "classes" to take us to the end of the year-ish. The first one went ok. Mila said she enjoyed it and will do it again next week. It ended around 5, so it was only 30 minutes.
I think it's a great way for her to interact with some kids she normally wouldn't during her two days in school.
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