Pandemic Perspectives: After-School Programs + Friends In China + Pregnant & Married To A Hospital Physician

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🗓️ 12 April 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Casey is the director of an after-school program serving vulnerable communities; Megan teaches English online to students in China and watched their families experience COVID-19 before things got serious in the US; Jayme is weeks away from having her second baby and worries that being married to a hospital physician might separate their family. All three are also moms dealing with the everyday challenges of clingy toddlers, remote-learning kids, and work-from-home demands. Hear what’s hard, what’s hopeful, and what life is like for Casey, Megan, and Jayme in Episode 01 of Pandemic Perspectives.

This episode was recorded on April 6-7, 2020.

A NOTE ON EPISODES RELEASED DURING COVID-19: Things change so quickly these days–including recommendations for health and safety, as well as our own thoughts and feelings–so you may hear things that feel a bit dated if you’re catching up on older episodes. Just know that we’re experiencing this in real time just like you, and that we’re working hard to follow the latest recommendations for the safety of our families and our communities.

AND ALSO: Our Pandemic Perspective guests are moms just like you, doing their best with the resources they have. Their opinions do not necessarily represent those of the podcast, and the information they offer should not be taken as advice, medical or otherwise.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone I'm Sarah Powers and I'm Megan Francis and you're listening to a special
0:06.0	series from the Mom Hour Podcast called Pandemic Prospectives. In this series of
0:10.2	episodes we're talking to parents and people from around the world whose lives are
0:13.8	affected by the COVID-19 global pandemic in a way that might not make it into your social media
0:18.8	feeds quite as often.
0:20.3	You'll hear from families on the front lines experiencing an unprecedented time in a very specific way,
0:25.6	and you'll hear what's challenging as well as was hopeful. We can't wait to share their stories with you.
0:30.0	Welcome to Pandemic perspectives from the Mom Hour.
0:35.0	Hey everyone, this is Sarah and you're listening to Pandemic
0:38.1	perspectives on the Mom Hour.
0:39.7	Today I'm talking with Casey, a mom of three from Ohio. Casey thank you so much for being
0:44.7	here and tell us about your family including your kids ages and what you do for
0:48.8	living. Yeah so I have three boys I have a five almost six year old three almost four year old and a one year old.
0:57.4	Oof in there. Yeah exhausting and so loud.
1:01.8	We're actually getting exhausting and so loud.
1:08.0	we're actually getting ready to celebrate two quarantine birthdays. So we'll see how those go.
1:10.0	They are not excited.
1:11.0	Yeah, yeah.
1:12.0	So, we'll see. But, yeah. So I have three boys and then I actually work for an
1:17.9	after school organization called After School All Stars and we work to serve the most vulnerable populations in our states and so here in Ohio we currently
1:27.6	serve students in Cleveland Columbus and Toledo and so we work within the public schools so that the kids don't have to travel anywhere and we keep them after school from three to six.
1:39.1	And that kind of gives their, you know, parents time to finish work and get home before the kids come home.
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