There’s no doubt that 2020 has been a strange and stressful year. Parenting, work, relationships, and personal health have never been harder than two decades into the 21st century. Of course, this uniquely challenging time is primarily due to the ongoing pandemic which has thrown a curveball into everyone’s lives, leaving parents, in particular, with their hands extremely full.
The Unique Challenges of Parenting in 2020
The average parent has always been a busy bee. However, COVID-19 has managed to increase the quantity and complexity of adult responsibilities exponentially. How so? Let’s count the ways:
- Parents from all walks of life are suddenly working from home, often with no other option.
- Children are schooling from home en masse, with parents being asked to remain intimately involved in the homeschooling activities.
- Cleaning, caring, and homemaking, in general, have become more intense as living spaces are being used around the clock.
- Romantic relationships become strained as quarantines keep individuals cramped in close quarters with children constantly scampering around their feet as they all shelter-in-place together.
- Relationships with friends and extended family have suffered as social distancing keeps everyone both apart and afraid to come in contact with one another.
Needless to say, there is a lot of stuff that is exacerbating the already natural challenges that come with working, caring for dependents, and being the head of a household.
Finding Balance in the Chaos
While it’s easy to point out all of the reasons that chaos reigns in the average home right now, it’s a bit more challenging to come up with ways to ameliorate the insanity. Fortunately, despite the uniquely difficult situation, there are quite a few ways to restore a sense of balance to the chaos.
Let Go of Perfection
This may sound like an obvious one to most parents struggling to keep up, let alone be perfect. However, the inner desire to
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