As COVID-19 continues to impact Americans’ daily lives, people seek to maintain some sense of normalcy or to establish a “new normal.” New activities at home are discovered, and once forgotten pastimes revived. Visiting with family and friends now often takes place via an electronic platform rather than over a meal. Yet amidst all of changes and challenges brought on by COVID-19, many will celebrate Mother’s Day this Sunday – although likely in a different way than in prior years.
The articles for this Weekend Reading series provide information about the impact of COVID-19 on youth, including an emerging concern that cases of a new pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome may be related to the novel coronavirus. Take time to check out the Remembering Mom as well as Feel Like a Kid Again sections!
I hope you enjoy exploring the following:
The articles for this Weekend Reading series provide information about the impact of COVID-19 on youth, including an emerging concern that cases of a new pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome may be related to the novel coronavirus. Take time to check out the Remembering Mom as well as Feel Like a Kid Again sections!
I hope you enjoy exploring the following:
1. COVID-19: Yes Children & Teens Are Impacted
- New York Times: A New Coronavirus Threat to Children
- New York Times: New Studies Add to Evidence that Children May Transmit the Coronavirus
- University of Michigan Health: 8 Ways to Help Teens Cope with Social Distancing Blues
- New York Times: How Coronavirus Shifted the Stakes of Teenage Rebellion
- The Atlantic: What Happened to American Childhood?
2. Remembering Mom
- History.com: Mother’s Day 2020
- Washington Post: Mother’s Day Essay – After the Cure, My mother’s childhood bout with polio paralyzed more than her body. I’ve spent much of my life trying to understand that paralysis
3. Feel Like A Kid Again – “Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.”― Deepak Chopra
- Washington Post: Why solving puzzles feels so satisfying, especially during a quarantine
- National Geographic Kids: Make Paper Beads
- Washington Post: Toilet paper dodgeball and theme dinners: How bored families are surviving the coronavirus lockdown
Stay well!
Suzanne
Suzanne Daniels, Ph.D.
AEPC President
