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[quote=Anonymous][quote]4yo DD has started having near daily potty accidents after having been fully trained for over a year. Tantrums have become frequent and brutal. She's generally a happy, easy-going kid. DH and I both WOH full-time, so she's used to all day daycare/preschool. She's very much an extrovert and thrives off of play with others.
DH and I both have to WFH full-time now. We are both on telecons half the day, and she is desperate for attention. We are trying to alternate who takes over keeping her occupied and happy, but, after nearly 5 weeks, it is starting to take a toll on all of us. She misses her grandparents tremendously. She's gone from seeing them weekly to only via FaceTime, and it just isn't the same for her. She asks repeatedly when she can play with her friends again, and she's starting to show some fear of other people she sees when we are outside on walks or playing in the yard. We don't watch the news or discuss COVID around her. Yes, I do worry very much about the long-term impacts to these young children.[/quote]

My 4 yo DD is having a very similar reaction, except that instead of acting scared of people when we're out, she is overly friendly to the point of being aggressively friendly - she just wants to interact with people so badly! that said, I'm not worried about the long term impact on her - more just frustrated by the day to day of balancing WFH full time while constantly feeling like I'm not meeting DD's needs. I think she will be ok, though she's already very young for a rising kindergartener this fall (makes the cut off by two weeks) and isn't particularly mature as it is, so I am mildly worried about her being behind when she starts kindergarten in the fall given the months of limited social interaction, more screen time, and yes, potty accidents for us too. [/quote]

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