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[quote=Anonymous]How many kids? What ages?

I have personally found it much better this year than last. Normal school and daycare hours mean I get actual alone time where I don't have to be working, plus the kids are getting the socialization they need (and frankly more and better academic stimulation, plus activities). I work out more, which is the single best thing I can do for my well being. And I'm doing a better job at work. I still feel stretched (I'm still a parent of two kids with a FT job and I don't think that's ever super easy) but nothing close to what it was before.

It has also helped that my kids have gone from toddler/preschool to preschool/elementary. They are both so much more capable of doing things on their own, managing their emotions, rolling with difficulties, than they were in April 2020. People kept saying to me "oh at least they are too young to really understand" during the first year or so of the pandemic and it made me want to scream. Sure, they didn't understand that it was a global pandemic (well, actually, my preschooler kind of did actually), but they did understand that they weren't allowed to see their friends at daycare or school, that we couldn't visit grandma and grandpa for months, that they had to wear masks inside stores, etc. Things got better by summer in 2020, but then school closures last year just plunged us back into crazy town. It's so much better now. So, so much better.[/quote]

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