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Families are Stressed—How can we help?
January 28, 2022
Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? These are the real questions.
-Henri Nouwen
-Henri Nouwen
"Parent stress increased substantially during COVID-19 and has not returned to pre-COVID-19 levels," wrote researchers from the Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University," in April 2021. And as recently as January 5, 2022, an article in the Wall Street Journal declares that, "the COVID-19 surge is making life unpredictable as families worry anew about providing care and instruction for their kids if sent home."
Families have been dealing with stress for a long time, and problems with inequitable resources are becoming more pronounced. How can early childhood programs and practitioners help?
A recently created Out of the Box Training, "Developing Empathy to Promote Equity," provides many tools and ideas staff can use to make empathy a key component in working with today’s stretched-thin families. An article used in the training explains that:
"The ability to take the perspective of children and their families and respond to their perspectives should be at the heart of our work…These approaches in empathetic classrooms support compassionate interactions with families, place-based learning opportunities, and shared decision making."
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Debra -we appreciate your support of Exchange Press. Thank you for the wonderful comment. I hope you feel better soon.
Esteele -yes, agreed!
Diana - I love the items you described so beautifully. Thank you for sharing!
-Tiffany at Exchange Press
Hunts Haven Country Day Home
RockyView County, Alberta /Canada, Canada
I want to start by thanking you all that run this company . I have read these for the last 10 years or so and have kept most of them.
I went from running day cares to now a
Day home and appreciate the simple write ups of support each time I get an email. I just have recovered from COCID and find I’m tired and still have a cough that will not go. I have found that more and more people are getting it and it’s everywhere . Families are afraid and yes we just supper each other through this time. I see families stressed - splitting up - and just finding it hard and I agree it has been the hardest time. Regulations keep changing as the government tries to support everyone and their businesses and keep the economy afloat.
A dayhome is hard you have no one
to be there and you work 10 hours a day on your own. It is a hard time hopefully there will be a light shining at the end of the tunnel.
I appreciate the write ups and love the emotional literacy, staying afloat, supporting families, behaviours, well I like all the articles thanks for being there for us child care providers
Carnegie Mellon University - Children's School
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
I think this is something that educators should always do, not just because of COVID. There are often circumstances that cause special attention.
Stonework Play
Leominster, MA, United States
Create a small area for one child at a time, maybe large enough for a teenager and an adult. Get a large tray and get an assortment of stones, white brown orange black chocolate with nuts looking stones etc smooth and rugged, two pieces of paper each time (typing paper and a pencil with an eraser that works.Make a sign of the five steps of Stonework Play gather, construct render narrate and share. They can sign in when they would like to go in, there is no time limit and they can stay as long as they like. uninterrupted..' Stonework Play has been born, Stonework Play, is beautiful. Thank you for releasing the child in all of us, and for bringing much needed healing'.Patty Check out Stoneworkplay.com and it on youtube and google it. It is the best present I can give you especially during challenging times.
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