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Parents’ Pandemic Depression Boosted Kids’ Anxiety
Parent depression and stress early in the pandemic negatively contributed to their young children’s home education and anxiety, a new study suggests.
By Jared Wadley-Michigan
Some parents may still experience that stress as their kids transition back to school while COVID-19 remains a danger. Both parents and children may need continued support, researchers say.
The findings, published in
Pandemic stressful for parents juggling work and kids at home, worrying constantly
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
Navigating online school.
Drive-by birthday parties and masks for pre-schoolers.
Parents throughout Michigan faced mounting levels of stress and worry while raising children during the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 and the ensuing state restrictions to limit the virus spread caused a whole new world of issues for parents.
For many parents, the stress reached its peak when specific health orders closed school buildings, businesses and, for a time, daycares. Parents were forced to juggle work and children at home.
As parents to five children between ages 11 and 3, Kate and Shawn Sandner had their fair share of challenges and stress as they navigated the last year during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Stressed kids, teachers say virtual learning isn t working
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Parents, students, teachers and researchers say that virtual school during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns have cause stress and distraction, and may not be working. Photo by FotoRieth/Pixabay
For Morgan Compton, 7, who has attended school remotely for nearly a year, the stress of the pandemic manifests itself in meltdowns.
On one particular day, Morgan threw a fit and decided to go upstairs, said her mother, Tracy Compton. Hearing the sound of his daughter s tears, Compton s husband, John, who also works from home, got involved.
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Meltdowns are familiar to any parent of young children, but when they occur during a school day with other young siblings trying to learn through a screen and two parents working remotely chaos ensues.