How COVID Complicates Parenting, Stage By Stage (Part 2: Big Kids, Tweens & Teens)

The Mom Hour

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Parenting, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Older kids and teenagers are experiencing a once-in-a-lifetime event–and they’re old enough to have thoughts about it. As moms, watching our kids miss out on social interactions and developmental rites of passage is tough, as is finding new ways to support their independence and hold boundaries when they push back. In Episode 283 Meagan and Sarah continue last week’s discussion about the very specific parenting challenges brought about by COVID-19, this time with a focus on big kids, tweens, and teens. Join us!

Note: Last week we started this series talking about infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Listen to Episode 282 here.

LINKS MENTIONED:

Part 1 in this series (Episode 282) aired last week and focused on infants, toddlers and preschoolers
Sarah mentioned our two episodes featuring psychologist Dr. Erin Lanphier: Removing The Stigma Of Kids In Therapy (Voices 42), and Supporting Kids’ Behavioral Health As The Pandemic Stretches On(Voices 50)
We loved this interview with Jessica Lahey on What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood, all about fostering independence in older kids during the pandemic

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Sarah. And I'm Megan. We're two moms with eight kids between us from little to
0:05.8	grown. We're in different areas of the country and in different stages of life. But we both know
0:10.4	that motherhood's a lot easier when real moms share tips and encouragement
0:14.0	and remind you that it's really all going to be okay.
0:16.5	We're not experts.
0:17.4	We're parents who've been there.
0:18.8	We're not perfect.
0:19.7	We're real.
0:20.5	Welcome to the mom hour.
0:22.4	Hey everyone and welcome to episode 283 of the Mom Hour.
0:26.0	I am Sarah Powers here as always with Megan Francis.
0:30.0	Hey Megan. Hey, Sarah.
0:31.0	So today we are continuing kind of a big topic that we started last week and generally it's how has the COVID-19 pandemic complicated some of the the parenting challenges that already go along with each
0:47.0	age and stage so we know that you know potty training is a challenge and we know kids
0:52.1	making friends is a challenge and we know kids making friends is a challenge and we know
0:54.8	teenagers rebelling is a challenge and all these things we know from the parenting books and
0:59.2	blogs that like this is what we signed up for here's how how to do it, and then there's COVID.
1:05.1	Yeah, it's.
1:07.3	What did I say last episode?
1:10.7	It's a lot.
1:11.7	I think I said that probably 12 times, but there is a lot going on at this age and so much of it does revolve around activities, school or homeschool and friends at this eight like at the elementary school age, that to have all of those things upended all at once, it leaves you very rudderless.
1:29.0	Like it leaves you kind of without all those structures in place that you have begun to rely on, like a lot of families,
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