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Virtual Home Schooling
It is the beginning of a new world order with Covid-19 being touted as the new normal, and as adults we are all navigating new challenges. These challenges range across work, life and parenting. However, how are our children and teenagers adjusting to this new order? At first glance, one would imagine that one main restriction of the pandemic, namely closed schools would be a dream come true for some children and teenagers. However, for others it seems as though the inability to attend school is quite shockingly …
Emotionally Supporting The Family: Part 2
As we continue exploring supporting the family during this challenging pandemic, the focus of this article will be on strategies for developing supportive relationships with spouses and partners. It is important to recognize that even if your relationship is not at its best, you can make a determination to act in ways that support healthy interaction. Do note as well that this is not a good time to address major difficulties. These can be addressed in therapy at a more opportune time.
Emotionally Supporting The Family: Part 1
Greetings, and continued peace and well-being at this time. Social distancing, one of the main measures being used by countries, including Trinidad and Tobago, to restrict the spread of COVID-19 (Novel Corona Virus), has family members spending large amounts of time together. While the idea of families spending time together seems like an ideal consequence for some, for persons in other families, spending this much time together may bring about feelings that are both awkward and uncomfortable.
Parenting in Quarantine: A Personal Journey
These are strange times, many of us knew this virus was spreading but very few of us could have anticipated how our day to day lives would have been impacted. Being a working mother of a very active toddler I have been faced with a new reality of trying to maintain an income through online work while not neglecting my child; who is now looking to me more than ever for structure and stimulation in a time where he cannot understand why he is home or why he cannot see his grandparents or his friends at school.
Behaviourally Exercising our Power of Choice
Wishing you peace. Just a point to make at this time. Fear could sometimes make us live our lives trying to avoid bad things from happening. During this period however, fear would be one of the characteristic emotions that our system feels based on the presenting stimuli that is around us. One way to counter our emotion of fear is to ask ourselves “what can I control at this time”. Feelings are basically physiological – meaning you cannot tell yourself not to at times feel fearful.
International Women’s Day 2020
International Women’s Day is officially March 8th. This is a global day celebrating the social, political, economic and cultural achievements of women. This year’s campaign theme is #EachforEqual reminding us that an equal world is an enabled world. On this International Women’s Day, and in the days to come, we give attention to creating the world that we wish to see. We take the responsibility to open doors to creating equality in the world. We commit to being a dynamic part of that equality by actions small and large.