The stress the pandemic has inflicted is a lot for everyone. That stress is enhanced when it is coupled with the requirement to also be a home-schooling teacher. The advice of Dr. Becky Kennedy is to forego being your child’s teacher and instead take on the role of resilience coach. Teaching your child to be resilient will serve them well as they return to school, but also in many circumstances throughout their life. To learn how to switch from homeschooling teacher to resilience coach, check out the article here which includes a script to guide you through the process.
Parents have a massive opportunity to teach resilience right now – here’s the script a child psychologist recommends for getting the message to sink in
Dr. Becky Kennedy is a clinical psychologist specializing in anxiety, resilience, and parenting who runs her own practice in New York. She says that many of her clients with children have shared that homeschooling is not going well for them during COVID-19. Kennedy advises parents to teach their kids resilience instead of focusing on academics.
