Parenting during the crisis: what they want to keep!

Nothing about the past year has been easy for parents. They have lost loved ones and jobs. They have been cut off from their children’s grandparents, cut off from childcare, cut off from friends and support systems. They have juggled remote school and remote jobs or been forced to put themselves and their families at risk by continuing to leave the house for jobs that must be done in person. But at some point during the pandemic, the Washington Post’s parenting section started to show how even in the worst circumstances, parents were finding something worth celebrating, something worth holding on to in a slower pace of life.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/interactive/2021/pandemic-parenting-life-changes-return/
Neighbourhood walks. Jigsaw puzzles at the dining table. New hobbies, new skills, new appreciation for their children and one another. It is also important to realise here that this form of self-responsibility represents a key element of democratic coexistence. Being a parent in a democracy means, among other things, looking for solutions for difficult moments together with the children and the neighbours, and not simply handing over responsibility to a system, an authority or the state. On the other hand, the democratic state has the task of creating the conditions necessary for all parents to fulfil their role. In one of the Washington Post articles mentions that for some parents of young adults, the pandemic offered a second chance at connection and that after months of finding creative ways to connect, stay in touch and weather a scary, grief-filled time, some scattered families are hoping to hold on to their rediscovered connections.