9 parents on getting through the pandemic

1. Amy ReichbachWest Roxbury, hearing officer, parent of 12-year-old

“Being forgiving of ourselves is probably the biggest piece of advice. My house is a mess. There might be a pile of mail. But nothing’s going to blow up because I didn’t get to it. We are so used to holding ourselves to really high standards as parents. We want to do everything right, [but] you know, we’re parenting in a pandemic. We don’t know how to do this.”

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Article published Feb. 24, 2021 under Magazine in the Boston Globe

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