The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has quickly disrupted normal routines for children and parents, leading to potentially stressful situations at home.
Moreover, school closures interrupt something children hold dear: stability and routine.
A child looks out from a front porch as a nurse practitioner takes a sample to be tested for the coronavirus disease at the CHA Somerville Hospital in Somerville, Mass., April 21, 2020.Now, the advocacy group National Alliance for Mental Illness is advising parents to create a daily family routine for children in order to regain a new sense of"normal."
Keep activities relatively short: Follow the school schedule and switch activities every 30 to 40 minutes or so.Adhere to normal school hours: End schoolwork the same time of day children normally finish school.
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