Hi and welcome to this bonus episode of Happier in Hollywood. I'm Sarah Fane and I'm Liz

Krapped. We're all going through a historic time and let's be honest, it sucks. In future

episodes of Happier in Hollywood, we'll talk about how COVID-19 is impacting our work

and the work of everyone in Hollywood and around the world.

But today we're going to talk about what it's like to be a parent during this time, whether

you're in Hollywood, New York, Kansas City or anywhere else, you're likely spending a lot

of time with your children. You might even suddenly be their teacher. Sarah, you and I are

both at home with our kids. They are now remote learning and it is tough. It is a challenge,

yes. And it's different in every different part of the country. In some places, there's

shelter in place, is in effect here. Everyone is trying to socially isolate as much as possible

and do as much social distancing as they can. I don't think I've been anywhere in eight days

other than to hike with you. I went to the grocery store once and walks around the neighborhood.

But in other places of the country, still people are out and about, but it feels like

soon it's going to be like this other places. Yes. And we should mention that we are, we're

recording this on Thursday, March 19th at 11 a.m. Pacific Standard Time because things change so

quickly that literally a day from now, things could be radically different. So this is where we're at

right now. Yes. And I am recording, sitting on my bedroom floor. And there might be dogs barking

somewhere. There was a lawnmower a little earlier. Yeah. And I'm in my office in Encino and

Chuck is recording us from his studio in Saluca Lake. And we are going in a moment to be talking to

our special guest, Audrey Monkey. But Sarah, I think we're all struggling and overwhelmed,

safe to say. I think that is safe to say for sure. So we thought it would be a really good time

to talk to our good friend, one of our favorite parenting experts, Audrey Monkey. She's the owner and

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