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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like parenting took a massive shift in 2020 and did not recover.

I dropped mine off at college in fall of ‘18 and ‘19. They were ok.

But some parents who had their kids home in high school through covid never really let them go, mentally. And that intensity has carried forward. Those crazy posters just make me feel…profoundly normal.

My third and last is about to head off to his first dorm in August. He’d be mortified if I tried to “decorate” it. And he’d pretend not to know me if I posted about it. [/quote]

I think you’re right. Sadly, my DH still refers to those Covid school years as some of the “best” for our family. Ugh. [/quote]

Well in many ways it was!  Families were together, not running from activity to activity.  We had meals together, played games each afternoon evening (the working parent joined in the evenings---this was before schools even started virtual).  More together time is not a bad thing.  We were covid cautious but our kids still saw their friends---just outside and sitting a few feet away.  We found ways to enjoy life under the new rules/requirements.  Look at the positives in life, rather than always focusing on the negatives.  None of their grandparents died during Covid (or any relatives), and we know people who were not so lucky.

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