This is Ask Lisa, a podcast to help people understand the psychology of parenting. Now, in the

midst of a pandemic, psychologist Dr. Lisa DeMore, author of two New York Times best-selling

parenting books, takes your questions. And I'm co-hosthost Rina Ninan, a journalist and mom of two.

Some of what we talk about comes from raising children ourselves. Most of the time, I'll be getting

answers to your parenting questions. So send your questions to Ask Lisa at Dr.Lisademore.com.

In this episode, we talk about going back to school in the midst of a coronavirus

pandemic.

Hey, Rina. How are you? I am hanging in there, Lisa. I feel like we all are at this point.

We have discovered, actually my husband discovered, Costco Street Tacos. Have you tried

these? No. Is that in the frozen section? Where is this? It seems to be in the non-frozen section.

Costco is under his responsibilities and it's kind of a mixed bag because he's actually this

really rational person who's actually

very cautious with money. And then he gets to Costco and he kind of loses his mind. Like the stuff

he comes home with is sometimes crazy. But actually, the Costco Street Tacos, if you happen to go to

Costco, I highly recommend them. He sounds like my twin, first off. Clearly my twin. I don't walk away without

spending less than $250. I think my husband thinks that once he gets to Costco, stuff is free.

But luckily, into the mix of other bizarre things he has brought home, he's brought home these

Costco Street tacos. and that is what

is getting me through today. Really? That's interesting. I'll have to look out for those.

Okay. Here's actually my main question for you. Yeah. What are you hearing about your kids and their

school and the plan for how they are going back to school? I think it's hard. You know,

I live in the state of Connecticut where the COVID rates have been pretty low. We've seen a spike

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