Hitting the Wall: Get Us Off This Coronacoaster!
b'Even the cheeriest and sunniest of parents are hitting the wall. We\'re over it. This stinks. Even the most \\u2018We\\u2019ll make a fun obstacle course in the yard!\\u2019 moms are suddenly thinking \\u2018No. NO. I don\'t want to do this anymore.\\u2019\\u201d\\nSomehow we\'ve traveled past denial, to bargaining, then circled back to anger, without seeing so much of the acceptance part. That\\u2019s life on the coronacoaster.\\nWe think this is particularly hard for parents, because we have to hold together some semblance of certainty for our kids that everything\'s going to be fine amidst our own complete uncertainty. Saying "you don\'t have to be scared" even when we feel scared. Taking on the anxiety and frustration and boredom and irritation of our littles when we haven\\u2019t worked out our own.\\nWe don\\u2019t have a ton of solutions this week, but we review some rules for zen living and figure out how we might do those a bit more.\\xa0In the meantime, knowing we\\u2019re not alone in feeling this way definitely helps.\\xa0\\nHere are links to the things we discuss in this episode:\\nDylan Buckley for BetterHelp: Understanding The Stages Of Grief\\nDeb Perelman for NYT: In the Covid-19 Economy, You Can Have a Kid or a Job. You Can\\u2019t Have Both.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'