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[quote=Anonymous]OP, kids’ resilience can be overstated, but I agree with PPs that you’re making too much of this.  I said a while back to my 11 year old something about normal life and he replied “this IS normal life.”  And you know, he’s right!  We’re still in our home, we are all together as a family, and we’re doing many of the things we’ve always done: eat dinner together, read books, watch movies, hang out at the park.

For the things you ask about, ie school and seeing grandparents, maybe you can’t control either of those things.  You definitely can’t control the school thing.  It sucks and it’s been disruptive but it’s really not the end of life as we know it.  For grandparents, you may have some control.  We have gone to visit one grandparent during the pandemic.  It was/is super important for us to connect and so we prioritized that and did it safely.  This may not be feasible for you (I know for many it isn’t due to health concerns or travel logistics) but my kids have gone many months without seeing their (non-local) grandparents before.  They still love them and feel connected. [/quote]

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