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Dear Exhausted Parents: Your Kids Already Know What’s Up

As all of the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the pandemic drags on, opinions and advice abound. Recently, regarding parents’ disappointments about the possibility of virtual schooling in the fall, one Facebook post I came across is encouraging parents to “Discuss your frustrations away from the kids”, “be angry or sad in private” and “stay positive”. I wanted to take a moment to deconstruct the myth that we have to hide our emotions from our children. What might it look like to be vulnerable in front of them? Is hiding our emotions from our children missing an opportunity to role model what tolerating uncertainty looks like?


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