>>
>> WELL
>> WELL LIKE IT OR NOT, MOMS AN@ DADS AND DEEPERS AND STUDENTS, BACK-TO-SCHOOL IS HERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF ANXIETY4@ WHETR
YOU ARE HOME SCHOOLING WITH YOUR
KIDS OR WHETHER4@ THEY ARE GOIN
BACK4@ FACE-TO-FACE.
JENNIFER WOLF IS A CERTIFIED
TRAUMA4@ SPECIALIST AND A
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALIST THE
NATIONAL GUARD IN TOWN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 4@
HERE.
FIRST QUESTION.
MY FRIEND, MY OTHER MOMS OUT
THERE WATCHING LITERALLY IN THE
PANIC AT THE THOUGHT OF DOING
HOME-SCHOOLING ONCE AGAIN WITH
OUR KIDS.
BEING GOOD ENOUGH TO TEACH THEM.
WHAT DO YOU TELL THOSE PARENTS?
>>4@ WELL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
THE FIRST T4@HING I WOULD SAY I
I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOOD ENOUGH 4@
MEANS IN THE SENSE OF THE BETTER
PEOPLE ARE, THE4@ BETTER A PARE
IS, THE BETTER CHILD WILL 4@BE.
THE CHILD WILL TAKE THE CUES4@
FROM PARENT.
SO DIFFERENT4@ DOESN'T MEAN A
DISASTER.
REALLY IT'S FOCUSING ON KEEPING
A ROUTINE AND TACT WILL BE
DIFFERENT.
PUT IN A FULL PLAYFUL ELEMENT TO
IT.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH CHALLENGES
AND CHANGES BEFORE.
YOU CAN USE EXAMPLES.
YOU REMEMBER WHAT WE DID THAT
TIME AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT
WOULD BE LIKE BUT WE MADE IT
WORK?
LOOK AT ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS
THAT CAME FROM THAT CHANGE.
SO REALLY, JUST PUTTING THAT
SPIN ON IT AND I WOULD SAY SAFE
CARE IS CRITICAL FOR PARENTS AND
ADULTS, AS WELL.
MAKE SURE YOU ARE TAKING CARE O@
YOURSELF AND DEALING WITH YOUR
OWN EMOTION, SO YOU DON'T
PROJECT THEM ON TO YOUR
CHILDREN.
>> MANY VIEWERS HAVE ASKED ABOUT
THE 4@LONELINESS.
THE KIDS FEELING4@ ALONE.
ANY ADVICE FOR THEM?
>> ABSOLUTELY.4@
WELL, IT'S DIFFICULT.
EVEN THOUGH, THEY HAVE TO SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND THEY CAN'T HUG
AND WHAT4@ HAVE YOU, YOU DON'T
WANT THEM TO FEEL DIFFERENT.
YOU4@ STILL WANT TO LIKE4@ ZOOM
SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIFFERENT4@
THINGS, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT
WAY OF CONNECTING.
AGAIN I WOULD GUARD4@ AGAINST,
YOU SAY THIS IS GOING TO BE4@
HORRIFIC AND BAD, THEN THE CHILD
WILL TAKE THAT'S AN I'M BEING
BAD4@ OR 4@DIFFERENT.
SO ISOLATION, YOU STILL HELP
THEM TO FIND WAYS TO GIVE BACK
TO THE COMMUNITY.
THERE'S KIDS OUT THERE HELPING @
OTHERS IN NEED.
PROMOTING4@ PROJECTS AND DO THA
DEFINITELY, SO THE CHILD WILL
FEEL PURPOSE.
>> NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT ALL OF
OUR VIEWERS WATCHING THAT HAVE
TO SEND THEIR KIDS BACK OR4@ HA
CHOSEN TO SEND THEIR KIDS BACK
FOR FACE-TO-FACE 4@LEARNING.
THE KIDS ANXIOUS4@ ABOUT BEING
EXPOSED TO CORONAVIRUS AND
WEARING MASKS AT SCHOOL4@ AND N
HAVING LUNCH IN THE CALF TIER
AND A KNOT SOCIAL DISTANCING.
NOT HAVING WATER4@ FOUNTAINS?
WHAT DO WE SAY TO THEM?
>> YOU NEED TO HAVE KIDS4@
EMOTIONALLY CONNECT TO THE
REASONS THAT WE'RE DOING ALL
THIS4@.
SO SAFETY AND4@ PROTECTION.
IT IS A WAY THAT ADULTS ARE
TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND
PROTECT 4@THEM.
YOU CAN EVEN CONNECT IT WITH
PEOPLE THAT ARE MORE VULNERABLE
LIKE MAYBE GRANDMA, OR SOMEONE @
THE CHILD KNOWS.
SO THEY CAN 4@THINK, I'M DOING
THAT ON BEHALF OF MY GRANDMA, SO
THEY CAN EMOTIONALLY4@ CONNECT
WITH.4@
CORRECTIVE.
WITH.4@ CORRECTIVE. A 4@ROUTINE.
AGAIN, THE LEST ANGST YOU PUT TO
IT, THE BETTER4@ IT WILL BE.
>> ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING AND I
LOVE THAT 4@IDEA.
LET YOUR CHILDREN KNOW WHO YOU
ARE SOCIAL DISTANCING FOR AND
HELP IT MAKE SENSE.
THANKS FOR EASING EVERYONE'S
ANXIETY