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Parenting in the Time of COVID-19: Children and Home Schedules

In Uncategorized by Dr James Wellborn

Our lives are arranged around natural and artificial rhythms.  The original rhythms are celestial-sunrise/sunset, cycles of the moon, menstruation, seasons of the year.  Artificial rhythms include wake/sleep times, eating meals, hunting for and gathering food.  Society creates rhythms that include clockwork time, school, work, personal grooming and weekday/weekend.  Rhythms in specific contexts include changing classes, team meetings, project due dates, …