A DIY treehouse and a NOT DIY education
The harrowing question on so many parents' minds these past few weeks is all about school: do I send them back? Do I keep them home? Should we do e-learning, or choose our own curriculum? Is this safe? Are we all going to lose our minds? I have been no stranger to the agonizing back-and-forth on this front. I did homeschool, after all (albeit poorly, and the whole thing blew up in my face). So, I didn't exactly want to recreate this experience for myself all over again, and I also saw how how trying to navigate three different Google classroom situations was so terribly hard on me and my kids. My hesitation, nay, angst, concerning sending them back had never really been about my fear of their physical safety in terms of getting Covid. We live in such a small town with almost no cases whatsoever in our county so I felt more or less confident about them attending school. What has been making me anxious is the various safety procedures being put in place -- how will this ...