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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am sure others are experiencing this too but after 2 weeks of working from home and no school or activities we are all starting to lose it. My kids, almost 2 and 6.5 are fighting or annoying one another non-stop although they never really fought before. The younger one - DS - is entering a really challenging age/phase with tantrums, disobedience, and being destructive and it’s making us all crazy. The older one - DD - is acting out because the younger one gets more attention because he can’t be left alone for a second and can’t really entertain himself. DS just wants to do whatever DD is doing but she doesn’t want to play with him which makes him go ballistic. DH has a demanding job and is working from home non-stop and extremely short and irritable because the kids are whiny all the time, the house is a disaster, and his company will not lighten the workload. I also work FT but am getting almost nothing done during the day and work from like 8pm to 1am daily, so I am exhausted. The hard part is there are virtually no activities the kids both enjoy that we can do together as a family due to our age gap, which makes it so difficult.

I am sure this is the new normal for many right now, but what are you doing to stay sane? How do you get everyone to take a deep breath and reset so the next 4+ weeks are not pure misery for all?[/quote]

Try meditation, set parameters with family and kids before you go to a quiet room, close the door and allow yourself 15, 20 or 30 minutes. It does wonders..really! Or even try the Calm app and just sit and listen. [/quote]

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