Schooling through Covid-19

The battle between doing Online Learning or kiddos going to school.

I know some of us are just FED up with this Covid talk, but reality is we have to make a decision for our kid’s schooling, and time is TICKING.

I know there is nothing we can do about what’s going on right now, but I catch myself asking:

WHY?…. WHY did this happen at this season of our lives?

I think I have gone through EVERY emotion possible from when all this started, and still battle on wondering what TF are we supposed to do.

As if it isn’t already hard enough the decisions you have to make for your children’s schooling. The judgement will be on another level on what you decide right now.

No matter what, there will be pros and cons.

Every school district seems to be different. Which makes it that much more confusing, because there really isn’t a wrong or right way. Also so many different scenarios in every house hold. How is this all supposed to work?

To be honest I feel like the school districts don’t even know what to do or how to properly handle this.

All families are different. Some that have one stay at home parent, to both parents that work, some that are able to work from home. Can’t forget the single parents that are freaking super heroes.

Which reminds me to shout out to my hubs on being a great teammate through out these crazy times. I literally don’t know what I would do with out him by my side.

Since we already experienced a couple months of the school year of online learning and working from home. I am not sugar coating it. IT WAS SO HARD! I thought I was going crazy. Matt was going into work, and I was working from home while trying to keep up with schooling.

I know some can relate and if I am being real, it was a struggle for me personally. I had some good days, but also EXTREMELY tough days. Some days I was counting down the hours until “DADA” comes home.

Luckily I was blessed enough where I had a job that let me work from home until the school year was over, and day cares opened back up.

I feel terrible for the people that have lost and suffered through out this whole pandemic. So I try my best to put in perspective that it can be so much worse, and realistically this is our new normal. It is what it is.

I wouldn’t be honest if I thought in the coming months I am possibly going to be pulling my hair out dealing with schooling, and possibly working from home again.

I say “possibly” because, who knows? What if my job doesn’t work with me this time around? THEN WHAT?

Circling back to how so many scenarios can dictate our decisions about schooling.

So many questions! The fears we struggle with, or the risk. Trusting our school districts on the safety standards. Kids keeping mask on, or not knowing if the classmates families are doing the same safety standards as you.

Not to mention the high standards for online schooling. I mean lets be real, there is a reason I didn’t pick being a teacher as my career. Teaching is tough, and they are freaking SAINTS. These are such important years for our young children to be successful for their future.

THE PRESSURE IS CRAY CRAY.

Not only that but as for our circumstance of working parents, we also have to keep up with the expectations of our productivity to prove that we can handle working from home on top of the standards and expectations of schooling.

This is the reason I say…..WHYYYYYY? As I crawl into a ball in the bathroom for five seconds until I see little fingers tapping under the door asking if I can open their fruit snacks.

HA-HA, anyways on a positive note-

From the personal experience of what we had towards the end of the 2020 school year. It made Matt’s and I partnership 100% stronger. It proved that we make a great team in any circumstance we are under.

Did we get on each others nerves? NO DOUBT.

Was there a little more alcohol in our curbside groceries, uhh DUH. Ha-ha.

Overall, we have been handling this whole crazy scenario like we are Wrestle Mania Tag Team Champions. From the high fives over who took over dinner that night. To the, “I got this poopy diaper this time.” Or, “I’ll get the bath ready.”

Incredibly grateful I have my husband as a teammate.

In the end it is such a scary time right now for parents. We are our children’s protectors, and I always believe that whatever you feel is best for your family is what you should do. Don’t listen and worry about the outside judgment, because every family has there own unique scenario.

We are all doing our best in this parenting game, and putting more unnecessary pressure on each other with this crazy pandemic just isn’t worth it.

Check out Matt’s tech blog post on helpful information on the best devices to help, if you choose to do online learning. Just from our experience I would recommend you jump on those devices to be prepared since it’s possible it’ll go back to online again.

Everyone stay safe, smart, and know that you are not alone in this.

–Cristina