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Alan Kazdin, a professor of psychology and child psychiatry at Yale University, advises parents to keep their tone reassuring and answer the questions your child asks but no more. It hurts in the stomach. But I'm going to be alright. You can prepare toddlers and preschoolers just a day or two before the event.

I remember my husband running to drop off a check the day after I delivered my first daughter. Assume that you won't have the time and energy to take care of common household tasks, even pulling out your laptop to pay the mortgage. And every family should post a list at home with all activities, due dates and important phone numbers of doctors and babysitters. Read more about mobile apps that support your health goals.

Listen to your doctors and take time to rest and heal. My first day up and around, I took on too much. When I could barely make it to the corner, a mom friend ordered me back to the house and the group continued without me. Massachusetts mom of two Jennifer Palazzo was caught off guard by what seemed like a stubborn case of strep throat. It would take three months for Palazzo, 40, to make a full recovery.

For a while, even reading to her kids made her out of breath, so she stuck with group cuddles while watching TV. Learn how to stress less about family mealtime. Kazdin recommends inviting kids to participate in your recovery with small projects. As you feel better, you can spend more time interacting with the kids. Start slow, with board games and puzzles, and build from there.

Once you realize things are running smoothly and the children are taken care of, it'll make for an easier recovery. Pretty soon, you'll be back on your feet and wishing you had a few moments to rest. Christina Joseph Robinson is a veteran editor and writer from New Jersey who still loves to read the old-fashioned newspaper.

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When the kids watched the outdoor classrooms a. Fast forward a couple of weeks and he loves that his class gathers just inside the forest on a cluster of stumps and hewn benches each morning, using clipboards to keep their papers from blowing away. It started to rain the other day, and he delighted in telling me that the teacher gave them permission to huddle in the nearby trees — close enough to still hear their lesson. He said that would only be OK if I brought cookies for everyone.

Our daughter described an outdoor game called Squirt that sounded a lot like a socially-distanced, no-tagging version of Duck Duck Goose. Our son, in particular, who has always enjoyed school, is positively flourishing in this new fresh-air environment.

Heather Laura Clarke is a freelance journalist who married her high-school sweetheart. They moved from the city to the country, where they spend their days making messes and memories with their year-old son and eight-year-old daughter.

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