How to have a fabulous, productive and winning day with kids at home doing distance-learning? It ain’t easy, but these to-do’s have helped us here like magic (as seen on Fox 11 Los Angeles’ Good Day LA): 1) YES TO SCHEDULE! Schedules create consistency kids need & foster feelings of productivity (for kids & parents). Start…
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Mandatory Distance-Learning Lessons (from a fed-up CA mom)
A previous version of this post was published in The Fresno Bee on Sunday, May 2, 2020. Seven weeks of distance learning: DONE! We’ve been doing inexplicably well at our house thanks to a daily 10am ‘school start time’ that kicks off with the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer. Everyone gets dressed, makes their…
Never Forget: WE SURVIVED.
Today marks 105 years recognizing (and mourning) the Armenian Genocide. A total of one and a half million men, women & children killed in Armenia during the years surrounding 1915. Every year, Armenians in every city around the world recognize this day with candlelight vigils, spiritual services, red+blue+orange flag-filled marches for justice and yell “Never…
COVID-19, Weeks 4 & 5: Is this getting stupid now?
THIS COVID-19 DIARY FOR MY KIDS… AND THEIR KIDS. Read our illustrious Week One HERE (complete with a can-do attitude & God-Is-Watching-Us hope). Our Week Two can be found HERE (chock-full of rationing & rage). Our Week Three was full of being fine, faithful & fabulous. Five weeks down, four more to go (so Gov….
100 Years of Good Advice. Happy Birthday, Grandma.
The following post previously published in The Fresno Bee on April 5, 2020. This weekend, my Grandma turns 100 years old and none of us will be able to celebrate with her. Whoever penned ‘life isn’t fair’ can put this one in their book — you make it to 100 years old and can’t even…
COVID-19, Week Three: Is something wrong if nothing feels wrong?
THIS COVID-19 DIARY FOR MY KIDS… AND THEIR KIDS. Read our illustrious Week One HERE (complete with a can-do attitude & God-Is-Watching-Us hope). Our Week Two can be found HERE (chock-full of rationing & rage for most everyone on Facebook to shut-up). Today is Palm Sunday. And I feel fine. Besides ushering in an official…
COVID-19, Week Two: Rationing, Resting & (UN)Reasonable Behavior.
THIS COVID-19 DIARY FOR MY KIDS… AND THEIR KIDS. Read our illustrious Week One HERE, complete with a can-do attitude laced with God-Is-Watching-Us wisdom. Last week was ‘come together and conquer the world.’ This week was ‘everybody please shut-up and stop being stupid.’ (In addition to conquering the world…) Am I ashamed of my rising…
