COVID Comeback: Helping children bounce back
Being optimistic, sticking to a routine, and spending time together as a family are ways experts say you can help your children during the pandemic. Author: Heather Crawford Updated: 11:19 PM EDT May 4, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla As life begins to get back to normal, children, like adults, are adapting to the new norm. Chatting over Zoom, social distancing and face masks have become commonplace.
Siblings Connor, 8, Baylor, 11, and Madeline Riley, 14, are among those adapting to the changes.
“I went distance learning just so I could have more time myself,” Madeline Riley said.
A freshman at Bartram Trail High, she never considered learning from home before the pandemic.
John Burke, the managing director of the Armada Hotel and the first Clare person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, is never one to shy away from a challenge.
Just six months after the Spanish Point business clinched the Hotel of the Year and Best Wedding Venue accolades at the Gold Medal Awards, Burke had to temporarily lay off staff when the coronavirus pandemic hit Ireland. The initial lockdown was fairly severe, on myself and everyone who worked for me, he says.
Once Burke had come to terms with the hotel s closure and disappearance of its spring wedding business, he decided to put the hotel s hibernation to good use. By May, he had launched the first in a long series of initiatives aimed at giving a sense of purpose to remaining staff and generating fresh income streams - a cocktail delivery service called the Blend Box. It includes Mist+Moss, a gin brand the Armada had set up a couple of months earlier, scented candles (since replaced by QR codes for playlists) and garn
John Burke, the managing director of the Armada Hotel and the first Clare person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, is never one to shy away from a challenge.